Jerome Kagan

Jerome Kagan (born February 25, 1929 in Newark , New Jersey ) is an American psychologist . His research in the field of emotions and especially temperament is significant .

In long-term studies, Kagan was able to show that a child's temperament is fairly stable over a long period of time: that is, certain behaviors in toddlerhood have a predictive power (are predictive ) for certain other behavioral patterns in adolescence .

In a list of the 100 most important psychologists of the 20th century, Kagan ranks 22nd.

biography

Jerome Kagan was born in Newark in 1929 to Joseph and Myrtle Kagan and grew up in Rahway . He studied psychology at Harvard , Yale and Rutgers University . From 1964 to 1994 he was Professor of Developmental Psychology at Harvard University. In 1968 he became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Awards

• Wilbur Cross Medal (1981)
• APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology (1987)
• William James Fellow (1989)

Web links

• Biography at the New England Complex Systems Institute

Individual evidence

1. ^ J. Kagan: The Long Shadow of Temperament . President and Fellows of Harvard College, United State of America 2004.
2. ↑ Haggbloom, SJ: The 100 Most Eminent Psychologists of the 20th Century Archived from the original on December 24, 2012. Information: 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. (pdf) In: Review of General Psychology . 6, No. 2, 2002, pp. 139-152. doi : 10.1037 / 1089-2680.6.2.139 .  Haggbloom, et al. combined 3 quantitative variables: journal citations, textbook citations, and nominations for a survey to members of the Association for Psychological Science .
3. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter K. (PDF; 670 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved July 27, 2017 (English).