James mckeen cattell and eugenics today

          Cattell's belief in eugenics even motivated him to offer his own children monetary gifts of $1, if they married the offspring of a university professor.

        1. Student and as a psychologist, one of Cattell's areas of 'interest was in human heredity and eugenics' (Cattell, ).
        2. It argues that the measurement of science emerged out of interest in great men, heredity and eugenics, and the contribution of eminent men to civilization.
        3. He drew on notions of eugenics and Social.
        4. The second part turns to Cattell as an advocate for science with statistics as his tool, and how he adapted Galton's ideas on great men, heredity and eugenics.

          5. It argues that the measurement of science emerged out of interest in great men, heredity and eugenics, and the contribution of eminent men to civilization..

          James McKeen Cattell

          American psychologist and educator (1860–1944)

          James McKeen Cattell

          Born(1860-05-25)May 25, 1860

          Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S.

          DiedJanuary 20, 1944(1944-01-20) (aged 83)

          Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.

          Alma materLafayette College (BA, MA)
          University of Leipzig (PhD)
          Scientific career
          FieldsPsychology, psychometrics
          InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
          University of Pennsylvania
          Columbia University
          Doctoral advisorWilhelm Wundt
          Doctoral studentsWalter Dearborn
          Harry L.

          Hollingworth
          Shepherd Ivory Franz
          Edward Thorndike
          Edward Kellog Strong Jr.
          John Dashiell

          Spouse

          Josephine Owen

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          (m. 1888)​
          Children7, including Psyche
          FatherWilliam Cassady Cattell

          James McKeen Cattell (May 25, 1860 – January 20, 1944) was the first professor of psychology in the United States, teaching at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

          He was a long-time edit