Eleanor Gibson ( Eleanor Jack Gibson , nee Jack; December 7, 1910, Peoria, Illinois - December 30, 2002, Columbia, South Carolina) - American psychologist . Professor at Cornell University, member of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (1971). Awarded the National Scientific Medal (1992).
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She graduated from Smith College with a bachelor's degree (1931) and a master's degree (1933). Degree in Philosophy at Yale University in 1938. There she wanted to study with Robert Yerkes , but he escorted her, saying that he would not tolerate women in his laboratory. Then she went to Clark Hull , although she did not share his scientific views. She taught at her native college (1932-1941, 1946-1949) and at Cornell University (1949-79), becoming in the last in 1972 a nominal professor - the first female professor of Cornell. During the war years, when her husband was recruited by the Air Force, she followed him and took care of the household and raising their two young children.
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1977). Signed " Prevention of scientists to mankind " (1992) [5] .
She was married (from 1932) to the famous psychologist James J. Gibson (died 1979), whom she met while studying at Smith College, where he taught.
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- ↑ 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ 1 2 The Museum of Solomon Guggenheim - 1937.
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ http://www.feministvoices.com/eleanor-j-gibson/
- ↑ World Scientists' Warning To Humanity (English) . stanford.edu (18 November 1992). The appeal date is June 25, 2019. Archived December 6, 1998.