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Thérèse Gouin-Décarie

てれーず・ぐわん=でかりえ

Terēzu Guwan-Dekarie

Aliases: Thérèse Mercier-Gouin

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1923-09-30 (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Died
2024-04-02 (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) age 100
Nationality
Canada
Languages
French
Residence History
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Career

Occupations
Developmental psychologist, Educator, Professor
Active Years
1945-1991
Affiliations
Université de Montréal
Memberships
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Influenced By
Jean Piaget, Sigmund Freud

Education

Université de Montréal
Faculty of Psychology / Psychology
Degree: BA
Period: 1940s
Year of Graduation: 1945
Country: Canada
Bachelor's in Psychology
Université de Montréal
Faculty of Psychology / Psychology
Degree: MA
Period: 1940s
Year of Graduation: 1947
Country: Canada
Master's in Psychology
Université de Montréal
Faculty of Psychology / Psychology
Degree: PhD
Period: 1950s
Year of Graduation: 1960
Country: Canada
PhD in Psychology
Université de Paris
Centre médico-pédagogique
Period: 1948-1949
Country: France
Clinical training

Awards

Order of Canada
1971
Category: Officer
Organization: Government of Canada
Result: 受賞
National Order of Quebec
1994
Category: Officer
Organization: Government of Quebec
Result: 受賞
Prix Léon-Gérin
1988
Result: 受賞
Innis-Gérin Medal
1991
Organization: Royal Society of Canada
Result: 受賞
Prix Acfas Marcel-Vincent
1986
Category: 社会科学
Organization: Association francophone pour le savoir
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Intelligence and Affectivity in Early Childhood

1965 Psychology

An experimental study of Jean Piaget's object concept and object relations. Foreword by Jean Piaget.

Child developmentEmotional intelligence
Translations
  • Translated into several languages

Bibliography

  • Le développement psychologique de l'enfant., 1953
  • De l'adolescence à la maturité, 1955
  • Intelligence and affectivity in early childhood, 1965

Style & Themes

Literary Style
AcademicExperimental
Recurring Motifs
Infant developmentAffectivity and intelligence

Legacy

Pioneering Canadian developmental psychologist known for research on intellectual and emotional development in young children.

Archives

  • Université de Montréal Archives

Trivia

  • Lived to 100 years old.
  • Conducted longitudinal study on thalidomide children.