Edmund Smith Conklin (April 19, 1884 – October 6, 1942) was an American author and psychologist.
He was born in New Britain, Connecticut on April 19, 1884. He attended Clark University when G. Stanley Hall was a leading teacher. He graduated in psychology from Springfield College and Clark University.Seashore, Robert H.; Davis, R. C.; Kantor, J. R. (1943). Edmund Smith Conklin: 1884–1942. Science. Volume 97. Issue 2522. pp. 393–394 He was a professor and chairman of the department of psychology at Indiana University.Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener, Karl M. Dallenbach. (1943). The American Journal of Psychology. N. Murray. Volume 56. p. 140 He served at various times as a visiting professor at the University of Chicago and Syracuse University.Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science. (1942). Volume 52. p. 3 He wrote books on abnormal psychology, anomalistic psychology and the psychology of religion.Psychiatric Quarterly. (1963). Volume 17. Issue 1. pp. 182–185
He died in a hospital in Bloomington, Indiana on October 6, 1942.
Publications Introductory Psychology for Students of Education [with Frank Samuel Freeman] (1939) Three diagnostic Scorings for the Thurstone Personality Schedule (1937) Outline of Abnormal Psychology (1936) Principles of Adolescent Psychology (1935) The Scale of Values Method for Studies in Genetic Psychology (1923) Principles of Abnormal Psychology (1927, 1944) The Foster-Child Fantasy (1920) Collegiate Religious Education (1909)
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