Herman H. Spitz
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Herman H. Spitz | |
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| Born | March 2, 1925 Paterson, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | February 11, 2019 (aged 93) Natick, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Lafayette College, New York University |
| Known for | Studies of intellectual disability |
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| Fields | Psychometrics, intellectual disability |
| Institutions | Trenton State Hospital, E. R. Johnstone Training and Research Center |
Herman Heinrich Spitz (March 2, 1925 – February 11, 2019) was an American psychologist known for his work measuring
E.R. Johnstone Training and Research Center
, which was a state institution for adolescents and young adults with upper-level intellectual disability in Bordentown, New Jersey, until he retired in 1989. He worked under the direction of the Superintendent John M. Wall, who retired in 1990 having served from August 1969.
Spitz studied concepts such as
general intelligence factor by examining Wechsler subtest patterns among test-takers with intellectual disability.[6]
In 1994 he was one of 52 signatories on "
Wall Street Journal, which declared the consensus of the signing scholars on the measurement and significance of intelligence following the publication of the book The Bell Curve
.
Herman H. Spitz died in Natick, Massachusetts on February 11, 2019, at the age of 93.[8]
Books
- The raising of intelligence : a selected history of attempts to raise retarded intelligence. Hillsdale, N.J.: L. Erlbaum Associates. 1986. OCLC 13666567.
- Nonconscious movements : from mystical messages to facilitated communication. Mahwah, N.J.: Erlbaum. 1997. OCLC 35360511.
References
- ^ Spitz HH (1982). Intellectual Extremes, Mental Age, and the Nature of Human Intelligence. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly v28 n2 p167-92 Apr 1982
- ^ Spitz HH (1995). Calendar calculating idiots savants and the smart unconscious. New Ideas in Psychology
- ^ Spitz HH (1986). The Raising of Intelligence: A Selected History of Attempts to Raise Retarded Intelligence. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- ^ Spitz HH (1992). Does the Carolina Abecedarian Early Intervention Project Prevent Sociocultural Mental Retardation? Intelligence v16 n2 p225-37 Apr-Jun 1992
- ^ Spitz HH (1989). Variations in Wechsler Interscale IQ Disparities at Different Levels of IQ. Intelligence v13 n2 p157-67 Apr-Jun 1989
- ^ Spitz HH (1988). Wechsler Subtest Patterns of Mentally Retarded Groups: Relationship to "g" and to Estimates of Heritability. Intelligence v12 n3 p279-97 Jul-Sep 1988
- Wall Street Journal, p A18.
- ^ "Herman Heinrich Spitz". Forever Missed. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
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