Stanley Smith Stevens
Psychologist, Author
1906 – 1973
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Who was Stanley Smith Stevens?
Stanley Smith Stevens was an American psychologist who founded Harvard's Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory, studying psychoacoustics, and he is credited with the introduction of Stevens' power law. Stevens authored a milestone textbook, the 1400+ page "Handbook of Experimental Psychology". He was also one of the founding organizers of the Psychonomic Society. In 1946 he introduced a theory of levels of measurement often used by statisticians.
In addition, Stevens played a key role in the development of the use of operational definitions in psychology.
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- Born
- Nov 4, 1906
Ogden - Also known as
- S. S. Stevens
- Religion
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Stanford University
- University of Utah
- Died
- Jan 18, 1973
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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