Morabito Carmela
Dipartimento di Ricerche Filosofiche, Università di Roma 'Tor Vergata', Roma, I.
Med Secoli. 2006;18(2):513-38.
The paper deals with the beginning of Clinical Psychology in the first years of XX century, when a central role was played by the theoretical and practical approach on mental retardation and behavioural disorders of L. Witmer. The author describes the cultural formation of Witmer, between Structural Psychology and Functionalism, and the special attention he devoted to the management and education of children affected by mental retardation and behavioural problems. ... Any child, the functions of whose brain are not developed up to the normal limit for his age, is suffering from retardation ... Retardation must be defined in terms of individual capacity for physical and mental development....
本文探讨了20世纪初临床心理学的开端，当时L. 威特默关于智力迟钝和行为障碍的理论与实践方法发挥了核心作用。作者描述了威特默在结构心理学和机能主义之间的文化形成过程，以及他对智力迟钝和行为问题儿童的管理与教育所给予的特别关注。……任何一个孩子，其大脑功能未发育到与其年龄相应的正常水平，就是智力迟钝……必须根据个体身心发展的能力来界定智力迟钝……
