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    Lightner Witmer (June 28, 1867 – July 19, 1956) was an American psychologist. He introduced the term "clinical psychology" and is often credited with...
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  • Thus, school psychology was founded. Lightner Witmer has been acknowledged as the founder of school psychology. Witmer was a student of both Wilhelm Wundt...
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  • the first psychological clinic at the University of Pennsylvania by Lightner Witmer. In the first half of the 20th century, clinical psychology was focused...
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  • player John Witmer (1951–2004), Canadian musician Lawrence Witmer (born 1959), American paleontologist and paleobiologist Lightner Witmer (1867–1956)...
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  • at the University of Calcutta. Wundt's students Walter Dill Scott, Lightner Witmer, and James McKeen Cattell worked on developing tests of mental ability...
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    (active 1907–1910)—a chimpanzee vaudeville performer who was studied by Lightner Witmer Sam (1989–2010), an orangutan, played Dunston in the 1995 movie comedy...
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  • the application of psychology to industry, law, and other fields. Lightner Witmer established the first psychological clinic in the 1890s. James McKeen...
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    psychology and taught at Harvard University), Edward Bradford Titchener, Lightner Witmer (founder of the first psychological clinic in his country), Frank Angell...
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  • his act in America earned $2,000 a week. Peter was investigated by Lightner Witmer with William Henry Furness at his Psychological Clinic at the University...
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  • psychological clinic was opened at the University of Pennsylvania by Lightner Witmer; although often celebrated as marking the birth of clinical psychology...
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  • inspiration for Kafka was the work of the American psychologist Lightner Witmer. In 1909 Witmer staged a widely publicized test of the mental abilities of...
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    Professor of Experimental Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania Lightner Witmer, and Doctor M. G. Miller, who superintended digging operations. Electrical...
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  • behavior. Other significant early figures in forensic psychology include Lightner Witmer, and William Healy. In 1917, the lie detector was invented by the psychologist...
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    unwavering in his opposition to America's involvement in World War I. Lightner Witmer, who also spent some time working under Wundt, changed the scene for...
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    Gutenberg Works by or about Scott Nearing at the Internet Archive Lightner Witmer, The Nearing Case: The Limitation of Academic Freedom at the University...
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  • clinic was opened at the University of Pennsylvania by psychologist Lightner Witmer. He coined the term clinical psychology to describe his work. In the...
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  • and Machine Intelligence Shane R. Jimerson, 2003 co-recipient of the Lightner Witmer Award from the American Psychological Association; noted for his work...
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  • into psychoanalysis, psychiatry, psychology, clinical psychology, Lightner Witmer and clinical psychiatry (see this encyclopedia's article on Political...
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  • professor of Humanities Howard Winklevoss: professor of actuarial science Lightner Witmer: professor of psychology; inventor of the term clinical psychology...
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    followed by the University of Pennsylvania, where she worked in Lightner Witmer's clinical psychology clinic for children and simultaneously studied...
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    American Psychological Association Conference Chair, 2005 Division 16 Lightner Witmer Award Committee Chair, School Psychology Research Collaboration Conference...
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    Division of Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics. He received the Lightner Witmer Award from the APA's Division of School Psychology as the outstanding...
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  • University of Pennsylvania, under the direction of his doctoral adviser Lightner Witmer. In 1922, Viteles was one of the first to use the technique of job...
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  • origins date back to the early 1900s and Lightner Witmer. Often considered the father of clinical psychology, Witmer spent a good deal of his time working...
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  • was recognized for his accomplishments by his peers including the Lightner Witmer Award (A.P.A., Div. 16), an Outstanding Contribution Award from the...
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  • APA Division 16. December 15, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2023. "Lightner Witmer Award". APA Division 16. December 15, 2015. Retrieved December 24,...
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    Basque politician (d. 2000) May 30 Dragan Džajić, Serbian footballer Candy Lightner, American founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving May 31 – Adriana Bittel...
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  • Truman: Suits And Fine Trousers Vs. Hiroshima (Feat. Denison Witmer) - artwork by Kurt Lightner Dwight D. Eisenhower: When Ike Walked The Land (Feat. Alan...
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