Rudolf Amthauer

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Rudolf Amthauer (born December 19, 1920 in Iserlohn ; † September 30, 1989 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German psychologist. In particular, he is known for developing the Intelligence Structure Test (IST), first published in 1953 .

Career

Amthauer began studying psychology at the University of California at Berkeley as a prisoner of war in 1944 . From 1946 he studied at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and received his doctorate in 1952 with a thesis on intelligence measurement , from which the IST resulted.

From 1953 he worked for the Hoechst company , initially as a research assistant, later as head of the company's own education system. He held this position until 1983. He was also a lecturer for industrial and industrial psychology at the State Engineering School for Mechanical Engineering in Frankfurt and the Goethe University in Frankfurt . He was also involved in the preparation and implementation of the XIX. Participation in the World Congress of the International Society for Applied Psychology. In 2000 the completely revised test IST-2000 was published posthumously by the authors Brocke, Liepmann and Beauducel under his co-authorship.

Honors

Publications (selection)

  • Intelligence and vocation. Results of a new method for measuring intelligence. Journal for Experimental and Applied Psychology, 1953, 1, 102-136.
  • The Intelligence Structure Test. IS. Oxford: Psychology Publishing House (1953).
  • Results of a study on sickness absenteeism. Psychological Rundschau, 1963, 14, 1-12.

Web links

  • Literature by and about Rudolf Amthauer in the catalog of the German National Library
  • Train down . In: Der Spiegel . No. 8 , 1977, pp. 73-78 ( Online - Feb. 14, 1977 ). Quote: “Good times for HR buyers. Rudolf Amthauer, Head of Education at Hoechst AG, knows from his own experience that the companies 'can already afford to skim off the cream'. "
  • Tests: what does Rommel say? In: Der Spiegel . No. 37 , 1981, pp. 90–93 ( online - September 7, 1981 , with reference to Amthauer's work for the Hoechst company).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 30, No. 219, November 21, 1978.
personal data
SURNAME Amthauer, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Iserlohn
DATE OF DEATH September 30, 1989
Place of death Frankfurt am Main