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educator psychologist

Kenneth Evan Moyer, American psychologist, educator. Achievements include research, publications endocrinology emotion, startle response avoidance behavior, physiology aggression; demonstrated young children have capacity for prolonged attention spans if proper toys are used, that adrenal glands are not essential for effects electroconvulsive shock on behavior; development physiological theory aggressive behavior.

Background

Moyer, Kenneth Evan was born on November 19, 1919 in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, United States. Son of John Evan and Margaret (Lashway) Moyer.

Education

Bachelor of Arts with honors, Park College, 1943; Master of Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Washington University, St. Louis, 1951.

Career

Member faculty, Carnegie-Mellon U., Pittsburgh, since 1949; professor psychology, Carnegie-Mellon U., since 1961. Consultant on higher education Governor Norway, 1954. Member research advising committee Pennsylvania Commonwealth Mental Health Foundation, since 1956.

Achievements

  • Kenneth Evan Moyer has been listed as a noteworthy psychologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association. Member Psychonomic Society, Southern Society Philosophy and Psychology, Pittsburgh Psychological Association (past director), Sigma Xi, Theta Kappa Theta.

Connections

Married Doris Virginia Johnson, May 29, 1943. Children: Robert Stephen, Cathy Lita.

Father:
John Evan Moyer

Mother:
Margaret (Lashway) Moyer

Spouse:
Doris Virginia Johnson

child:
Robert Stephen Moyer

child:
Cathy Lita Moyer