Human Intelligence: J. McVicker Hunt

J. McVicker Hunt

(1906 - 1991)

Influences

Student of: Guilford
Influenced by:
Students:
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Time Period: Contemporary Explorations

Education

University of Nebraska in London (BA, 1929; MA, 1930)
Cornell University (Ph.D., 1933) under Madison Bentley
New York Psychiatric Institute and Worcester State Hospital in Massachusetts (Postdoc)

Career

Brown University
University of Illinois (1951)

Major Contributions

Offered an alternative conception of intelligence as an information-processing system.
Advocated of compensatory education.

Ideas & Interests

(Researched with rats on the effects of early rearing environment to examine psychoanalytic insights into the development of personality characteristics.)
(Examined the effects of child-rearing practices from a broad historical perspective , and became impressed with the evidence for plasticity in intellectual development.)
Children are reared in early-impoverished environment, which results in intellectual deficit.
His thought that environments are much more self-selected or self-created, and therefore, posited the importance of intrinsic motivation for intellectual development.

(This led him urge research for optimal educational programs that would foster this idea.)

Publications

Intelligence and Experience (1961)

Personality and Behavior Disorder (1944)

References: 5, 8, 14, 21, 28, 17

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Interactive Map Alphabetical Index Time Period Index Hot Topics Map - PDF How to Cite this Site Make a Contribution References Contributors Comments		J. McVicker Hunt (1906 - 1991) Influences Student of: Guilford Influenced by: Students: Influenced: Time Period: Contemporary Explorations Education University of Nebraska in London (BA, 1929; MA, 1930) Cornell University (Ph.D., 1933) under Madison Bentley New York Psychiatric Institute and Worcester State Hospital in Massachusetts (Postdoc) Career Brown University University of Illinois (1951) Major Contributions Offered an alternative conception of intelligence as an information-processing system. Advocated of compensatory education. Ideas & Interests (Researched with rats on the effects of early rearing environment to examine psychoanalytic insights into the development of personality characteristics.) (Examined the effects of child-rearing practices from a broad historical perspective , and became impressed with the evidence for plasticity in intellectual development.) Children are reared in early-impoverished environment, which results in intellectual deficit. His thought that environments are much more self-selected or self-created, and therefore, posited the importance of intrinsic motivation for intellectual development. (This led him urge research for optimal educational programs that would foster this idea.) Publications Intelligence and Experience (1961) Personality and Behavior Disorder (1944) References: 5, 8, 14, 21, 28, 17 Home \| Interactive Map \| Alphabetic Index \| Time Period Index Hot Topics \| Map - PDF \| References \| Contributors \| Comments For further information please contact Content questions: Dr. Jonathan Plucker (jplucker AT indiana.edu) Technical questions: Technology Co-Director (intell AT indiana.edu) Copyright © 2012 Online Privacy Statement: Last Modified: 26 January 2012