Janellen Huttenlocher

Janellen Huttenlocher
Born (1932-02-17)February 17, 1932
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Died November 20, 2016(2016-11-20) (aged 84)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater University of Buffalo, Harvard University

Janellen Huttenlocher (February 17, 1932 – November 20, 2016) was a psychologist and professor known for her research in the field of the child's environment in the development of cognitive skills. She studied at the University at Buffalo and Harvard University. She was a recipient of the APS William James Fellow Award, the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, and the SRCD Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development.

Biography

Huttenlocher (née Burns) was born in Buffalo, New York. She received her B.A. at the University of Buffalo in 1953, married her husband Peter Huttenlocher in 1954, and had three children. Huttenlocher attended Harvard University for her graduate studies in Psychology, completing her M.A. in 1958 and Ph.D in 1960 under the supervision of Professor Frederick Mosteller. She completed postdoctoral training at Harvard University in the 1960s in the midst of the cognitive revolution. Huttenlocher joined the faculty of the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago in 1974, after teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University. She was the William S. Gray Professor Emeritus in Psychology at the time of her death.

Research

Huttenlocher co-authored two books and over 100 research articles on a range of topics including language development, spatial reasoning, memory, and quantitative development. Her book Making space: The development of spatial representation and reasoning, co-authored with Nora Newcombe, provided a comprehensive account of how children actively construct mental models of spatial environments.[1][2] Her second book Quantitative development in infancy and early childhood, co-authored with Kelly Mix and Susan Levine, focused on how children develop numerical concepts and quantitative reasoning skills.[3][4]

Huttenlocher was well known for her research on the verbal behavior of parents and teachers in relation to children's language development, focusing on the effects of early input on children's vocabulary growth and their learning of grammar (syntax).[5]

Representative publications

  • Huttenlocher, J. (1968). Constructing spatial images. Psychological Review, 75(6), 550-560.
  • Huttenlocher, J., Haight, W., Bryk, A., Seltzer, M., & Lyons, T. (1991). Early vocabulary growth: Relation to language input and gender. Developmental Psychology, 27(2), 236-248.
  • Huttenlocher, J., Hedges, L. V., & Duncan, S. (1991). Categories and particulars. Psychological Review, 98(3), 352-376.
  • Huttenlocher, J., Vasilyeva, M., Cymerman, E., & Levine, S. (2002). Language input and child syntax. Cognitive psychology, 45(3), 337-374.

References

  1. ↑ Newcombe, Nora S.; Huttenlocher, Janellen (2003). Making space : the development of spatial representation and reasoning. Cambridge: MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-64050-3.
  2. ↑ Davis, Alyson (2001-11-01). "Reviews: Making Space: The Development of Spatial Representation and ReasoningMaking space: the development of spatial representation and reasoning by NewcombeN S, HuttenlocherJ; MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2000, 262 pages, $37.95 (£25.95) ISBN 0 262 14069 1". Perception. 30 (11): 1403–1405. doi:10.1068/p3011rvw.
  3. ↑ Mix, Kelly S.; Huttenlocher, Janellen; Levine, Susan Cohen (2002). Quantitative development in infancy and early childhood. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-512300-X.
  4. ↑ Muldoon, Kevin P. (2003-03-01). "Quantitative development in infancy and early childhood. Kelly S. Mix, Janellen Huttenlocher and Susan Cohen Levine, Oxford University Press, 2002. pp. 158. Price: £27.50. ISBN 0-19-512300-X". Infant and Child Development. 12 (1): 110–112. doi:10.1002/icd.315. ISSN 1522-7219.
  5. ↑ "Janellen Huttenlocher, pioneering scholar in childhood development, 1932–2016". UChicago News. 2016-12-01. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
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