Robert M. Thorndike

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Robert M. Thorndike (born March 2, 1943) is an American psychology professor known for several definitive[ according to whom? ] textbooks on research procedures and psychometrics.

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He earned his B.A. in psychology from Wesleyan University in 1965 and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1970. He has taught at Western Washington University since 1970.

He is a Fellow in the American Psychological Association, Division 5. In 1994 he was one of 52 signatories on "Mainstream Science on Intelligence," [1] an editorial written by Linda Gottfredson and published in the Wall Street Journal , which declared the consensus of the signing scholars on issues related to race and intelligence following the publication of the book The Bell Curve .

He's the son of the American psychologist and scholar Robert L. Thorndike [2] [3] and the grandson of the psychologist and scholar Edward Lee Thorndike.

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References

  1. Gottfredson, Linda (December 13, 1994). Mainstream Science on Intelligence. Wall Street Journal , p A18.
  2. Lee J. Cronbach, « Robert L. Thorndike (1910–1990): Obituary », American Psychologist, vol. 47(10), Oct 1992, p. 1237, APA.
  3. Joan Cook, «  R. L. Thorndike, Psychologist, 79; Developed Scholastic-Ability Tests  » (Obituary), New York Times , 25 September 1990