Gregory Adams Kimble

Background

Kimble, Gregory Adams was born on October 21, 1917 in Mason City, Iowa, United States. Son of Howard and Iola (Adams) Kimble.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Carleton College, 1940; Master of Arts, Northwestern University, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1945.

Career

Instructor to assistant professor psychology, Brown U., 1945-1950; assistant professor psychology, Yale University, 1950-1952; from associate professor to professor psychology, Duke U., 1952-1968; professor, department chairman psychology, Duke U., 1977-1984; professor emeritus, Duke U., since 1984; department chairman, Duke U., 1977-1982; professor psychology, U. Colorado, 1968-1977; department chairman, U. Colorado, 1968-1975. Chairman experimental psychology research review committee National Institute of Mental Health, 1968-1971.

Achievements

• Gregory Adams Kimble has been listed as a noteworthy Psychology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Portraits of Pioneers in Psychology

    (Portraits of Pioneers in Psychology, Volume V is the next...)

  • How to use (and misuse) statistics (A Spectrum book)

    (Mathematics, Statistics, Applied Science)

  • Principles of general psychology
  • Principles of General Psychology
  • Hilgard and Marquis' Conditioning and Learning.
  • Conditioning and Learning - 2nd edition
  • Foundations of Conditioning and Learning.
  • Portraits of Pioneers in Psychology by Kimble, Gregory A. (2003) Paperback
  • Kimble Principles of General Psychology 5ed

Membership

Trustee James McKeen Cattell Fund, secretary-treasurer, 1983-1985. Fellow American Psychological Association (past president division experimental psychology, division general psychology, past chairman policy and planning board, member publications board 1973-1974, board directors 1980-1983, chairman Psychology Today committee 1983-1988). Member Psychonomic Society (governing board 1963-1967, 72-78), Society Experimental Psychologists (secretary-treasurer 1976-1979), Eastern Psychological Association, Southeastern Psychological Association, Midwestern Psychological Association, Rocky Mountain Psychological Association(past president), Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa. M C.

Connections

Married Lucille Laird, December 30, 1943. Children: Jeffrey Laird, Judith Elisabeth.

Father:

Howard Kimble

Mother:

Iola (Adams) Kimble

Spouse:

Lucille Laird

child:

Jeffrey Laird Kimble

child:

Judith Elisabeth Kimble