| Description | CDR sound recording of an interview with Professor Glyn W. Humphreys (1954-2016) HonFBPsS, CPsychol. FRSM, FBA, University of Birmingham for the British Psychological Society's Oral History project.
The interview was conducted by Ting Chiu in February 2010.
Topics covered:
Running order:
Early experience predisposing to a career in psychology
Early days in psychology:
Early working career:
Working life:
Role of professional bodies in his professional life:
Mentors, other people, books, or literature which had the most influence on his career.
Memories of conferences, views of his contemporaries
Personal and family life related to, or had an impact, on his role as a psychologist.
Thoughts about his field of psychology and predictions for the future of his field.
Ends.
Total Running Time: c 30mins |
| RunTime | On one CDR disk (JPEG file), running time c 30 minutes |
| AdminHistory | Date of Birth: 28/12/1954
University and Professional Training:
BSc and PhD in Psychology, University of Bristol 1976- 1979
Professional career
Lecturer, Birkbeck College University of London, 1979
Chair of Psychology, Birkeck College University of London, 1988
Cognitive science research centre, University of Birmingham 1989
Professor of Cognitive Psychology, University of Birmingham (nd)
Awards:
British Psychological Society (BPS) Spearman Medal , 1986
British Psychological Society BPS Cognitive Psychology Prize, 1999
British Psychological Society BPS President's Award, 1999
Fellow of the Humboldt Foundation (nd)
Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (nd)
Fellow of the Belgian Experimental Psychology Society (nd)
Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences (nd)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (nd)
Fellow of the British Academy 2009
Involvement with BPS and/or other societies and organisations (selected):
Former President of the Experimental Psychology Society (nd)
Member of grant committees with the BBSRC, EPSRC, MRC, the Stroke Association and the Leverhulme Trust (nd)
Editor of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance (nd) |
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