Ranking Presidents by their IQ

[AceRothstein]

Dubya is smarter than Obama

Dubya and Reagan are surely the lowest IQ Presidents that we've had.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Dubya is smarter than Obama

Obama is a smart man, and he's better than all conservative presidents combined and comparing him to Bush...I'll pass, its not even worth a response.

57 States, Corpse men, no idea about or national holidays and has never heard of Judicial Review

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Dubya is smarter than Obama

Dubya and Reagan are surely the lowest IQ Presidents that we've had.

Obama is barely over 100. How was he "President " of Harvard Law Review? Based upon his handling of the Middle East I think the only time he was even at Harvard was for the class picture

 

[Wyatt earp]

This is the top 27, we'll do a countdown to the smartest:

They're smart, yeah smarrrrrt !





#27

George H. W. Bush
IQ: 130.1
College: Yale University

Before he attended Yale, George H. W. Bush enlisted in the Navy and served until the end of World War II. He also had a successful career in the oil industry before turning to politics.

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#26

William McKinley
IQ: 130.2
College: Allegheny College (withdrew)

Although William McKinley dropped out of Allegheny College, he would later earn a law degree from Albany Law School. President McKinley was tragically assassinated just six months into his second term.

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#25

James K. Polk
IQ: 130.2
College: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Polk has been called the “least known consequential president.” In his one term as president, Polk presided over the Mexican War, dramatically expanded the size of the country and overhauled the nation’s finance system.

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#24

Grover Cleveland
IQ: 130.9
College: None

Cleveland couldn’t afford a college education but that didn’t stop him from becoming a successful lawyer. As president, Cleveland earned a reputation for his honesty and work ethic.

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#23

Richard Nixon
IQ: 131.0
College: Whittier College

Nixon may have had the mostscandal-filled presidency, but there’s no doubting his intelligence. Before he resigned from office, Nixon actually accomplished some major foreign policy goals and pushed for more environmental regulation.

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#22

Dwight D. Eisenhower
IQ: 131.9
College: U.S. Military Academy (West Point)

Before becoming president, Eisenhower served as a five-star general in the army during World War II and was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe. Eisenhower also served as the president of Columbia University from 1948 to 1953.

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#21

Benjamin Harrison
IQ: 132.2
College: Miami University

Benjamin Harrison had a successful career as an attorney before and after his one-term presidency. He even represented the Republic of Venezuela against the United Kingdom.

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#20

George Washington
IQ: 132.5
College: None

Washington managed to become the first U.S. president without a college degree. In addition to having a sharp political mind, Washington was also a skilled military commander.


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#19

Martin Van Buren
IQ: 133.4
College: None

Van Buren began reading law at the age of 14 and was admitted to the bar just seven years later. Along with Andrew Jackson, he was one of the most influential architects of the original Democratic Party.

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#18

Rutherford B. Hayes
IQ: 133.9
College: Kenyon College

Like his predecessor, Ulysses S. Grant, Hayes struggled to reconcile the country after the Civil War. He is generally regarded as an unexceptional president.

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#17

William Henry Harrison
IQ: 133.9
College: Hampden-Sydney College (withdrew)

Sadly, William Henry Harrison’s presidency ended just 32 days into his first term, when he died of pneumonia. Before his presidency, Harrison gained fame for his military career.

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#16

Franklin Pierce
IQ: 134.8
College: Bowdoin College

Not even a brilliant mind could save Pierce from a disastrous presidency. His failure to deal with the issue of slavery helped escalate the onset of the Civil War.

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#15

Millard Fillmore
IQ: 136.0
College: None

Like Pierce, Fillmore failed to adequately address the issue of slavery. Although he never attended college, he helped found the University at Buffalo.

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#14

John Tyler
IQ: 136.2
College: College of William and Mary

Tyler has an impressive pre-presidency career, serving as a governor, U.S. representative and senator. However, he had a fairly unimpressive presidency.

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#13

Franklin D. Roosevelt#13
IQ: 139.6
College: Harvard University

In terms of influence, few presidents can match FDR’s 12 years as president. Roosevelt was also one of the most intellectual presidents to occupy the White House.

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#12

Abraham Lincoln
IQ: 140
College: None

With an estimated IQ of 140, Lincoln is undoubtedly one of the smartest presidents. Despite never obtaining a college degree, Lincoln was a highly-respected lawyer and a skilled orator.

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#11

James Madison
IQ: 141.3
College: Princeton University

As the “Father of the Constitution” and one of the key architects of the Bill of Rights, James Madison was certainly one of the most intelligent and influential U.S. presidents.

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#10

Chester A. Arthur
IQ: 141.5
College: Union College

Despite being one of the most intelligent presidents, Chester A. Arthur is generally regarded as being an inconsequential leader. Nonetheless, Arthur deserves credit for championing reform in a time of rampant political corruption.

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#9

James Garfield
IQ: 141.5
College: Williams College

Garfield excelled as a student at Williams College, where he graduated second in his class. It was said that Garfield could writeLatin with one hand and ancient Greek with the other.

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#8

Theodore Roosevelt
IQ: 142.3
College: Harvard University

Teddy Roosevelt was certainly one of the most intellectually curious presidents to occupy the White House. A prolific author, he published 35 books on subjects ranging from the War of 1812 to African game trails. He was also a respected naturalist and conservationist.

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#7

John Adams
IQ: 142.5
College: Harvard University

Adams was a highly intellectual political theorist, historian, lawyer and politician. Growing up, he excelled in Latin school and was admitted to Harvard College at the young age of 15.

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#6

Jimmy Carter
IQ: 145.1
College: U.S. Naval Academy

Jimmy Carter is a case where a high IQ didn’t necessarily equate to a successful presidency. Before becoming president, Carter graduated with a bachelor of science degree from the Naval Academy and later took graduate courses on nuclear physics at Union College.

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#5

Woodrow Wilson
IQ: 145.1
College: Princeton University

Wilson earned a Ph.D. in political science and was chosen to be president of Princeton University, a position he held from 1902 to 1910. As president, Wilson was a key figure in the Progressive Movement and presided over World War I.

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#4

Bill Clinton
IQ: 148.8
College: Georgetown University

Clinton was elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Georgetown University and won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, where he studied philosophy, politics and economics. He also received a law degree from Yale.

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#3

John F. Kennedy
IQ: 150.7
College: Harvard University

At 43, Kennedy was the youngest person to be elected president. Although he frequently struggled with health issues, Kennedy was nonetheless an avid scholar and an ambitious statesman.

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#2

Thomas Jefferson
IQ: 153.8
College: College of William and Mary (withdrew)

When speaking at a White House dinner for Nobel Laureates, JFK famously noted, “I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.” Jefferson certainly was a true Renaissance figure, studying everything from agricultural innovation to architecture.

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Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd the president with the highest IQ..................drum roll please !





#1

John Quincy Adams
IQ: 168.8
College: Harvard University

Like his father, John Quincy Adams was an esteemed lawyer and a formidable presence in court (he earned a law degree from Harvard). He was also a brilliant statesman, negotiating several key international treaties. Remarkably, Adams was fluent in at least four languages and regularly translated Latin and ancient Greek as well.

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http://us-presidents.insidegov.com/stories/5315/most-intelligent-presidents#27-John-Quincy-Adams

when did George Washington take an IQ test that was not yet invented.

Sheesh u r a moron

Did you bother checking the link ?

While a high IQ does not guarantee success, it is true that intelligence is often associated with effective leaders. But does that trend hold true for U.S. presidents? Are the most successful presidents also the most intelligent?

With that question in mind, InsideGov ranked the 27 smartest presidents in U.S. history, using data from UC Davis professor, Dean Simonton. In a 2006 study, Simonton used historiometric methods to estimate each president’s IQ, analyzing information from their biographies and writings that would indicate a higher-than-average intellect.

This list is by no means definitive, but it should give a good sense of which presidents were highly intellectual. Interestingly, eight of the presidents on this list either never attended college or dropped out before finishing their degrees.

Why check the link of a moron that says that George Washington took an IQ test that did not exist until the 1900's.

Moron, but if you found it on the internet at a link it's real.

yippy

If you're not going to bother reading how the UC Davis professor came up with the method of estimating thr IQ's, then I'm not going to bother with you any further.

There is no way to estimate IQ, but if you found it on the internet, it's real to you.

But they can use proxy to estimate the temperature 800 years Ago?

So are you telling us the likes of Newton , Gallieo were stupid because no IQ test existed back then?

Gtfo

 

[SwimExpert]

In fact, it is impossible to make such determinations. IQ testing did not exist in the 18th century. Unless a President actually took a legitimate IQ test, there is no way to be certain as to what his IQ may have been. Kinda like when people talk about Einstein's IQ. The man never took an IQ test. All claims about his IQ are nothing more than guesses.

 

[Bassman007]

when did George Washington take an IQ test that was not yet invented.

Sheesh u r a moron

Did you bother checking the link ?

While a high IQ does not guarantee success, it is true that intelligence is often associated with effective leaders. But does that trend hold true for U.S. presidents? Are the most successful presidents also the most intelligent?

With that question in mind, InsideGov ranked the 27 smartest presidents in U.S. history, using data from UC Davis professor, Dean Simonton. In a 2006 study, Simonton used historiometric methods to estimate each president’s IQ, analyzing information from their biographies and writings that would indicate a higher-than-average intellect.

This list is by no means definitive, but it should give a good sense of which presidents were highly intellectual. Interestingly, eight of the presidents on this list either never attended college or dropped out before finishing their degrees.

Why check the link of a moron that says that George Washington took an IQ test that did not exist until the 1900's.

Moron, but if you found it on the internet at a link it's real.

yippy

If you're not going to bother reading how the UC Davis professor came up with the method of estimating thr IQ's, then I'm not going to bother with you any further.

There is no way to estimate IQ, but if you found it on the internet, it's real to you.

But they can use proxy to estimate the temperature 800 years Ago?

So are you telling us the likes of Newton , Gallieo were stupid because no IQ test existed back then?

Gtfo

The link is make believe, it is designed as a general intelligence test in itself. To propose that George Washington had an IQ of 132.5 is only believed by people that are functionally unsound, like you.

Try again little one.

Next IQ question for my ace.

 

[AceRothstein]

Obama is barely over 100.

Source?

 

[Bassman007]

Obama is barely over 100.

Source?

The records are still in Kenya, in the Kenyan IQ testing headquarters, bye the baobab trees.

 

[amrchaos]

It says it calculated the relative IQ based on Biographies, speeches nd writings.

Speeches and writings fall under linguistic test--
The Biographies may seem important if it includes not only types of jobs but their performance on those jobs.

Sorry, this list seems more "opinion" by historians than actually scientific. Basically rubbish for a pop culture.

 

[Bassman007]

It says it calculated the relative IQ based on Biographies, speeches nd writings.

Speeches and writings fall under linguistic test--
The Biographies may seem important if it includes not only types of jobs but their performance on those jobs.

Sorry, this list seems more "opinion" by historians than actually scientific. Basically rubbish for a pop culture.

You can not calculate an IQ to the nearest tenth of a point. Anyone believing this because they saw it on the internet is retarded, like you.

 

[amrchaos]

To give you how unscientific the poll is, One of the most intelligent Presidents we had was Herbert Hoover(!)

He was an engineer that invented several engineering techniques, resolved scientific and business problems, and was one of the first to tie Worker safety to profits.

 

[Bassman007]

To give you how unscientific the poll is, One of the most intelligent Presidents we had was Herbert Hoover(!)

He was an engineer that invented several engineering techniques, resolved scientific and business problems, and was one of the first to tie Worker safety to profits.

What we want to know is how is GW IQ calculated to the tenth of a point?

 

[Wyatt earp]

Did you bother checking the link ?

Why check the link of a moron that says that George Washington took an IQ test that did not exist until the 1900's.

Moron, but if you found it on the internet at a link it's real.

yippy

If you're not going to bother reading how the UC Davis professor came up with the method of estimating thr IQ's, then I'm not going to bother with you any further.

There is no way to estimate IQ, but if you found it on the internet, it's real to you.

But they can use proxy to estimate the temperature 800 years Ago?

So are you telling us the likes of Newton , Gallieo were stupid because no IQ test existed back then?

Gtfo

The link is make believe, it is designed as a general intelligence test in itself. To propose that George Washington had an IQ of 132.5 is only believed by people that are functionally unsound, like you.

Try again little one.

Next IQ question for my ace.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz


I take it reading a history or biography book is not in your deck of cards?

God damn...

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Well here's the guy you people are calling a moron.
Sorry, but I think he has a little more credibility than you message board know-it-all's.

Dean Simonton

AboutResearch FocusSelected PublicationsTeachingAwards

EDUCATIONPh.D., Social Psychology, Harvard University, 1975M.A., Social Psychology, Harvard University, 1973B.A., Psychology, Occidental College, 1970

About

Dean Simonton is distinguished professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis. He is a member of a number of professional organizations, having served as president of the Society for General Psychology, APA Division 1, from 2011-2012 and previously as the president of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, and the Society for Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, APA Division 10. He also serves on a number of editorial committees and is currently associate editor of The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging, as well as direct submissions editor for Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. At UC Davis, Professor Simonton has served in a number of executive roles, including chair of the faculty for the executive committee and representative assembly, and departmental vice-chair, among others.

Research Focus

Professor Simonton’s research focuses on genius, creativity, leadership and aesthetics, looking at the cognitive, dispositional, developmental and sociocultural factors behind eminence, giftedness and talent in science, philosophy, literature, music, art, cinema, politics and war, with the greatest emphasis on scientific genius. He has also extensively developed archival data analysis, with an emphasis on cross-cultural, transhistorical, biographical, and content analytical measures, with special stress on the historiometric analyses of eminent personalities, creative products, and notable events. In addition, he studies the history of psychology, including analyses from the standpoint of the psychology of science, especially the psychology of distinguished scientists and eminent psychologists.

Selected Publications

Simonton, D. K. (2014). Creative performance, expertise acquisition, individual-differences, and developmental antecedents: An integrative research agenda. Intelligence, 45, 66-73. Simonton, D. K. (Ed.) (2014). The Wiley handbook of genius. Oxford, UK: Wiley. Simonton, D. K. (2014). The mad (creative) genius: What do we know after a century of historiometric research? In J.C. Kaufman (Ed.), Creativity and mental illness (pp. 25-41). New York: Cambridge University Press. Simonton, D. K. (2014). The mad-genius paradox: Can creative people be more mentally healthy but highly creative people more mentally ill? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 9, 470-480. Simonton, D. K. (2014). More method in the mad-genius controversy: A historiometric study of 204 historic creators. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 8, 53-61.

Teaching

Professor Simonton teaches in the area of social-personality. He has taught courses in Introductory Psychology; Introductory Social Psychology; History of Psychology; and Genius, Creativity, and Leadership.

Awards

Professor Simonton has won numerous awards throughout this career for research, service and teaching. The research awards include the William James Book Award from the Society for General Psychology, APA Division 1, in 2000; the Sir Francis Galton Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Study of Creativity, International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, in 1996; and the Theoretical Innovation Prize, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, APA Division 8, in 2004. Service honors include the Farnsworth Award for Outstanding Service to the Society for Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, APA Division 10, in 2011. And teaching honors include the Robert S. Daniel Award for Four Year College/University Teaching, Division 2 - Society for the Teaching of Psychology, APA, in 2006. At UC Davis, he has been awarded the UC Davis Prize for Teaching and Scholarly Achievement, the Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award and the Magnar Ronning Award for Teaching Excellence.

DEAN SIMONTON

Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychology

EMAILvCARD

OFFICES & LABS

Department of Psychology

102D Young Hall1 Shields AvenueDavis, CA 95616530-752-1677

http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/people/fzsimon

 

[Rustic]

I protest, where is Barry?
In '07 and '08 all the progressive Barry supporters all said he is the smartest human being to ever, ever existed?!?!?

Hope and change

 

[Rustic]

I protest, where is Barry?
In '07 and '08 all the progressive Barry supporters all said he is the smartest human being to ever, ever existed?!?!?

Hope and change

He is so smart only he knows there are 57 states...

 

[amrchaos]

The historians are obviously bias

Well here's the guy you people are calling a moron.
Sorry, but I think he has a little more credibility than you message board know-it-all's.

Dean Simonton

AboutResearch FocusSelected PublicationsTeachingAwards

EDUCATIONPh.D., Social Psychology, Harvard University, 1975M.A., Social Psychology, Harvard University, 1973B.A., Psychology, Occidental College, 1970

About

Dean Simonton is distinguished professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis. He is a member of a number of professional organizations, having served as president of the Society for General Psychology, APA Division 1, from 2011-2012 and previously as the president of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, and the Society for Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, APA Division 10. He also serves on a number of editorial committees and is currently associate editor of The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging, as well as direct submissions editor for Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. At UC Davis, Professor Simonton has served in a number of executive roles, including chair of the faculty for the executive committee and representative assembly, and departmental vice-chair, among others.

Research Focus

Professor Simonton’s research focuses on genius, creativity, leadership and aesthetics, looking at the cognitive, dispositional, developmental and sociocultural factors behind eminence, giftedness and talent in science, philosophy, literature, music, art, cinema, politics and war, with the greatest emphasis on scientific genius. He has also extensively developed archival data analysis, with an emphasis on cross-cultural, transhistorical, biographical, and content analytical measures, with special stress on the historiometric analyses of eminent personalities, creative products, and notable events. In addition, he studies the history of psychology, including analyses from the standpoint of the psychology of science, especially the psychology of distinguished scientists and eminent psychologists.

Selected Publications

Simonton, D. K. (2014). Creative performance, expertise acquisition, individual-differences, and developmental antecedents: An integrative research agenda. Intelligence, 45, 66-73. Simonton, D. K. (Ed.) (2014). The Wiley handbook of genius. Oxford, UK: Wiley. Simonton, D. K. (2014). The mad (creative) genius: What do we know after a century of historiometric research? In J.C. Kaufman (Ed.), Creativity and mental illness (pp. 25-41). New York: Cambridge University Press. Simonton, D. K. (2014). The mad-genius paradox: Can creative people be more mentally healthy but highly creative people more mentally ill? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 9, 470-480. Simonton, D. K. (2014). More method in the mad-genius controversy: A historiometric study of 204 historic creators. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 8, 53-61.

Teaching

Professor Simonton teaches in the area of social-personality. He has taught courses in Introductory Psychology; Introductory Social Psychology; History of Psychology; and Genius, Creativity, and Leadership.

Awards

Professor Simonton has won numerous awards throughout this career for research, service and teaching. The research awards include the William James Book Award from the Society for General Psychology, APA Division 1, in 2000; the Sir Francis Galton Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Study of Creativity, International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, in 1996; and the Theoretical Innovation Prize, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, APA Division 8, in 2004. Service honors include the Farnsworth Award for Outstanding Service to the Society for Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, APA Division 10, in 2011. And teaching honors include the Robert S. Daniel Award for Four Year College/University Teaching, Division 2 - Society for the Teaching of Psychology, APA, in 2006. At UC Davis, he has been awarded the UC Davis Prize for Teaching and Scholarly Achievement, the Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award and the Magnar Ronning Award for Teaching Excellence.

DEAN SIMONTON

Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychology

EMAILvCARD

OFFICES & LABS

Department of Psychology

102D Young Hall1 Shields AvenueDavis, CA 95616530-752-1677

Dean Simonton — People in the Division of Social Sciences at UC Davis

His "metric" is heavily biased.

I've already pointed out a president who was noted for solving difficult engineering and business problems long before becoming president yet he does not get mentioned in a list of 27 presidents.

P.S. Here is another list
President IQ, SQ

In this one, Herbert Hoover IQ is 143 while John F Kennedy is at 119!

 

[amrchaos]

even another list

Note the bias--George H W Bush with average IQ(98) unlikely!
Presidential IQ's - Presidents IQ Scores

 

[Bassman007]

Well here's the guy you people are calling a moron.
Sorry, but I think he has a little more credibility than you message board know-it-all's.

Dean Simonton

AboutResearch FocusSelected PublicationsTeachingAwards

EDUCATIONPh.D., Social Psychology, Harvard University, 1975M.A., Social Psychology, Harvard University, 1973B.A., Psychology, Occidental College, 1970

About

Dean Simonton is distinguished professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis. He is a member of a number of professional organizations, having served as president of the Society for General Psychology, APA Division 1, from 2011-2012 and previously as the president of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, and the Society for Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, APA Division 10. He also serves on a number of editorial committees and is currently associate editor of The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging, as well as direct submissions editor for Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. At UC Davis, Professor Simonton has served in a number of executive roles, including chair of the faculty for the executive committee and representative assembly, and departmental vice-chair, among others.

Research Focus

Professor Simonton’s research focuses on genius, creativity, leadership and aesthetics, looking at the cognitive, dispositional, developmental and sociocultural factors behind eminence, giftedness and talent in science, philosophy, literature, music, art, cinema, politics and war, with the greatest emphasis on scientific genius. He has also extensively developed archival data analysis, with an emphasis on cross-cultural, transhistorical, biographical, and content analytical measures, with special stress on the historiometric analyses of eminent personalities, creative products, and notable events. In addition, he studies the history of psychology, including analyses from the standpoint of the psychology of science, especially the psychology of distinguished scientists and eminent psychologists.

Selected Publications

Simonton, D. K. (2014). Creative performance, expertise acquisition, individual-differences, and developmental antecedents: An integrative research agenda. Intelligence, 45, 66-73. Simonton, D. K. (Ed.) (2014). The Wiley handbook of genius. Oxford, UK: Wiley. Simonton, D. K. (2014). The mad (creative) genius: What do we know after a century of historiometric research? In J.C. Kaufman (Ed.), Creativity and mental illness (pp. 25-41). New York: Cambridge University Press. Simonton, D. K. (2014). The mad-genius paradox: Can creative people be more mentally healthy but highly creative people more mentally ill? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 9, 470-480. Simonton, D. K. (2014). More method in the mad-genius controversy: A historiometric study of 204 historic creators. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 8, 53-61.

Teaching

Professor Simonton teaches in the area of social-personality. He has taught courses in Introductory Psychology; Introductory Social Psychology; History of Psychology; and Genius, Creativity, and Leadership.

Awards

Professor Simonton has won numerous awards throughout this career for research, service and teaching. The research awards include the William James Book Award from the Society for General Psychology, APA Division 1, in 2000; the Sir Francis Galton Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Study of Creativity, International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, in 1996; and the Theoretical Innovation Prize, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, APA Division 8, in 2004. Service honors include the Farnsworth Award for Outstanding Service to the Society for Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, APA Division 10, in 2011. And teaching honors include the Robert S. Daniel Award for Four Year College/University Teaching, Division 2 - Society for the Teaching of Psychology, APA, in 2006. At UC Davis, he has been awarded the UC Davis Prize for Teaching and Scholarly Achievement, the Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award and the Magnar Ronning Award for Teaching Excellence.

DEAN SIMONTON

Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychology

EMAILvCARD

OFFICES & LABS

Department of Psychology

102D Young Hall1 Shields AvenueDavis, CA 95616530-752-1677

Dean Simonton — People in the Division of Social Sciences at UC Davis

I did not say he was a moron, I said that people that believe the web page are morons, and that the fake web page was set up to do just that, and he found you. Thus you have demonstrated moronism quite clearly.

121.000091

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Well here's the guy you people are calling a moron.
Sorry, but I think he has a little more credibility than you message board know-it-all's.

Dean Simonton

AboutResearch FocusSelected PublicationsTeachingAwards

EDUCATIONPh.D., Social Psychology, Harvard University, 1975M.A., Social Psychology, Harvard University, 1973B.A., Psychology, Occidental College, 1970

About

Dean Simonton is distinguished professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis. He is a member of a number of professional organizations, having served as president of the Society for General Psychology, APA Division 1, from 2011-2012 and previously as the president of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, and the Society for Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, APA Division 10. He also serves on a number of editorial committees and is currently associate editor of The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging, as well as direct submissions editor for Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. At UC Davis, Professor Simonton has served in a number of executive roles, including chair of the faculty for the executive committee and representative assembly, and departmental vice-chair, among others.

Research Focus

Professor Simonton’s research focuses on genius, creativity, leadership and aesthetics, looking at the cognitive, dispositional, developmental and sociocultural factors behind eminence, giftedness and talent in science, philosophy, literature, music, art, cinema, politics and war, with the greatest emphasis on scientific genius. He has also extensively developed archival data analysis, with an emphasis on cross-cultural, transhistorical, biographical, and content analytical measures, with special stress on the historiometric analyses of eminent personalities, creative products, and notable events. In addition, he studies the history of psychology, including analyses from the standpoint of the psychology of science, especially the psychology of distinguished scientists and eminent psychologists.

Selected Publications

Simonton, D. K. (2014). Creative performance, expertise acquisition, individual-differences, and developmental antecedents: An integrative research agenda. Intelligence, 45, 66-73. Simonton, D. K. (Ed.) (2014). The Wiley handbook of genius. Oxford, UK: Wiley. Simonton, D. K. (2014). The mad (creative) genius: What do we know after a century of historiometric research? In J.C. Kaufman (Ed.), Creativity and mental illness (pp. 25-41). New York: Cambridge University Press. Simonton, D. K. (2014). The mad-genius paradox: Can creative people be more mentally healthy but highly creative people more mentally ill? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 9, 470-480. Simonton, D. K. (2014). More method in the mad-genius controversy: A historiometric study of 204 historic creators. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 8, 53-61.

Teaching

Professor Simonton teaches in the area of social-personality. He has taught courses in Introductory Psychology; Introductory Social Psychology; History of Psychology; and Genius, Creativity, and Leadership.

Awards

Professor Simonton has won numerous awards throughout this career for research, service and teaching. The research awards include the William James Book Award from the Society for General Psychology, APA Division 1, in 2000; the Sir Francis Galton Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Study of Creativity, International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, in 1996; and the Theoretical Innovation Prize, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, APA Division 8, in 2004. Service honors include the Farnsworth Award for Outstanding Service to the Society for Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, APA Division 10, in 2011. And teaching honors include the Robert S. Daniel Award for Four Year College/University Teaching, Division 2 - Society for the Teaching of Psychology, APA, in 2006. At UC Davis, he has been awarded the UC Davis Prize for Teaching and Scholarly Achievement, the Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award and the Magnar Ronning Award for Teaching Excellence.

DEAN SIMONTON

Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychology

EMAILvCARD

OFFICES & LABS

Department of Psychology

102D Young Hall1 Shields AvenueDavis, CA 95616530-752-1677

Dean Simonton — People in the Division of Social Sciences at UC Davis

I did not say he was a moron, I said that people that believe the web page are morons, and that the fake web page was set up to do just that, and he found you. Thus you have demonstrated moronism quite clearly.

121.000091

Prove what I posted is fake.