Jeanne Block

Jeanne Humphrey Block
Born(1923-07-17)July 17, 1923
Tulsa, Oklahoma
DiedDecember 4, 1981(1981-12-04) (aged 58)
Alma materStanford University
SpouseJack Block
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley

Jeanne Lavonne Humphrey Block (July 17, 1923 – December 4, 1981) was an American psychologist and expert on child development.[1] She conducted research on sex-role socialization and theories of personality. Block was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and conducted her research with the National Institute of Mental Health and the University of California, Berkeley. She retired in 1981 after being diagnosed with cancer, and died in December of the same year.

  1. ^ "Jeanne H. Block Dies; Research Psychologist (Published 1981)". The New York Times. 1981-12-12. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-02-01.