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Minton, Henry Lee was born on November 20, 1934 in New York City. Son of Irving and Sophie (Shapiro) Minton.
( The struggle to remove the stigma of sickness surroundi...)
The struggle to remove the stigma of sickness surrounding same-sex love has a long history. In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its diagnostic classification of mental illness, but the groundwork for this pivotal decision was laid decades earlier. In this new study, Henry L. Minton looks back at the struggle of the American gay and lesbian activists who chose scientific research as a path for advancing homosexual rights. He traces the history of gay and lesbian emancipatory research from its early beginnings in the late nineteenth century to its role in challenging the illness model in the 1970s. By examining archival sources and unpublished manuscripts, Minton reveals the substantial accomplishments made by key researchers and relates their life stories. He also considers the contributions of mainstream sexologists such as Alfred C. Kinsey and Evelyn Hooker, who supported the cause of homosexual rights through the advancement of scientific knowledge. By uncovering this hidden chapter in the story of gay liberation, Departing from Deviance makes an important contribution to both the history of science and the history of sexuality.
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( Lewis M. Terman, the man who popularized the concept of...)
Lewis M. Terman, the man who popularized the concept of IQ, developed the best-known test of intelligence, known as the Stanford-Binet Revision, and who tirelessly publicized the implicaitons of this research for American society, has been denounced as a racist, elitist, and sexist whose work served to legitimize the inequities of capitalist society. Nevertheless, Terman played a prominent role in the history of social science and public policy between the world wars. He was one of the first psychologists to command large research grants from corporate philanthropists and was a pioneer in research that was both bureaucratically organized and capital intensive. Henry L. Minton's book provides the first comprehensive and analytical treatment of Terman's career and serves as an important reference for scholars in the history of American science and education. This important new biography provides a balanced view of this influential and controversial psychologist. Primarily based on Terman's papers, the book is supplemental with interviews and appropriate secondary literature. The vitriolic controversies that Terman sparked over such issues as the interpretationof World War I intelligence -test data, the role of compensatory education in raising IQ, and the social status of homosexuals are presented ina n effective and telling way. Terman comes alive in this presentation of his life. Hentry L. Minton helps us understand an important figure in the history of science who has been praised and damned in an inadequate context.
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(In this intriguing study, two social psychologists and an...)
In this intriguing study, two social psychologists and an intellectual historian describe the people and intellectual currents which have given rise to the complex discipline of American social psychology. The authors examine the influence of British evolutionary theory, French social theory, American pragmatism, and the ideas of Freud, Marx and Lewin on the evolution of social psychological theory, and explain how these traditions contributed to later developments such as group dynamics, cognitive social psychology, and symbolic interaction. American social psychology during this century has shifted back and forth from a focus on individual psychological processes to a concern with the role of the broader social context and social interaction. This has resulted in the development of several quite distinct social psychologies, which are all valid rather than mutually exclusive, and it should be possible to build a discipline in which all aspects of social interaction are considered. Students and professionals in social psychology, sociology, and related areas, as well as those interstd in the history of the social sciences, will find this important and comprehensive appraisal of the field useful.
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(The roles of heredity and environment determinants of hum...)
The roles of heredity and environment determinants of human variation--one of the oldest controversies in the study of human differences-- continues to be an issue of major importance. Minton & Schneider's classic work provides an integrated overview of the concepts and research in individual and group differences in psychological functioning. The reader gains an understanding of the ways and the extent to which individuals and groups differ from one another as well as an understanding of the factors responsible for these differences. It guides readers through harder research and takes them into discussions of more sophisticated issues.
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Minton, Henry Lee was born on November 20, 1934 in New York City. Son of Irving and Sophie (Shapiro) Minton.
Bachelor, New York University, 1956. Master of Arts, Southern Illinois University, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, 1962.
Assistant professor California State University, Los Angeles, 1963-1965, State University of New York, Albany, 1965-1967. Associate professor Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1967-1970. Professor psychology University Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 1970-2000, professor emeritus Canada, since 2000.
(In this intriguing study, two social psychologists and an...)
(The roles of heredity and environment determinants of hum...)
(The roles of heredity and environment determinants of hum...)
( The struggle to remove the stigma of sickness surroundi...)
( Lewis M. Terman, the man who popularized the concept of...)
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Fellow APA; member Canada Psychological Association, Cheiron Society.
Married Sheila Gay Cohen, January 27, 1963 (divorced December 1983). 1 child, Gregory.