John E. Exner Jr. (1928-2006).

Presents an obituary for John E. Exner Jr. Many psychologists bounce around a bit before they lock in on the specialty that becomes the focus of their professional life. That was not the case with John Exner. He first laid hands on a set of blots from the Rorschach Inkblot Test in 1953, and his fascination with the instrument anchored his career from then on. Through five decades, 14 books, more than 60 journal articles, and countless workshop and conference presentations, John Exner and the Rorschach became synonymous. John Exner died on February 20, 2006, at age 77, after a courageous fight with leukemia. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Doris, five children, and 10 grandchildren. Doris was the administrator of Rorschach Workshops since its inception. John chronicled their lifelong love in a series of poems in the dedication section for many of his books. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

John Bissell Carroll (1916-2003).

Memorializes John Bissell (Jack) Carroll, an early leader in the development of psycholinguistics and a dominant contributor to psychometrics and the study of individual differences in cognitive abilities. His seminal work in evaluating foreign language proficiencies across multiple cultures combined his expertise in psycholinguistics with that in psychometrics and defined fundamental issues in the study of language acquisition. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

John Joseph Austin (1930-2006).

Presents an obituary for John Joseph Austin, who died of cancer at age 75 on April 8, 2006, in Norton Shores, Michigan. John was employed as a school psychologist for the Muskegon Public Schools, from which he retired in 1986. After his official retirement, he served as president of Research Concepts and worked with the Alfred Binet Center, a testing organization he helped to form in the 1960s. John helped to form the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) in 1969 and served as its president (1971-1972). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

John W. Money (1921-2006).

John Money died of complications from Parkinson's disease the day before his 85th birthday. Always obsessed with language, Dr. Money (as everyone called him) co-opted the linguistic term of gender to help him explain the human paradox of hermaphroditism, the topic of his 1952 doctoral dissertation at Harvard. He came to the United States, where he completed a residency at the Western State Psychiatric Institute of the University of Pittsburgh in 1948. He then went to Harvard. In 1951, Lawson Wilkins, the founder of pediatric endocrinology, brought him to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Hospital. There, he essentially founded the field of psychoendocrinology when he established the Psychohormonal Research Unit for the long-term psychological study of individuals with intersexuality and other conditions. Money spent his entire professional career as a researcher at Hopkins, with dual appointments in the Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics. According to the John Money Collections at the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, he had a total of 1,192 publications, including 402 scholarly articles, 140 reviews and editorials, 95 book chapters, and 48 books, which were translated into many languages. He was the recipient of more than 65 worldwide honors, awards, lectureships, or degrees. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

John J. Conger (1921-2006).

Presents an obituary for John J. Conger. John Janeway Conger was both an extraordinary human being and an extraordinary psychologist. He died peacefully at the age of 85 on June 24, 2006, in Denver, Colorado, after a remarkable career that spanned five and a half decades and extended far beyond the pioneering work that he was known for in developmental and clinical psychology. He successfully took on many other important roles, both scholarly and administrative, yet remained a warm, caring and generous person, a combination all too rarely found in one individual. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Heinz L. Ansbacher (1904-2006).

Heinz Ludwig Ansbacher was born in Frankfurt, Germany, on October 21, 1904. He died at his home in Burlington, Vermont, on June 22, 2006, at the age of 101 years. Alfred Adler's influence led Ansbacher to the field of psychology, where he began a lifelong scholarship on the psychology of Alfred Adler. Among Heinz's distinctions and honors were being named a Fulbright lecturer at the University of Kiel, Germany, and serving as president of the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology. Many of us will remember Professor Ansbacher as a person who lived by Adlerian principles: encouraging others while helping them to find a goal in life. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

John W. Jacobson (1949-2004).

Obituary [John W. Jacobson; 1949-2004]. John W. Jacobson, born October 13, 1949, passed away on May 8, 2004, at the age 54, prematurely ending a distinguished career of over 25 years. John was a fellow of the American Psychological Association's Divisions 25 (Behavior Analysis) and 33 (Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities), the American Association on Mental Retardation, and the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities, as well as a board-certified behavior analyst. He was Division 33's president (1995-1996), treasurer (2000 -2004), and an active member of its executive council for many years. He was a visible supporter of many other professional organizations, an outspoken advocate of evidence-based practice, and a driving force in obtaining formal recognition of behavioral psychology as a subspecialty. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

John L. Kennedy (1913–1984).

John Lyon Kennedy received his doctorate in 1937 for his dissertation on the neurological basis of movement perception. His many career steps included psychical research at Stanford; work for the Office of Scientific Research and Development; and cutting edge involvement in the evolution of human engineering from applied experimental psychology, biomechanics, and engineering psychology. He joined the Rand Corporation, where he established the Systems Research Laboratory. He accepted as a challenge the question of how to study the behavior of a total air defense system—as a system. Other accomplishments included being the chair of the Psychology Department at Princeton from 1958 to 1966, while also working with a number of external organizations, including the System Development Corporation, the Peace Corps, the Psychological Corporation, and the National Science Foundation. He finished his teaching career as a professor of management at California State University at Northridge, but continued as a Fulbright Hays Lecturer at the Vienna Institute of Commerce. Kennedy passed away in 1984. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

John I. Lacey (1915-2004).

John I. Lacey died on June 27, 2004. He was one of the pioneers in the integration of psychology and physiology. He worked to establish concepts that cut across disciplines--eschewing specialization within a cross-disciplinary area. Although a guiding figure in the founding of the Society for Neuroscience, John remained very active in the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Society for Psychophysiological Research until his professional retirement. John's career was characterized by a focused search for specific mechanisms defining how psychological processes interact with physiological processes. John Lacey has left us a legacy of a scientific approach that focuses directly on the relation between psychological concepts and their realization in physiological function. His creativity and breadth of knowledge contributed mightily to the currently burgeoning fields of neuroscience and behavioral medicine. His approach reminds us to continue to include solid psychological science when venturing into these fields. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituary: Raymond G. Hunt (1928-2006).

Presents an obituary for Raymond G. Hunt. An applied psychologist, Hunt conducted extensive studies that included nurses and patients, police chiefs, and NASA administrative procedures. He consulted for the U.S. Civil Rights Commission and various federal agencies and promoted binational education and commerce in China and Hungary. A fellow of APA and other professional associations, Hunt was elected to the honor societies Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, and Beta Gamma Sigma. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Mary L. Northway (1909-1987).

Presents an obituary for Mary Northway (1909-1987). Mary joined the faculty of psychology at the University of Toronto in 1939 and left as associate professor in 1958 to devote her full time to the post of supervisor of research at the Institute of Child Study at the same university. At an early stage in the development of sociometry she recognized that these techniques were capable of delivering useful information about both group structure and function as well as information regarding individual adjustment. Her extensive research and many publications in these areas over more than three decades received considerable attention. Her books dealing with sociometric methods applied to classrooms and other groups have been translated into five foreign languages and excerpts have appeared in additional languages. For many years Mary Northway was an outspoken advocate of the value of longitudinal research in child study. Mary Northway established the Brora Centre, a non-profit organization to sustain the child development research that she and a number of her colleagues perceived to be needed, but which was lacking institutional support at that time. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

John Orr Crites (1928-2007): Obituary.

Presents an obituary of John Orr Crites (1928-2007). A highly productive researcher, Jack made several landmark contributions to counseling psychology. His masterwork was Vocational Psychology: The Study of Vocational Behavior and Its Development (1969), a momentous book that codified and defined the field. Rather than concentrating on occupation or career, Jack concentrated on vocational behavior from the perspective of logical positivism. A brilliant thinker and skilled clinician, Jack was an exemplar of psychology's scientist-practitioner model. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

John F. Chaves (1941-2008).

John F. Chaves is best known for championing a scientific approach to hypnosis. Through his 75 publications, he also made important contributions to the psychological treatment of pain, education in dentistry, and psychological aspects of illness. Sadly, John died in his home, in Tucson, Arizona, on February 2, 2008, after a two-year battle with stomach cancer. He was 66 years old. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

The factor-analytic approach to intelligence is alive and well: A review of Carroll, J. B. (1993). Human cognitive abilities: A survey of factor-analytic studies.

Reviews the book, Human cognitive abilities: A survey of factor-analytic studies by J. B. Carroll (see record 1993-97611-000). Carroll divides his book into three parts. The first is a historical and conceptual review of psychometric theory. Carroll begins by clearly defining and differentiating key concepts such as ability, aptitude, achievement, latent trait, and intervening variable, although recognizing that in practice it is often difficult to make absolute distinctions. The second part, and the bulk of the book, is a detailed analysis and synthesis of a myriad of findings in the area of cognitive abilities. In the third part of his book, Carroll summarizes his undertaking and addresses traditional concerns and controversies. He compares and contrasts his model of cognitive abilities with that of others. Although Carroll's book does not and indeed cannot resolve the issues and controversies concerning the nature of human cognitive abilities, it does represent a notable contribution to our ongoing endeavours. It undoubtedly is a book that anyone interested in cognitive abilities would wish to explore because of its encyclopedic, in-depth coverage of the topic. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituary: John Dollard (1900-1980).

Obituary for John Dollard (1900-1980). John Dollard was a pioneer in bringing together social, cultural, psychological, and biological research to develop an integrated science of the nature of humankind. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

John P. Sabini (1947-2005).

Presents an obituary for John Paulus Sabini. Sabini spent his career, starting in 1976, in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Sabini was fascinated with Milgram's research on obedience. Milgram's imprint is obvious in Sabini's interest in social influence, the psychology of everyday life, and in his style. Sabini's studies of moral reproach, gossip, procrastination, embarrassment, envy, shame, self-deception, and sincerity are simultaneously analyses of causal determinants and of speech acts. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

John Paul Scott (1909-2000).

Presents an obituary for John Paul Scott. In 1945, Scott was the founding head of the new Division of Behavior Studies in Bar Harbor, Maine. In addition, he was responsible for the formation of the Animal Behavior Society (ABS). In 1968, Scott was appointed regents professor of psychology at Bowling Green State University. This position allowed him to build a superb canine research facility and to cultivate the practical implications of his work through the Center for the Study of Social Behavior, which he established. Among the many books he wrote were Animal behavior (1958), Guide dogs for the blind (with C. J. Pfaffenberger; 1976), and The evolution of social systems (1989). He also published more than 230 articles. Scott was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Animal Behavior Society, the American Psychological Association, and the New York Zoological Society. He remained intellectually active until his death in 2000. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obituary: David T. Lykken (1928-2006).

Presents an obituary for David Thoreson Lykken, who made brilliant, high-impact contributions to diverse areas of psychology. His work has provided lasting insights into our understanding of antisocial behavior, psychophysiology, lie detection, behavior genetics, personality, and psychological measurement. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Paul B. Baltes (1939-2006).

Paul B. Baltes died in Berlin, Germany, on November 7, 2006, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was probably the most influential developmental psychologist on the international scene at the time of his death. His broad scientific agenda was devoted to establishing and promoting the life-span orientation of human development-an area that he, more than any other scholar of modern times, shaped into its current form. The obvious part of Paul's scientific legacy resides in over 250 publications covering various aspects of developmental psychology. Their impact is attested to by his numerous awards and honors, including election to some of the most prestigious scientific organizations in the world. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Merle E. Meyer (1928-2005).

Presents an obituary for Merle E. Meyer (1928-2005). Upon receiving his master's degree, Merle moved to Whitman College, where he advanced and served as the chair of the Department of Psychology. In 1966 he moved to Western Washington University, where he became chair in 1967. In his final move, Merle came to the University of Florida as chair in 1972. He spent the rest of his career in Gainesville, continuing as chair until 1988. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)