| Willis F. Overton | |
| Birth Place: | Norwalk, Connecticut |
| Nationality: | American |
| Fields: | Clinical psychology Developmental psychology |
| Workplaces: | Temple University |
| Education: | Boston University Clark University |
| Thesis Title: | Ontogenetic changes in specification of object usages: effect of set for concrete manipulative functions |
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| Thesis Year: | 1967 |
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| Awards: | 1982 Lindback Award |
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Willis Franklin Overton, Jr. is an American psychologist whose research is in the fields of clinical and developmental psychology. He is the Thaddeus L. Bolton Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Temple University, where he was the chair of the psychology department from 2000 to 2006. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association's Divisions 7 (Developmental Psychology), 12 (Clinical Psychology), and 20 (Adult Development & Aging).[1] He was formerly the president of the Jean Piaget Society and the Society for the Study of Human Development.[2]