June Etta Downey was an American psychologist who studied personality and handwriting. Raised in Laramie, Wyoming, she wrote seven books and more than seventy articles over her career and developed the Individual Will-Temperament Test, one of the first tests to evaluate character traits separately from intellectual ability and the first to use psychographic methods of interpretation. She chaired the Department of Psychology and Philosophy at the University of Wyoming, becoming the first woman to head a department at a state university, and was elected to the Society of Experimental Psychologists.
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Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionDeveloped the Downey Individual Will-Temperament Test in 1919, one of the first personality inventories, which assessed character traits through handwriting rather than intellectual capacity, and became the first woman to head a department at a state university. 1 Notable WorkCreative Imagination: Studies in the Psychology of Literature (1929) 1 Connections
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June Etta Downey (July 13, 1875 – October 11, 1932) was an American psychologist who studied personality and handwriting.
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June Etta Downey (July 13, 1875 - October 11, 1932) was an American psychologist who studied personality and handwriting.
Early life section
June Etta Downey was born in Laramie, Wyoming, to Stephen Wheeler Downey and Evangeline (Owen) Downey as the second child in a family of nine.
Later life section
Downey died at her sister's home in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1932 after being taken ill with stomach cancer.
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In 1919, Downey developed the Downey Individual Will-Temperament Test.
Career section
She published her last book, Creative Imagination, in 1929 tying together her interests in psychology and the arts.
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This test was one of her biggest contributions to personality psychology and was one of the first personality inventories.
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