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Thérèse Gouin-Décarie
Thérèse Gouin-Décarie OC OQ FRSC (French pronunciation: [te.ʁɛz.gwɛ̃.de.ka.ʁi]; September 30, 1923 – April 2, 2024) was a Canadian developmental psychologist and educator from Quebec. She is known for her work on intellectual and emotional development in young children.[1] BiographyGouin-Décarie was born in Montreal, Quebec on September 30, 1923, to Yvette Ollivier, an artist and playwright, and Léon-Mercier Gouin, a lawyer, professor, and Canadian senator.[1][2] She studied psychology at the Université de Montréal, earning a bachelor's degree in 1945 and a master's degree in 1947.[1] She pursued clinical training at the Centre d'orientation in Montreal (1948), at the Children's Center in Boston (1948), and at the Centre médico-pédagogique at the Université de Paris (1948–1949).[2] In 1949, she married the Canadian philosopher Vianney Décarie.[1] In 1949, Gouin-Décarie returned to teach psychology and complete her dissertation at the Université de Montréal, where she would remain for the rest of her career.[2] She completed her PhD in 1960.[1][2] She earned the title of full professor in 1965 and, after her retirement, professor emeritus in 1991.[2] Décarie died on April 2, 2024, at the age of 100.[3] ResearchGouin-Décarie conducted research on children's development.[1] Her dissertation, Emotional Intelligence in Young Children, reconciled the developmental theories of Jean Piaget and Sigmund Freud.[1][4] This work was published as Intelligence and Affectivity in Early Childhood, and included a foreword by Piaget.[1][5] It was later translated into several languages.[6] In the 1960s, Gouin-Décarie led a longitudinal study of children born to mothers who had taken thalidomide during their pregnancy.[2][7] Her work assessed the psychological and emotional health of these children, and received international attention.[6] Gouin-Décarie's later research examined topics of early social development, including infants' responses to strangers[8] and toddlers' perspective-taking skills.[9] Awards and honoursIn 1969, Gouin-Décarie was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. She was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1971. She was named a Distinguished Fellow of the International Society for Infant Study in 1990. In 1994, she was named an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.[10] In 1988, she was awarded the Prix Léon-Gérin. In 1991, she received the Innis-Gérin Medal from the Royal Society of Canada.[10] She received the Prix Acfas Marcel-Vincent from the Association francophone pour le savoir for her work in the social sciences in 1986; in 2013, the prize was renamed the Prix Acfas Thérèse Gouin-Décarie in her honour.[11] Publications
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