James Inglis was a British/Canadian psychologist.

Career

Inglis trained in clinical psychology in Scotland, where he met and married the architect Lily Inglis. They moved to Canada in 1959, where James Inglis joined the faculty at

Queen's University at Kingston Queen's University at Kingston, commonly known as Queen's University or simply Queen's, is a public university, public research university in Kingston, Ontario, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Queen's holds more than of land throughout Ontario and ...

. He co-founded the clinical programme in the department of psychology. He received his DSc in psychology from the

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. He was active in the

Canadian Psychological Association The Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) is the primary organization representing psychologists throughout Canada. It was organized in 1939 and incorporated under the Canada Corporations Act, Part II, in May 1950. Its objectives are to imp ...

, of which he became president in 1979.

Heritage

Queen's University established the James Inglis Prize, awarded annually to a graduating doctoral student with highest standing in the clinical programme.

Positions

* President,

(1979) * Honorary Life Fellow,

Publications

* Inglis, J., & Lawson, J.S. (1986). A Principal Components Analysis of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC): Implications for the Test Results of Children with Learning Disabilities. ''Journal of Learning Disabilities, 19(2),'' 80–85. * Nichols, E.G., Inglis, J., Lawson, J.S., & MacKay, I. (1988). A Cross-Validation Study of Patterns of Cognitive Ability in Children with Learning Difficulties, as Described by Factorially Defined WISC-R Verbal and Performance IQs. ''Journal of Learning Disabilities, 21(8),'' 504–508. * Inglis J, Caird WK (1963) Age differences in successive responses to simultaneous stimulation. ''Canadian Journal of Psychology, 17:'' 98–105 * Inglis J, Sanderson RE (1961) Successive responses to simultaneous stimulation in elderly patients with memory disorder. ''Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology, 62:'' 709–712 * Lawson, J.S., & Inglis, J. (1984). The Psychometric Assessment of Children with Learning Disabilities: An Index Derived from a Principal Components Analysis of the WISC-R. ''Journal of Learning Disabilities, 17(9),''517-555.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Inglis, James Year of birth missing 1999 deaths Canadian clinical psychologists 20th-century Canadian psychologists 20th-century British psychologists Scottish emigrants to Canada Presidents of the Canadian Psychological Association Alumni of the University of London Academic staff of Queen's University at Kingston