Ulric Neisser ( Eng. Ulric Neisser ; December 8, 1928 , Kiel , Germany - February 17, 2012 [4] ) is an American psychologist.
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| English Ulric neisser | |
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| Place of Birth | Kiel , Germany |
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| Scientific field | psychology |
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| Awards and prizes | Guggenheim Fellowship |
Member of the US National Academy of Sciences (1989) [5] . Lecturer at Cornell University . Winner of the Guggenheim and Sloan Prizes. He made a significant contribution to the development of cognitive psychology in the second half of the 20th century.
Biography
Born in Kiel, Germany, in the family of a prominent Jewish economist Hans Philip Neisser (1895-1975), a native of Breslav . He moved to the USA in 1931. In 1950, he received a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and a master's degree from Sworthmore College. In 1956 received his doctorate at Harvard. Subsequently, he taught at the universities of Brandeis, Cornell, Emory.
Contribution
The author of one of the most influential works in cognitive psychology of the same name (1967) .
In 1976, Nysser wrote the work “Cognition and Reality”, where he formulated the main problems of discipline. First, he expressed dissatisfaction with the excessive presence of information processing models in cognitive psychology. Secondly, he was inclined to believe that cognitive psychology is not able to effectively solve everyday problems and features of human behavior. The responsibility for such a situation, Nisser laid on the almost complete orientation of research on laboratory experimental methods, suggesting a low external (environmental) validity of the results. Third, Nysser expressed support for James and Eleanor Gibson's theory of direct perception. Nysser notes that cognitive psychology has little chance of realizing its potential without a careful study of Gibson's work on perception. The latter argued that understanding human behavior in the first place involves a thorough analysis of the information that is available to any perceiving organism. In Russian, the work was published in 1981.
In 1998, Nysser, based on his work on a commission of the American Psychological Association, published the work The Rising Curve: Long-Term Growth in IQ and Related Meters .
Publications
- Nisser W. Cognition and Reality. - M .: Progress, 1981.
- Neisser, U. (1967) Cognitive Psychology. Appleton-Century-Crofts New York
- Neisser, U. (1976) Cognition and Reality: Principles and Implications of Cognitive Psychology. WH Freeman
- Neisser, U. (1998) The Rising Curve: Long-Term Gains in IQ and Related Measures. American Psychological Association
Notes
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 Solomon Guggenheim Museum - 1937.
- ↑ Professor Ulric Neisser obituary at - Legacy.com .
- ↑ Professor Ulric Neisser Obituary: View Ulric Neisser's Obituary by Ithaca Journal
- ↑ Ulric Neisser