Review of: My Life Transformed

Reviews the book, My Life Transformed by Helen Heckman . This is an autobiography of a deaf girl written in a simple style without any attempt at scientific accuracy. At about twelve years of age the child was taken out of an institution and educated privately by her step-mother. The rest of the boo...

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Published in:Journal of applied psychology 1928-06, Vol.12 (3), p.350-351
Main Author: Pintner, R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autobiography
Deafness
Education
Female
Human
Intelligence
Stepparents
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Summary:Reviews the book, My Life Transformed by Helen Heckman . This is an autobiography of a deaf girl written in a simple style without any attempt at scientific accuracy. At about twelve years of age the child was taken out of an institution and educated privately by her step-mother. The rest of the book describes what this remarkable woman accomplished. The book is an interesting human document, but of little value to the psychologist who is interested in the scientific study of the deaf. If psychological tests had been made at stated periods during this child's life, how extremely valuable would these have been, because it would seem as if we had here to do with a child of exceptionally high intelligence.
ISSN:0021-9010
1939-1854
DOI:10.1037/h0064935