 She wrote the "Handbook of Child Psychology" in 1933, becoming the first known psychologist to critique ratio I.Q.Florence Laura Goodenough was born to Alice and Linus Goodenough on August 6, 1886, in Honesdale, Pennsylvania and was the youngest of nine children.She was home-schooled and received the equivalent of a high school diploma 

In 1908 Goodenough graduated with a Bachelor of Pedagogy (B.Pd.)