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.

[1] Gouin-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] 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.

[1] Her dissertation, Emotional Intelligence in Young Children, reconciled the developmental theories of Jean Piaget and Sigmund Freud.

[6] Gouin-Décarie's later research examined topics of early social development, including infants' responses to strangers[8] and toddlers' perspective-taking skills.