Rex Forehand

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Rex Forehand
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Rex Lloyd Forehand

(1945-09-17) September 17, 1945 (age 77)
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater University of Alabama
SpouseLell Harrell
Children2
AwardsAward for Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology from the American Psychological Association (2008)
Scientific career
Fields Psychology
Institutions University of Georgia
University of Vermont
Thesis Rate of stereotyped body rocking as a function of frustration of goal-directed behavior and alternate activity (1970)

Rex Lloyd Forehand (born September 17, 1945) [1] is an American psychologist. He is the Heinz and Rowena Ansbacher Endowed Professor and University Distinguished Professor of Psychological Science at the University of Vermont, where he is also the director of the Vermont Genetics Network. [2] He previously taught at the University of Georgia for over thirty years, where he served as Distinguished Research Professor and, subsequently, as Regents Professor. He was also the director of the University of Georgia's Institute for Behavioral Research for nine years. [3] In 2008, he received the Award for Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology from the American Psychological Association. [4]

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References

  1. "Rex Forehand CV" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  2. "Rex Forehand (Clinical)". University of Vermont. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  3. "Dr. Rex Forehand". Vermont Genetics Network. 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  4. "Award for distinguished career contributions to education and training in psychology: Rex Lloyd Forehand". The American Psychologist. 63 (8): 742–744. November 2008. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.63.8.742. ISSN   0003-066X. PMID   19014234.