Biography:Theodore Wachs
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Short description: American psychologist
Theodore D. Wachs | |
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| Born | February 6, 1941 Brooklyn, New York[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Muhlenberg College Peabody College |
| Awards | Golestan Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study[1] Muhlenberg College Alumni Achievement Award in Psychology – Child Development (2017)[2] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology |
| Institutions | Purdue University |
| Thesis | Free-recall learning in children as a function of directional motivation orientation, intelligence, and chronological age (1968) |
Theodore D. Wachs (born February 6, 1941)[3] is an American psychologist and professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University.[4] He has studied the effects of environmental factors, such as noise, on children's mental development.[5][6] He has also conducted research in the field of behavioral genetics.[4] Wachs was one of the founders of the Global Child Development Group in 2007.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Wachs, Th.D." (in en-GB). https://nias.knaw.nl/fellow/wachs-th-d/.
- ↑ "Theodore Wachs '62" (in en). https://www.muhlenbergconnect.com/s/1570/index.aspx?sid=1570&gid=2&pgid=2317&cid=5736&ecid=5736&crid=0&calpgid=441&calcid=5733.
- ↑ "Wachs, Theodore D., 1941-". http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82035015.html.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Theodore Wachs Home Page". http://www1.psych.purdue.edu/~wachs/home.html.
- ↑ Childs, Craig (2009-06-25). "Perfect Quiet" (in en). https://psmag.com/social-justice/perfect-quiet-3620.
- ↑ "Won't You Be My Buddy?" (in en). 1997-02-28. https://www.newsweek.com/wont-you-be-my-buddy-174912.
- ↑ Carter, Julie A.; Pollitt, Ernesto; Wasserman, Gail A.; Lozoff, Betsy; Gardner, Julie Meeks; Wachs, Theodore D.; Walker, Susan P. (2007-01-13). "Child development: risk factors for adverse outcomes in developing countries" (in English). The Lancet 369 (9556): 145–157. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60076-2. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 17223478. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(07)60076-2/abstract.
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