Winfried Hacker

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Winfried Hacker (born February 19, 1934 in Dresden ) is a German psychologist and ergonomist . Hacker is best known for his contributions to action regulation theory and other topics in industrial psychology .

Life

After graduating from high school, Hacker studied psychology at the Technical University of Dresden from 1952 to 1957 . After graduating, he was an assistant there. He obtained his doctorate in natural sciences in 1961 with a thesis on hand-eye coordination . In addition to his work at the Technical University, Hacker then worked in the chemical industry until 1965. In his habilitation thesis from 1965, he dealt with hand-eye coordination again. From 1966 Hacker was a professor at the Technical University of Dresden; initially as director of the Institute for Psychology, from 1968 on a professorship for industrial psychology and work sciences and after 1992 for general psychology .

Since his retirement in 2000, Hacker has continued to do research. In 2001 and 2002 he held a substitute professorship at the Justus Liebig University in Gießen , and after the death of André Büssing from 2004 to 2006 he was substitute professor for psychology at the Technical University of Munich .

Hacker is married and has two sons.

Fonts (selection)

Hacker's best-known work is a textbook on industrial psychology that includes important parts of his theory of action regulation. It was first published in 1973 and - under a new title - most recently in 2014.

  • General industrial and engineering psychology. Psychological structure and regulation of work activities. VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1973.
  • with Pierre Sachse: General industrial psychology. Psychological regulation of activities. Hogrefe, Göttingen 2014, ISBN 978-3801725402 .

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personal data
SURNAME Hacker, Winfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden