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Swiss psychologist

Franziska Baumgarten-Tramer
Born	Franziska Baumgarten 1883 or 1886
Died	(1970-03-01)March 1, 1970
Alma mater	University of Zurich
Scientific career
Thesis	Die Erkenntnislehre von Maine de Biran, ein historische studie (1911)

Franziska Baumgarten-Tramèr was an industrial psychologist, professor, and researcher. She is known for her work on the effects of war and trauma, aptitude testing, and gifted schoolchildren.

Early life

Baumgarten was born in Łódź, Poland in 1886 or 1883. She graduated from gymnasium in 1901 and then in 1905 went to study literature and philosophy at the University of Krakow. There her interest in understanding human emotion led her to the field of psychology. In 1908 she moved to the University of Zurich where she worked with Gustav Störring, before moving to the University of Bonn and then to Berlin. After hearing a lecture by Hugo Münsterberg, she decided to become an industrial psychologist.

Career

In Krakow she studied under the founder of the first experimental psychology laboratory in Poland, Władysław Heinreich where she completed her Ph.D. in 1911 on Maine de Biran's theory of knowledge. In 1919 she took a position lecturing at the University of Berne, and in 1929, she completed a habilitation on methodology of scientific testing at the University of Berne. Starting in 1930 Baumgarten lectured in psychology at the University of Bern, a position she continued until 1953 or 1954 when the university named her an honorary professor.

Research

Baumgarten was a psychologist known for her work in the fields of occupational psychology, professional ethics, and aptitude testing. Her early research examined why children lie and gratitude in children. She went on to research gifted students and ones on aptitude testing. She invented 3 aptitude tests in 1922: the Tremometer, the Zeitmebanordung, and the Bewegungsprufer, which measured hand steadiness, time, and hand movements, respectively. She continued her studies of gifted children, examining personalities and aptitudes versus observed intelligence.Her work involved self-designed aptitude testing at work, and discuss the impacts of personality and character traits of individual behavior. She furthered this in one of her most specialties, her focus on the effects of war on children.

Honors and awards

In 1953 Baumgarten received an honorary professorship from the University of Bern.

Personal life

In 1924, Baumgarten married Moritz Tramer, a child psychiatrist. The couple moved to Bern together in 1945 where some of their research was jointly published.

Selected publications

Baumgarten, Franziska (1927). "Die Lüge Bei Kindern Und Jugendlichen". Annalen der Philosophie und Philosophischen Kritik. 6: 144.
Baumgarten, F., & Crescott, D. A. (1928). Why Children hate: An experimental investigation of the reactions of school children in Poland to the enemy occupation. Journal of Educational Psychology, 19, 303-312.
Baumgarten, Franciska (1935). "Un Test Pour l'Examen des Gouts des Enfants et des Adultes". Le Travail Humain. 3 (3): 283–296. ISSN 0041-1868. JSTOR 40658611.
Baumgarten, Franziska; Nobs, Hans (1936). Die Dankbarkeit bei Kindern und Jugendlichen (in German). A. Francke.
Baumgarten, F. (1944). Demokratie und Charakter. Zurich: Rascher.
Baumgarten, Franciska (1955). Die Regulierungskräfte im Seelenleben. Lenhen-Verlag. OCLC 1332399779.

References

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^ Goldstein, Mira (2018). "Feminist Voices - Franziska Baumgarten". Feminist Voices. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
^ Canziani, Willy (October 1975). "Contributions to the History of Psychology: XXIII. I. Franziska Baumgarten-Tramer (11/26/86-3/1/70)". Perceptual and Motor Skills. 41 (2): 479–486. doi:10.2466/pms.1975.41.2.479. ISSN 0031-5125. S2CID 145694010.
^ Richebächer, Sabine (September 2010). "Franziska Baumgarten (1883–1970)" (PDF). Punktum. (in German). Schweizerischer Berufsverband für Angewandte Psychologie: 5–7. Archived from the original on October 24, 2022.
^ Baumgarten, Franziska (1975). "II. Autobiographical Notes: Prof. Dr. Franziska Baumgarten". Perceptual and Motor Skills. 41 (2): 487–490. doi:10.2466/pms.1975.41.2.487. ISSN 0031-5125. S2CID 144643819.
Baumgarten, Franziska (1911). "Die Erkenntnislehre von Maine de Biran, ein historische studie | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
Rudmin, Floyd (Fall–Winter 2006). "Franziska Baumgarten (1883-1970): Early Female, Jewish, Peach Pyschologist". Peace Psychology. 15 (2): 17–19.
Review of Die Dankbarkeit bei Kindern und Jugendlichen
- Meng, Heinrich; Institut für Sozialforschung (1936). "Die Dankbarkeit bei Kindern und Jugendlichen". Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung. 5 (3): 436–437. doi:10.5840/zfs19365328. ISSN 1011-0798.
Review of Demokratie und Charakter
- Z. (1945). "Review of Demokratie und Charakter". Die Friedens-Warte. 45 (1/2): 104. ISSN 0340-0255. JSTOR 23775518.
Reviews of Die Regulierungskräfte im Seelenleben
- Thomae, Hans (1956). "Review of Die Regulierungskräfte im Seelenleben. (Dalp-Taschenbücher, Bd. 310)". Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte. 8 (2): 192. ISSN 0044-3441. JSTOR 23893626.
- א., ס. (1957). "Review of Die Regulierungskräfte im Seelenleben. Dalp Taschenbücher". Iyyun: The Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly / עיון: רבעון פילוסופי. ח' (ג'): 186. ISSN 0021-3306. JSTOR 23301601.