Willis Overton

Willis Franklin Overton, Jr. is an American psychologist whose research is in the fields of clinical and developmental psychology. He is the Thaddeus L. Bolton Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Temple University, where he was the chair of the psychology department from 2000 to 2006. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association's Divisions 7 (Developmental Psychology), 12 (Clinical Psychology), and 20 (Adult Development & Aging).[1] He was formerly the president of the Jean Piaget Society and the Society for the Study of Human Development.[2]

Willis F. Overton
Born
Norwalk, Connecticut
NationalityAmerican
EducationBoston University
Clark University
Awards1982 Lindback Award
Scientific career
FieldsClinical psychology
Developmental psychology
InstitutionsTemple University
ThesisOntogenetic changes in specification of object usages: effect of set for concrete manipulative functions (1967)
Websitesites.temple.edu/woverton/

References
  1. "Willis Overton". College of Liberal Arts. Temple University. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  2. "Willis Overton CV" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-06-10.


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