Wolfgang Köhler
German-American psychologist and phenomenologist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wolfgang Köhler (21 January 1887 – 11 June 1967) was a German psychologist and phenomenologist who, like Max Wertheimer and Kurt Koffka, contributed to the creation of Gestalt psychology.
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Wolfgang Köhler | |
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Born | 21 January 1887 |
Died | 11 June 1967(1967-06-11) (aged 80) Enfield, New Hampshire, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Bonn |
School | Gestalt psychology Berlin School of experimental psychology Phenomenological psychology |
Thesis | Akustische Untersuchungen (Acoustic investigations) (1909) |
Doctoral advisor | Carl Stumpf |
Other academic advisors | Max Planck |
Doctoral students | Carl Gustav Hempel, Karl Popper |
Main interests | Psychology |
Notable ideas | Psychology of problem solving |
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During the Nazi regime in Germany, he protested against the dismissal of Jewish professors from universities, as well as the requirement that professors give a Nazi salute at the beginning of their classes. In 1935 he left the country for the United States, where Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania offered him a professorship. He taught with its faculty for 20 years, and did continuing research. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Köhler as the 50th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.[1]