Walter V. Bingham

This article is about the American psychologist. For other people with same name, see Walter Bingham (disambiguation).

Walter Van Dyke Bingham (October 20, 1880 – July 8, 1952)[1] was an American industrial and applied psychologist who helped popularize intelligence and aptitude testing in industry. He was a student of Edward L. Thorndike and taught Louis Leon Thurstone.[2]

In 1915, Bingham founded the first university department of Applied Psychology at Carnegie Institute of Technology. In 1917, he helped Robert Yerkes to develop the Army Alpha and Beta tests.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Leonard Zusne (1984). "Biographical Dictionary of Psychology". Google Books. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
  2. 1 2 "Human Intelligence: Walter V. Bingham". intelltheory.com. Retrieved 2015-07-04.


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