- Edwin A. Fleishman
Edwin A. Fleishman (born
March 10 1927 ) is an Americanpsychologist best known for devising ataxonomy for describing individual differences in perceptual-motor performance.He graduated
Loyola College in Maryland in 1945, then served in theUnited States Navy . He earned his doctorate in applied psychology in 1951 fromOhio State University , then took a position with theUnited States Air Force . He was the President of Advanced Research Resources Organization (ARRO). Before that, he was a professor atYale University and a visiting professor at the University of California.He is also past president of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) and the American Psychological Association's (APA) Divisions of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Evaluation and Measurement, and its Society of Engineering Psychologists.
He is the author of several books and was the Editor of the Journal of Applied Psychology and the recipient of APA's Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology.
In 1994 he was one of 52 signatories on "
Mainstream Science on Intelligence ," an opinion piece written byLinda Gottfredson and published in the "Wall Street Journal ", defending the claims and conclusions onrace and intelligence in "The Bell Curve ". Gottfredson, Linda (December 13, 1994).Mainstream Science on Intelligence . "Wall Street Journal ", p A18.]References
External links
* [http://www.gmu.edu/departments/psychology/homepage/flerh.html Edwin A. Fleishman] via GMU
*Edwin A. Fleishman: Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology: 1980. "Am Psychol". 1981 Jan;36(1):43-51. PMID: 16393071
* [http://www.siop.org/Presidents/fleishman.aspx Edwin A. Fleishman autobiography] via SIOP
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.