Marie Skodak Crissey | |
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Born | Marie Paula Skodak January 10, 1910 |
Died | December 5, 2000 | (aged 90)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Ohio State University (MA) University of Iowa (PhD) |
Occupation | Developmental psychologist |
Spouse |
Orlo Crissey (m. 1966) |
Marie Skodak Crissey (10 January 1910 – 5 December 2000) was an American developmental psychologist who specialized in intelligence testing, school psychology service administration, and special education. She authored several books and articles on these subjects, and her work has often been cited in research on the development and intelligence of children in relation to adoption and child care. She was an active member of several divisions of the American Psychological Association and served as President of the Division of Consulting Psychology and the Division on Mental Retardation (now the Division of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities).[1][2]