Janet H. Beavin

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Janet Helmick Beavin Bavelas (born February 12, 1940 in Canada ) is a Canadian psychologist and professor emeritus. Together with Paul Watzlawick and Don D. Jackson she was co-author of the book Pragmatics of Human Communication . In this book, fundamental findings of interpersonal communication are summarized into five metacognitive axioms .

Career

Beavin studied at Stanford University , where she graduated in 1961 with a bachelor's degree in psychology . This was followed by a master’s degree in communication research in 1968. In 1970 she completed her doctorate in psychology.

Her research interest is communication psychology . Among other things, she examines the basic processes that take place during personal contact (so-called face-to-face communication).

Beavin worked at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, California from 1961 to 1970 . She then moved to the Canadian University of Victoria , where - despite retiring in 2005 - she continues to do research and lectures.

She is an Elected Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association (1980), the International Communication Association (1993) and the Royal Society of Canada (1995). In 2012 she received the Steve de Shazer award from the Solution Focused Brief Therapy Association . She was also a member of the editorial boards of nine journals.

Publications

Beavin has contributed to many specialist articles. She also wrote three books:

  • Paul Watzlawick , Janet H. Beavin, Don D. Jackson : Human Communication. Forms, disorders, paradoxes. Huber, Bern 2000, ISBN 3-456-83457-8
  • Bavelas, JB (1978): Personality: Current theory and research. Monterey, Calif .: Brooks / Cole.
  • Bavelas, JB, Black, A., Chovil, N., & Mullett, J. (1990): Equivocal communication. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g CV on your university homepage ( online, archive.org ), accessed on May 2, 2017
  2. ↑ a b CV on the website of a specialist bookstore ( online ), accessed on May 2, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Beavin, Janet H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beavin Bavelas, Janet H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Canada