George Armitage Miller
George Armitage Miller (born February 3, 1920 in Charleston , West Virginia , † July 22, 2012 in Plainsboro , New Jersey ) was an American psychologist . He had been a professor at Princeton University since 1979 .
Life
Miller graduated from the University of Alabama in 1940 and received his PhD from Harvard University in 1946 . In 1968 he became a professor at Rockefeller University in New York City .
His important work The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on our Capacity for Processing Information on Miller's Number appeared in The Psychological Review in 1956 .
From 1968 to 1969 he was president of the American Psychological Association .
In 1990 Miller received the William James Book Award for the book The Science of Words (German title words. Forays through psycholinguistics ). In 1991 he received the National Medal of Science . In 1957 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , 1962 to the National Academy of Sciences and 1971 to the American Philosophical Society .
See also
literature
- George A. Miller: Words. Forays into psycholinguistics . Two thousand and one, 1996, ISBN 3-86150-115-5 .
Web links
- Literature by and about George Armitage Miller in the catalog of the German National Library
- A biography
- Princeton University obituary
- The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information - by George A. Miller (PDF file; 94 kB)
- The cognitive revolution: a historical perspective Trends in Cognitive Sciences 7 (2003) 3 (PDF file; 76 kB)
swell
- ↑ George A. Miller, 92, Princeton Psychology Professor and Cognitive Pioneer ( Memento of the original from August 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , English , accessed July 29, 2012
- ↑ George A. Miller: The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information . The Psychological Review, No. 63 , 1956, pp. 81-97 ( musanim.com ).
- ^ Member History: George A. Miller. American Philosophical Society, accessed November 25, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Miller, George Armitage |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American psychologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Charleston , West Virginia |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 22, 2012 |
| Place of death | Plainsboro , New Jersey |