Fields of psychology
 Catalogue Number: 605 Fields of psychology Category: Book Sub-Category: Book of historical note Editor: GUILFORD Joy Paul (editor) Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1948 Edition: 11th printing Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: New York Publisher/Manufacturer: Van Nostrand Company Inc Description Of Item: Original wine cloth cover, 605 pages, 35 figures in text. Inscription 'David M Barlow Stage IV optometry' on front paste down Historical Significance: Joy Paul Guilford (1897-1987) was a US psychologist, best remembered for his psychometric study of human intelligence, including the important distinction between convergent and divergent production. Developing the views of L. L. Thurstone, Guilford rejected Charles Spearman's view that intelligence could be characterized in a single numerical parameter and proposed that three dimensions were necessary for accurate description. According to Guilford's Structure of Intellect (SI) theory, an individual's performance on intelligence tests can be traced back to the underlying mental abilities or factors of intelligence. SI theory comprises up to 180 different intellectual abilities organized along three dimensions-Operations, Content, and Products. Location: Archive room. East wall. Books of historical note |