Jane Loevinger

Jane Loevinger was an American psychologist best known for her work on ego development and personality assessment. She proposed that individuals progress through a series of stages in their understanding of themselves and their relationships with others. Her work emphasized the importance of subjective experience and personal growth, leading to the development of the Washington University Sentence Completion Test, used to measure ego development. Loevinger’s research contributed significantly to psychology by providing insights into how people's viewpoints evolve over time, influencing fields such as developmental psychology, counseling, and education.