Harald Euler
Harald A. Euler (born November 13, 1943 in Mechernich ) is a German evolutionary psychologist and retired professor. The academic lives in the community of Lohfelden near the north Hessian city of Kassel .
Life and research
Euler studied psychology at the University of Bonn and as a Fulbright student at Washington State University , USA. He obtained his Ph. D. in 1972. From 1974 to 2009 Euler was Professor of Learning Psychology at the University of Kassel . He was also a visiting scientist in the Department of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology of the Medical Faculty of the University of Frankfurt / Main and is currently a visiting scientist and Professorial Research Fellow for Evolutionary Developmental Psychology at the University of Vienna in the Department of Developmental Psychology. He is also currently a visiting researcher in the Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology Department of the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic at the St. Elisabeth Hospital of the Ruhr University in Bochum.
Euler's areas of work are: evolutionary psychology , in particular of family relationships and gender differences, emotional psychology , stuttering research, aggression research and the language level assessment of kindergarten children.
Public appearances and teaching
Euler appeared in the media as a commentator or expert on evolutionary psychological topics, e.g. B. 2005 and 2006 with Günther Jauch in the RTL series Typisch Frau - Typisch Mann and 2013 with Wieland Backes on SWR in the talk show Nachtcafé .
During his time at the University of Kassel, he was the only evolutionary psychologist authorized to take exams. On February 4, 2009 , he gave his farewell lecture entitled “Religion as a Natural Phenomenon”. At the University of Kassel, Euler was known to have all students - also in lectures - be on the Duke. In return, he also referred to every student.
His last doctoral student before his retirement was the psychologist and linguist, communication and media scientist Benjamin P. Lange .
Fonts (selection)
- with Weitzel, B. (1996). Discriminative grandparental solicitude as reproductive strategy. Human Nature, 7, 39-59.
- (2000). Evolutionary approaches. In J. Otto, HA Euler and H. Mandl, (Eds.), Handbuch Emotionspsychologie (pp. 45–63). Weinheim: Beltz, PsychologieVerlagsUnion.
- (2004). The Contribution of the Evolutionary Psychologist to the Explanation of Violence. In W. Heitmeyer & H.-G. Soeffner (ed.), Violence. Developments, structures, analysis problems (pp. 411–435). Frankfurt a. M .: Suhrkamp.
- (2004). Sexual selection and religion. In U. Lüke, J. Schnakenberg & Souvignier (Eds.), Darwin and Gott. The relationship between religion and evolution (pp. 66–88). Darmstadt: Scientific Book Society.
- with others (2004). Patterns and universals of adult romantic attachment across 62 cultural regions: Are models of self and of other pancultural constructs? Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 35 (4), 367-402.
- with others (2007). The geographic distribution of Big Five personality traits: Patterns and profiles of human self-description across 56 nations. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 38 (2), 173-212.
- with Hoier, S. (2008). The evolutionary psychology of plant and environment. In FJ Neyer & FM Spinath (eds.), Plant and Environment. New perspectives in behavioral genetics and evolutionary psychology (pp. 1–25). Stuttgart: Lucius & Lucius.
- with others (2009). Computer-aided therapy for fluency disorders: the long-term effectiveness of Kassel stuttering therapy (KST). Language · Voice · Hearing, 33, 193–201.
- (2010). The psychology of families. In C. Störmer, U. Frey & K. Willführ (Eds.), Homo novus - a human without illusions. Festschrift for the 60th birthday of Eckart Voland (pp. 161–179). Berlin, Germany: Springer.
- (2011). Grandparents and extended kin. In CA Salmon & TK Shackelford (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of evolutionary family psychology (pp. 181-207). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
- with Lange, BP (2018). Everything changes and yet remains the same - gender differences between culture and nature. In C. Schwender, S. Schwarz, BP Lange & A. Huckauf (Eds.), Gender and Behavior from an Evolutionary Perspective (pp. 25–41). Lengerich: Pabst Publishers.
Web links
- Harald Euler's website
- Literature by and about Harald Euler in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Euler, Harald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Euler, Harald A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German psychologist and emer. university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mechernich |