Leonard Berkowitz
Leonard "Len" Berkowitz (born August 11, 1926 ; † January 3, 2016 in Madison , Wisconsin ) was an American social psychologist who dealt with human aggression .
Life and work
His Ph.D. in psychology he received from the University of Michigan in 1951 .
Berkowitz used a cognitive-neo-associationist approach. In 1974 he presented his frustration-fixation hypothesis (a further development of the frustration-aggression hypothesis ). Here he differentiates between instrumental and impulsive aggression.
In 1993 Berkowitz was accepted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Most recently he was Vilas Research Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison .
Works
- Outline of social psychology. Application areas of social psychology . Juventa Verlag GmbH (August 1986). ISBN 3779903059
- Causes and Consequences of Feelings (Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction) . Cambridge University Press (April 25, 2012). ISBN 052163363X
Individual evidence
- ^ Leonard Berkowitz Biography - in the Ma Graw Hill catalog
- ↑ Leonard Berkowitz
Web links
- Homepage - at the University of Wisconsin
- Profile - in the network socialpsychology.org
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| SURNAME | Berkowitz, Leonard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Berkowitz, Len |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American psychologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1926 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 3, 2016 |
| Place of death | Madison , Wisconsin , United States |