Burt Affair

Few reputations had undergone so dramatic a reversal as that of the late Sir Cyril Burt. Originally published in 1989, Robert B. Joynson took a penetrating new look at the 'Burt Affair', examining in detail the grounds on which Burt had been accused. He concluded that the accusations were ill-founded and that Burt must be exonerated.

List of contents

Preface. Acknowledgments. List of Tables. 1. Pioneer 2. Scandal 3. Discoveries 4. Burt's Historical Claims: The Early Papers 5. Burt's Historical Claims: Spearman and Pearson 6. Burt's Kinship Studies: The Invariant Correlations 7. Burt's Kinship Studies: The Missing Assistants 8. Burt's Last Papers 9. The Mad Professor 10. Burt's Character 11. How it Happened: The Accusation 12. How it Happened: The Endorsement. Appendix A: A Disputed Priority. Appendix B: Letter from Thorndike to Spearman, 17 October 1904. Appendix C: Note from Burt (1917: 53). Appendix D: Letter from Sir Halford Cook, 30 August 1984. Bibliography. Index.

About the author

Robert B. Joynson (1922-2015) studied at the Institute of Experimental Psychology at Oxford. From 1948 onwards he taught at the University of Nottingham, with the exception of one year (1967-68) where he taught at Howard University, Washington D.C.

Summary

Few reputations had undergone so dramatic a reversal as that of the late Sir Cyril Burt. Originally published in 1989, Robert B. Joynson took a penetrating new look at the ‘Burt Affair’, examining in detail the grounds on which Burt had been accused. He concluded that the accusations were ill-founded and that Burt must be exonerated.

Product details

• Authors: Robert B. Joynson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032967486
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3296748-6
• No. of pages: 364
• Series: Psychology Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology, PSYCHOLOGY / History, Educational psychology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Cognition and cognitive psychology