Michael Stadler

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Michael Aurel Stadler (born December 1, 1941 in Berlin ) is a professor emeritus for psychology at the University of Bremen , a specialist psychologist for forensic psychology , an expert in forensic polygraphy and a prominent representative of Gestalt psychology and Gestalt theory .

life and work

After attending school in Bielefeld and Burgsteinfurt , Stadler graduated from high school in 1962 and began studying psychology, philosophy , art science and neurophysiology at the University of Münster . He obtained his diploma in psychology in 1967. He completed his doctoral studies at this university under the Gestalt psychologist Wolfgang Metzger in 1968 with a doctorate. phil. (Major in Psychology, Minors in Art Science and Neurophysiology). 1967–1972 Stadler was a research assistant to Wolfgang Metzger, and in 1972 he qualified as a professor at the University of Münster in psychology. This was followed for a few years as a scientific adviser and professor for social psychology on a general methodological basis and finally in 1980 he was appointed university professor (C4) at the University of Bremen.

In addition to numerous research papers and publications on general psychology , cognitive research , forensic psychology , the history and topicality of gestalt theory, 185–199. as well as synergetics , Stadler also presented a number of publications in the field of numismatics and nautical science , an expression of his more personal-private inclinations.

Michael A. Stadler was a co-founder of the international society for Gestalt theory and its applications and has been a member of the editorial board and later of the advisory board of the journal Gestalt Theory since its inception .

Selected book publications

  • 1986, 1999 Wolfgang Metzger: Gestalt Psychology. Selected works from 1950 to 1982 (edited with H. Crabus). 1986; New edition 1999: Kramer (Frankfurt), ISBN 3-7829-1101-6
  • 1988 Personal development on board . Verlag ZIEL, ISBN 3-929058-60-X
  • 1990 Synergetics of Cognition (ed. With H. Haken ). Berlin & New York: Springer.
  • 1990 Seafaring Psychology (edited with H. Gottschlach). Bremen: Business publishing house.
  • 1994 psychology on board . 6th edition 2007. Klasing Verlag, ISBN 3-87412-121-6
  • 1995 Ambiguity in Mind and Nature: Multistable Cognitive Phenomena (ed. With P. Kruse ). Springer Series in Synergetics. Berlin & New York: Springer. ISBN 3-540-57082-9
  • 1998 credibility of the testimony (with L. Greuel and others). Beltz, ISBN 3-621-27398-0
  • 2000 The color. Psychology for everyone (with G. Gniech). Verlag Donat, ISBN 3-931737-75-6
  • 2001 Wolfgang Metzger: Psychologie (6th edition ed. And introduced). Vienna: Krammer, ISBN 978-3-901811-07-4
  • 2009 Kurt Koffka : On the basics of Gestalt psychology (ed. And introduced). Vienna: Krammer, ISBN 978-3-901811-41-8
  • 2010 Psychology of the testimony (with T. Fabian and L. Greuel). Beltz, ISBN 3-621-27384-0

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see e.g. B. His treatise on gestalt psychological field theory in its further development: Field theory today - from Wolfgang Köhler to Karl Pribram . Gestalt Theory, 3 (3/4)
personal data
SURNAME Stadler, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stadler, Michael A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin