Winthrop Kellogg
| Winthrop Niles Kellogg | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 13, 1898 Mount Vernon, New York, U.S. |
| Died | June 22, 1972 (aged 74) Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. |
| Education |
Indiana University, B.A. Columbia University, M.A., Ph.D. |
| Known for | The Ape and the Child, dolphin sonar/echolocation, learning defined as a function (a change in behavior) |
Winthrop Niles Kellogg (1898 – June 22, 1972) was an American comparative psychologist who studied the behavior of a number of species.
Kellogg received his undergraduate degree at Indiana University after serving for two years in World War I. He went on to receive his Master's and PhD. from Columbia University. He held academic positions at both Indiana and Florida State Universities where he would undertake two of the most pioneering studies. During his time at Indiana his research focused on conditioning in learning and comparative studies. His time at Florida State was dedicated to bottle-nose dolphins and sonar.
Winthrop Niles Kellogg was born in 1898 in Mount Vernon, New York. He began undergraduate study in 1916 at Cornell University for one year before joining the Great War (World War I) in Europe. For two years he served as part of the American Expeditionary Forces in the US Army Air Service, earning him the prestigious Croix de Guerre. After the war, he returned to undergraduate study at Indiana University. There he met Luella Dorothy Agger of Indianapolis, whom he would marry in 1920. Kellogg and Agger had two children, Donald Agger Kellogg and Shirley Mae Kellogg.
Kellogg graduated from Indiana in 1922 majoring in Philosophy and Psychology. Kellogg tried out several jobs, including a journalist, but was persuaded by Luella's uncle to have a go in academia. Kellogg followed this advice enrolling in the psychology program at Columbia University, where he would receive his Master's in 1927 and his doctorate just two years later in 1929. His doctorate was directed by Robert S. Woodworth and compared psychophysical methods. Even as a graduate student, Kellogg was prolific researcher. He published four single authored articles and one co-authored in 1928-29 in addition to his dissertation. An additional three articles in 1930 and another five in 1931. Kellogg sustained this level of activity throughout his academic career. This level of productivity likely aided in his hiring offer by Indiana soon after receiving his PhD.
At Indiana, Kellogg built a research laboratory for studying conditioned behavior in dogs. With help from colleagues and students, he was able to establish an extensive program to study physiological and conditional responses of dogs with their cortex removed. The laboratory provided a great opportunity for students to get adequate training in experimental research and to work on specific research questions within a "well-defined research paradigm."
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