Edna Frances Heidbreder
Edna Frances Heidbreder (May 1, 1890 - February 19, 1985) was an American philosopher and psychologist who explored the study of history, and made contributions toward the field of study in psychometrics, systematic psychology, and concept formation. She expressed interest in cognition and systematic psychology, and the experimentation on personality traits and its characteristics. She also did work testing the normal inferiority complex and studied systemic problems in her later work.
Edna Heidbreder | |
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Born | Quincy, Illinois | May 1, 1890
Died | February 19, 1985 94) Bedford, Massachusetts | (aged
Nationality | American |
Education | Columbia University (Ph.D., 1924)
University of Wisconsin (MA, 1918) Knox College (BA, 1907) |
Known for | Advocate for Women's Education, Philosophy, Psychology |
Notable work | Minnesota Mechanical Ability Tests (1930), Seven Psychologies (1933) |
Board member of | American Psychological Association |
Honours | APA 75th Anniversary Celebration Honor |
Heidbreder earned a doctorate in psychology, and was the first Knox graduate to do so. She was a high school teacher, an instructor at the University of Minnesota, and later on became a professor at Wellesley College. Some of Heidbreder's long-lasting contributions include her involvement in the Minnesota Mechanical Abilities Test, her dissertation, An Experimental Study of Thinking, and her publication, Seven Psychologies which taught the history and seven systems of psychology.
Heidbreder was an active member of the American Psychological Association (APA), the APA Division of General Psychology, and the National Research Council representing APA. She was an advocate of women’s education and of the destigmatization of stereotypes towards women in psychology.