Paul E. Meehl | |
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Born | Paul Everett Swedal 3 January 1920 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
Died | 14 February 2003 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | (aged 83)
Alma mater | University of Minnesota (BA, PhD) |
Known for | Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, genetics of schizophrenia, construct validity, clinical v. statistical prediction, philosophy of science, taxometrics |
Awards | National Academy of Sciences (1987), APA Award for Lifetime Contributions to Psychology (1996), James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award (1998), Bruno Klopfer Award (1979) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Psychology, philosophy of science |
Institutions | University of Minnesota |
Doctoral advisor | Starke R. Hathaway |
Doctoral students | Harrison G. Gough, Dante Cicchetti, Donald R. Peterson, George Schlager Welsh |
Website | meehl |
Paul Everett Meehl (3 January 1920 – 14 February 2003) was an American clinical psychologist. He was the Hathaway and Regents' Professor of Psychology at the University of Minnesota, and past president of the American Psychological Association.[1] A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Meehl as the 74th most cited psychologist of the 20th century, in a tie with Eleanor J. Gibson.[2] Throughout his nearly 60-year career, Meehl made seminal contributions to psychology, including empirical studies and theoretical accounts of construct validity, schizophrenia etiology, psychological assessment, behavioral prediction, metascience, and philosophy of science.