格塞尔是美国著名的儿童心理学家,在他办耶鲁儿童发展诊室的50年中,他和他的同事们最彻底地把胚胎学的模式应用于儿童发展,从事极为广泛与详细的婴幼儿神经运动发展的研究,并提出了完善的行为常模,这至今还是儿科医生和心理学家的重要知识来源。1941年,他和阿马楚达一起制定了一个测量婴幼儿发育的格塞尔智能量表,我国也有修订本,现在普遍认为它是评价婴幼儿发育的有效工具。格塞尔也论述了一些有关儿童养育的问题,提倡一种以儿童为中心的养育方法。格塞尔是一个成熟论者,他把描述儿童从小到成熟所经过的发展阶段看作是他的主要任务。他虽然承认环境对成长能起作用,但不相 Gesell, a prominent American psychologist of children, spent 50 years in his Yale Child Development Clinic where he and his colleagues most thoroughly applied the embryology paradigm to the development of children in an extremely broad and detailed infant Research into the development of motor activity in young children and the development of sound behavioral modalities are still important sources of knowledge for pediatricians and psychologists. In 1941, he and Amartuch worked out a Gesell smart meter to measure the development of infants and young children. There is also a revised version in our country. Now it is generally considered as an effective tool to evaluate the development of infants and young children. Gesell also discusses some issues related to child rearing and advocates a child-centered approach to parenting. Gesell is a maturedist who sees his developmental stage as a child from maturity to as his main task. Although he acknowledges that the environment can play a role in growth, he does not