Virginia Zachert
American psychologist (1920–2012)
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Virginia Zachert (March 1, 1920 – May 3, 2012) was an American psychologist and professor on the faculty of the Medical College of Georgia from 1963 to 1984.
Virginia Zachert | |
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Virginia Zachert, from the 1940 yearbook of the Georgia State Women's College | |
| Born | March 1, 1920 Jacksonville, Alabama |
| Died | May 3, 2012 (age 92) Cuthbert, Georgia |
| Occupation | Psychologist |
| Relatives | Adeline Zachert (aunt) |
Early life and education
Zachert was born in Jacksonville, Alabama, the daughter of Reinhold Edward Zachert and Cora Massee Zachert. Her father was a Russian-born Baptist clergyman. Librarian Adeline Zachert was her aunt.[1] She earned a bachelor's degree from Georgia State Women's College in 1940.[2] She completed a master's degree at Emory University in 1947, and a Ph.D. in psychology from Purdue University in 1949.[3] Her dissertation was titled "A Factor Analysis of Vision Tests".[4]
Her sister Adeline Zachert Barber was an education professor at the University of Georgia and Armstrong State College.[5]
Career
During World War II, Zachert worked as a scientist for the United States Navy. From 1949 to 1954 she was an aviation psychologist for the United States Air Force.[3] In the late 1950s and early 1960s she worked at Western Design, designing a "teaching machine" for military use.[6]
Zachert joined the faculty of the Medical College of Georgia in 1963, as a professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology.[7][8] She retired from the Medical College with emeritus status in 1984.[9]
In retirement, Zachert was active on the President's Council on the Aging,[10] the CSRA Coalition of Advocates for the Aging, and the National Silver Haired Congress, among other old-age advocacy organizations.[11] She donated to the Baptist Seminary of Prague in honor of her parents.[3]
Publications
Zachert was an industrial psychologist, and her research involved quantitative studies of aptitude testing and programmed instruction.[12] Her work was published in scholarly journals including Journal of Applied Psychology,[13] Educational and Psychological Measurement,[14] American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology,[15] Academic Medicine,[16] and Psychometrika.[17]
- "Use of biographical inventory in the Air Force classification program" (1951, with Abraham S. Levine)[13]
- "Comparison of Correlations Using Raw Scores and Nine-Point Standard Scores" (1952, with Abraham S. Levine)[14]
- "Education and prediction of military school success" (1952, with Abraham S. Levine)[18]
- "The stability of the factorial pattern of aircrew classification tests in four analyses" (1953, with Gabriel Friedman)[17]
- Preliminary evaluation of a prototype automated technical training course (1962. with Felix F. Kopstein and Richard T. Cave)[19]
- "Student Attitudes Toward a Programmed Course" (1964, with Preston Lea Wilds)[16]
- Applications of Gynecologic Oncology (1967, with Preston Lea Wilds)[20]
- "Evaluation of a Programmed Text in Six Medical Schools" (1967, with Preston Lea Wilds)[21]
- "Programmed instruction in gynecologic cancer at the medical student level" (1968, with Preston Lea Wilds)[15]