E. Lowell Kelly
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Born | Lewis R. Goldberg, Roger Brown | November 15, 1905
Everett Lowell Kelly (November 15, 1905 – January 19, 1986) was an American clinical psychologist, professor of psychology at the
Biography
Kelly was born on November 15, 1905, in Kokomo, Indiana.[1] He earned his Bachelor of Science degree at Purdue University in 1926, and his Master of Arts degree from Colorado College of Education two years later.[2] In 1930, he earned his PhD in Psychology from Stanford University.[2] His advisor was Walter R. Miles, and his thesis focused on producing artificial chromaesthesia by the technique of controlled response.[3]
After graduating, Kelly worked as a high school principal in
From 1939 to 1942, Kelly worked as a member of the faculty and Director of the Psychological Clinic at Purdue University.[4] During World War II, Kelly enlisted in the U.S. Navy, where he worked on aviation medicine, aviation training, selection of pilots, and improvement of flight training methods.[4][5] While in the Navy, Kelly was credited with discovering a common cause of military aviation crashes: cadets could not judge their distance from a plane with only one tail light. He introduced the notion of having two lights at a standard distance apart.[6] For his contributions during the war, he was awarded the Secretary of Navy's Letter of Commendation.[4]
After the war, Kelly moved to the University of Michigan, where he worked until his death in 1986.[6] His scientific interests and contributions centered on assessment: job performance evaluations, psychological factors in marital compatibility, and assessment of qualifications for professional training.[6] With Donald W. Fiske, he published a classic study in 1950 on the prediction of performance of clinical psychologists.[7] His other focus was longitudinal research. Overall, he studied such varied phenomena as synesthesia, graphology, pharmacology, and apparent movement.[6]
Kelly served on the board of directors for the
Kelly died in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on January 19, 1986.[1]
Professional contributions
Performance assessment
Kelly conducted a number of studies assessing job performance and qualifications for professional training, with a particular emphasis on the field of clinical psychology. In his study of clinical psychology graduate students, Kelly evaluated numerous training programs from 40 different universities by a wide variety of techniques and made predictions concerning the students' probable success in training and their future job competence.[8] Furthermore, Kelly developed criterion measures of the several tasks which clinical psychologists are expected to perform in their training and later careers.[8] In longitudinal studies, Kelly examined scholarly productivity, clinical performance, satisfaction, and attitudes about clinical psychology among students following their graduation and entrance into the workforce.[8] Similar studies were conducted for other training programs, including programs for aircraft pilots in the U.S. Navy. As a part of that program, Kelly also developed a pilot aptitude test and a flight training manual with standardized vocabularies for naval flight instructors.[2] Kelly's research had a profound impact on the field of professional performance assessments, and several of his criterion measures and programs are continuously used in the field.[8]
Marital compatibility
One of Kelly's key areas of study was
Scientist-practitioner model
In 1948–49, Kelly chaired the Executive Committee for the
Influential publications
Assessment
- Kelly, E. L. (1954). Theory and techniques of assessment. Annual Review of Psychology, 5(1), 281–310.[12]
Personality
- Kelly, E. L. (1955). Consistency of the adult personality. American Psychologist, 10(11), 659.[13]
- Kelly, E. L. (1940). A 36 trait personality rating scale. The Journal of Psychology, 9(1), 97–102.[14]
- Kelly, E. L. (1941). Marital compatibility as related to personality traits of husbands and wives as rated by self and spouse. The Journal of Social Psychology, 13(1), 193-198.[9]
Clinical psychology training
- Kelly, E. L., & Fiske, D. W. (1950). The prediction of success in the VA training program in clinical psychology. American Psychologist, 5(8), 395.[15]
- Kelly, E. L., & Fiske, D. W. (1951). The prediction of performance in clinical psychology. APA PsycNET. Retrieved 2016-03-15.[7]
- Kelly, E. L., & Goldberg, L. R. (1959). Correlates of later performance and specialization in psychology: A follow-up study of the trainees assessed in the VA Selection Research Project. Psychological Monographs: General and Applied, 73(12), 1.[16]
- Kelly, E. L.; Goldberg, L. R.; Fiske, D. W.; Kilkowski, J. M. (1978). "25 years later follow up study of graduate students in clinical psychology assessed in VA selection research project". American Psychologist. 33 (8): 745–755. .
- Hilgard, E. R.; Kelly, E. L.; Luckey, B.; Sanford, R. N.; Shaffer, L. F.; Shakow, D. (1947). "Recommended graduate training program in clinical psychology". American Psychologist. 2 (12): 539–558.
Marital compatibility
- Kelly, E. L. (1941). Marital compatibility as related to personality traits of husbands and wives as rated by self and spouse. The Journal of Social Psychology, 13(1), 193–198[9]
- Kelly, E. L., & Conley, J. J. (1987). Personality and compatibility: a prospective analysis of marital stability and marital satisfaction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52(1), 27[18]
- Westoff, C. F., Sagi, P. C., & Kelly, E. L. (1958). Fertility through twenty years of marriage: A study in predictive possibilities. American Sociological Review, 23(5), 549–556.[19]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Dr. Lowell Kelly, 80, psychology professor". The New York Times. January 24, 1986. Archived from the original on November 12, 2014. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
- ^ a b c "BHL: Everett L. Kelly Papers 1926–1986". quod.lib.umich.edu. Archived from the original on March 18, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
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- ^ a b c d e "Classroom Profile: Faculty History Project". lib.umich.edu. Archived from the original on March 16, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
- ^ Kelly, E. L. (1980). Autobiography of E. Lowell Kelly. Akron, Ohio: A History of Psychology in Autobiography.
- ^ doi:10.1037/h0092035.
- ^ a b "The prediction of performance in clinical psychology". APA PsycNET. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
- ^ JSTOR 1418750.
- ^ ISSN 0022-4545.
- ^ ISBN 978-0786723461.
- ^ PMID 10717972.
- PMID 13149138.
- ^ "Consistency of the adult personality". APA PsycNET. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
- ISSN 0022-3980.
- ^ "The prediction of success in the VA training program in clinical psychology". APA PsycNET. Archived from the original on May 19, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
- ^ "Correlates of later performance and specialization in psychology: A follow-up study of the trainees assessed in the VA Selection Research Project". APA PsycNET. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
- ^ "Classics in the History of Psychology -- APA (1947)". psychclassics.yorku.ca. Archived from the original on April 3, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
- PMID 3820076.
- JSTOR 2088911.