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Biography
Earl B. Hunt (January 8, 1933 – April 13, 2016) was an American psychologist specializing in the study of human and artificial intelligence. Within these fields he focused on individual differences in intelligence and the implications of these differences for the roles people play within a high-technology society. He was in partial retirement as emeritus professor of psychology and adjunct professor of computer science at the University of Washington at the time of his death. His book Will We Be Smart Enough? combines cognitive theory, demographic projections and psychometric research to measure the capabilities of tomorrow's workforce against the needs of tomorrow's workplace.
He was a former president of the International Society for Intelligence Research and was awarded the organisations Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009.
Appointments
| 2001-16 | Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of Washington |
| 1978-01 | Professor of Psychology, Adjunct Professor of Computer Science, University of Washington |
| 1971-78 | Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, University of Washington |
| 1966-75 | Professor of Psychology and Computer Science, University of Washington |
| 1965-66 | Associate Professor of Business Administration and Psychology, UCLA |
| 1963-65 | Senior Lecturer in Physics (Electronic Computing), University of Sydney |
| 1963-63 | Lecturer in Psychology, University of Sydney |
| 1961-62 | Staff Research Specialist, Western Management Science Institute, UCLA |
| 1960-61 | Acting Assistant Professor, Yale University |
| 1959-59 | Research Associate, Psychological Research Associates, Inc. |
| 1954-57 | United States Marine Corps |
Publications
Books
- Hunt, Earl (2011). Human intelligence. Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-70781-1.
- Hunt, Earl (2007). The mathematics of behavior. Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-61522-4.
- Hunt, Earl (2002). Thoughts on Thought. Mahwah, N.J: L. Erlbaum Associates. ISBN 978-0-8058-0265-8.
- Hunt, Earl (1995). Will we be smart enough? : a cognitive analysis of the coming workforce. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. ISBN 0-87154-392-3.
- Hunt, Earl (1975). Artificial intelligence. New York: Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-362340-9.
- Earl B. Hunt; Janet Marin; Philip J. Stone (1966). Experiments in Induction. New York: Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-362350-8.
- Hunt, Earl (1962). Concept learning: An information processing problem. Hoboken New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. doi:10.1037/13135-000.
Magazine articles
- Hunt, Earl (1995). "The Role of Intelligence in Modern Society". American Scientist. JSTOR 29775483. Retrieved 16 October 2015.