John Dollard

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John S. Dollard (born August 29, 1900 in Menasha , Wisconsin , † October 8, 1980 in New Haven , Connecticut ) was an American psychologist and social scientist. He is known for his frustration-aggression hypothesis and his sociological research.

Life

Dollard studied commercial science and English at the University of Wisconsin . He then obtained his doctorate in sociology at the University of Michigan in Chicago in 1931. His PhD was supervised by WF Ogburn .

He was interested in psychoanalysis and therefore traveled to Germany to train as a psychoanalyst at the Psychoanalytic Institute in Berlin. His training analyst was Hanns Sachs .

After this training, Dollard returned to the United States to work at Yale University . There he worked at the Institute of Human Relations and taught sociology, anthropology and psychology. He became a student of the behaviorist Clark L. Hull .

In 1951, Dollard was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1969 he retired.

plant

Dollard led u. a. 1937 carried out an analysis of the social structure of a city in the southern states. At the time, this was considered courageous - this is how the publication of this study was u. a. in the State of Georgia banned in response.

Today, Dollard is known in relation to the frustration-aggression theory as a member of the so-called Yale group (together with Leonhard W. Doob , Neal E. Miller , Robert R. Sears and OH Mowrer ), which was published in 1939. The members of the Yale group tried to combine psychoanalytic and behaviorist concepts.

Furthermore, his research interests extended to the areas of social learning, psychotherapy research and personality.

Fonts (selection)

  • John Dollard: Caste and Class in a Southern Town. Yale University Press, New Haven 1937.
  • John Dollard, Leonhard W. Doob, Neal E. Miller, Orval H. Movrer, and Robert R. Sears: Frustration and aggression. Yale University Press, New Haven 1939.
  • John Dollard and Neal E. Miller: Social Learning and Imitation. Yale University Press, 1941.
  • John Dollard: Fear in Battle. Yale University Press, 1943.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nancy A. Piotrowski: Salem health: psychology & mental health. Volume 3. Salem Press, Pasadena 2010, ISBN 978-1-58765-556-2 , p. 1210.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Entry Dollard, John im Dorsch - Lexicon of Psychology (online) from Hogrefe-Verlag. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  3. ↑ a b c d page on Neal E. Miller and John S. Dollard on the website Behavioral Science.de . Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  4. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter D. (PDF; 575 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Dollard, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dollard, John S.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American psychologist and social scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 29th August 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Menasha , Wisconsin
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 1980
Place of death New Haven , Connecticut