Barbara Fredrickson
Barbara Lee Fredrickson (born June 15, 1964 ) is an American psychologist .
Act
Barbara Fredrickson is Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Senior Scientist at the University's Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Lab (PEPLab). She received her PhD from Stanford University in 1990 . Prior to joining the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she was a professor at the University of Michigan .
She has contributed significantly to the further development of positive psychology and among other things developed the broad-and-build theory .
Awards
Barbara Fredrickson has received numerous awards for her academic achievements. Among other things, she received the Templeton Prize in Positive Psychology in 2000 for the development of the Broaden-and-Build theory, in 2008 the Career Trajectory Award from the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and in 2013 the Christopher Peterson Gold Medal, the highest award of the International Positive Psychology Association.
Works
- The power of good feelings. How a positive attitude changes your life permanently. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt / New York 2011, ISBN 978-3-593-39081-9 .
- Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become. Hudson Street Press, New York 2013, ISBN 978-1-594-63099-6 .
- The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. In: American Psychologist. 56, 2001, pp. 218-226.
Web links
- University website of Barbara Fredrickson (incl. Vita), Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Laboratory, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
- Official website of Barbara Fredrickson
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| SURNAME | Fredrickson, Barbara |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fredrickson, Barbara Lee (full name); Fredrickson, Barbara L. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American psychologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1964 |