Edmund Smith Conklin (April 19, 1884 – October 6, 1942) was an American author and psychologist.
He was born in New Britain, Connecticut on April 19, 1884. He attended Clark University when G. Stanley Hall was a leading teacher. He graduated in psychology from Springfield College and Clark University.[1] He was a professor and chairman of the department of psychology at Indiana University.[2] He served at various times as a visiting professor at the University of Chicago and Syracuse University.[3] He wrote books on abnormal psychology, anomalistic psychology and the psychology of religion.[4]
He died in a hospital in Bloomington, Indiana on October 6, 1942.
Publications
edit- Introductory Psychology for Students of Education [with Frank Samuel Freeman] (1939)
- Three diagnostic Scorings for the Thurstone Personality Schedule (1937)
- Outline of Abnormal Psychology (1936)
- Principles of Adolescent Psychology (1935)
- The Scale of Values Method for Studies in Genetic Psychology (1923)
- Principles of Abnormal Psychology (1927, 1944)
- The Foster-Child Fantasy (1920)
- Collegiate Religious Education (1909)
References
edit- ^ Seashore, Robert H.; Davis, R. C.; Kantor, J. R. (1943). Edmund Smith Conklin: 1884–1942. Science. Volume 97. Issue 2522. pp. 393–394
- ^ Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener, Karl M. Dallenbach. (1943). The American Journal of Psychology. N. Murray. Volume 56. p. 140
- ^ Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science. (1942). Volume 52. p. 3
- ^ Psychiatric Quarterly. (1963). Volume 17. Issue 1. pp. 182–185