James J. Jenkins
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James J. Jenkins is an American psychology professor best known for his work in psycholinguistics. His current research work is largely in speech perception and memory. The Palermo-Jenkins word association list is named after him.
He earned his B.S., M.A. and Ph.D. from University of Minnesota, completing his doctorate in 1950. Jenkins is Distinguished Research Professor, Psychology, University of South Florida, and Speech and Hearing Sciences, Graduate Center, City University of New York. He is a Fellow of American Psychological Association Division 21. [1]
In 1994 he was one of 52 signatories on "Mainstream Science on Intelligence," an editorial written by Linda Gottfredson and published in the Wall Street Journal, which defended the findings on race and intelligence in The Bell Curve.
[edit] References
- Jenkins JJ (1959). A Study of Mediated Association. Minneapolis: ASIN B0007FSFV4
- Jenkins JJ, Palermo DS. Coordinate responses to the stimulus words of the Palermo-Jenkins word association list. Penn. State Univ., Research Bull. No. 54, 1964.
- Jenkins JJ, Russell WA. Association clustering during recall. J. abnorm. soc. Psychol., 1952, 47, 818-821.
- Jenkins JJ, Russell WA, Suci GJ. An atlas of semantic profiles for 360 words. Amer. J. Psychol., 1958, 71, 688-699.
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