Muzafer Sherif
Turkish-American psychologist (1906–1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Muzafer Sherif (born Muzafer Şerif Başoğlu; July 29, 1906 – October 16, 1988) was a Turkish-American social psychologist. He helped develop social judgment theory and realistic conflict theory.
Muzafer Sherif | |
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Born | July 29, 1906 |
Died | October 16, 1988(1988-10-16) (aged 82) |
Nationality | Turkish-American |
Known for | Social psychology (group conformity, Robbers cave study) |
Spouse | Carolyn Wood (m. 1945) |
Children | 3 |
Awards | Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (1967) Kurt Lewin Memorial Award (1967) |
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Alma mater | |
Thesis | A study of some social factors in perception (1935) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Psychology |
Sub-discipline | Social psychology |
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Sherif was a founder of modern social psychology who developed several unique and powerful techniques for understanding social processes, particularly social norms and social conflict. Many of his original contributions to social psychology have been absorbed into the field so fully that his role in the development and discovery has disappeared. Other reformulations of social psychology have taken his contributions for granted, and re-presented his ideas as new. [citation needed]