Oral history interview with Gardner Lindzey, 1986.

Biographical Note

Psychologist.

Scope and Contents

Penn State, B.A. 1943, M.A. 1949; director of Center for the Study of the Behavioral Sciences, 1975; the Center's relationship with the Spencer Foundation; daily operation of the Center: fellowship selection process, changing research emphasis at the Center, support for minority and female scholars and those at lesser-known institutions; the Center's financial supporters, the "Berkeley Rule," non-evaluative environment, degree of financial support of the fellows; the summer program; impressions of Lawrence Cremin as new president of the Spencer Foundation.

Subjects

• Behaviorism (Psychology)
• Center for the Study of the Behavioral Sciences.
• Education--Research.
• Endowment of research.
• Grossner, Isabel S., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Lindzey, Gardner--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Psychologists--Interviews.
• Research institutes.
• Spencer Foundation.