Henry Gleitman
Henry Gleitman | |
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Born | January 4, 1925 |
Died | September 2, 2015 | (aged 90)
Nationality | American |
Education | PhD in psychology |
Alma mater | City College of New York,and theUniversity of California. |
Occupation | professor of psychology |
Known for | Gleitman is best known for his authorship of Psychology, a classic textbook first published in 1981 used in many Introduction to Psychology classes, now in its eighth edition. |
Henry Gleitman(January 4, 1925 – September 2, 2015) was aprofessorofpsychologyat theUniversity of Pennsylvania.[1][2]
Personal life
[edit]Gleitman obtained both his bachelor's and master's degrees in psychology: the bachelor's degree from theCity College of New York,and his master's from theUniversity of California.[3]Henry Gleitman was wed to another psychologist,Lila R. Gleitman.Together, they penned a book together calledPhrase and Paraphrase.The book was released in 1970.[4]He fathered two daughters. Their names are Ellen Luchette and Claire Gleitman. Gleitman was born inLeipzig,Germany. He received his PhD in psychology from theUniversity of California, Berkeley.He then taught atSwarthmore Collegebefore joining the Penn faculty in 1953.
Gleitman was acognitive psychologistwith interests inlanguage(especially the relationship betweensemanticsandsyntax), but he claimed, "I'm probably better identified as a generalpsychologistwhose research interests range over many of the traditional areas of psychological inquiry. "[5] Gleitman was willing to work with students in any field of psychology if that student can interest him in his/her proposed field of research.
Gleitman is best known for his authorship ofPsychology,a classic textbook first published in 1981 used in many Introduction to Psychology classes, now in its eighth edition.[6]
Gleitman was married to fellow psychologistLila R. Gleitman,an internationally renownedlanguage acquisitionresearcher, who was also a professor of psychology andlinguisticsat the University of Pennsylvania.
Major Accomplishments
[edit]In his field, Gleitman had been awarded by the American Psychological Foundation for the distinguished teaching in psychology award in 1982. He was also awarded the Abrams Award in 1988 as well as the Lindback Award in 1977. He is a very well rounded individual with many accomplishments, such as serving as president of the APA’S Division 1 (General Psychology) and Division 10 ( Psychology and the Arts). Within his five decades of teaching and educating other he has taught introductory psychology to over 40,000 students.[7]
Gleitman had an array of interest and accomplishments, such as being a known polymath, he was also involved in the arts of theatre in which he both acted and directed while at Berkeley, Philadelphia, and New York City. Besides his interest in psychology, theatrics was a major part of life and he worked with actors of all ages ranging from children all the way up to seasoned professionals. Gleitman would refer to himself as a bigamist because when it came to psychology and theatre, he dichotomized the thought of having to choose, but always found a way to entertain both.[8]
Quotes
[edit]"A dream is a kind of nocturnal drama to which the only price of admission is falling asleep." – Psychology
"God must have loved the C student, because he made so many of them." – Henry Gleitman
References
[edit]- ^"Dr Henry Gleitman".Philly. 3 September 2015.Retrieved4 September2015.
- ^Landau, Barbara; Sabini, John; Jonides, John; et al., eds. (July 24, 2000).Perception, Cognition, and Language: Essays in Honor of Henry and Lila Gleitman.First Edition, Second Impression.ISBN978-0262122283.
- ^"Death: Henry Gleitman, Psychology".
- ^Rozin, Paul (2018). "Journal Article Henry Gleitman".American Psychologist.73(7): 940.doi:10.1037/amp0000372.PMID30284896.S2CID52916977.
- ^"Henry Gleitman's Homepage".Retrieved15 June2011.
- ^Henry Gleitman, James Gross, Daniel Reisberg (2010),Psychology,ISBN978-0-393-93250-8
- ^"Henry Gleitman | W. W. Norton & Company".books.wwnorton.Retrieved2018-11-20.
- ^"9/8/15, Death: Henry Gleitman, Psychology – Almanac, Vol. 62, No. 04".almanac.upenn.edu.Retrieved2018-11-20.
- 1925 births
- German emigrants to the United States
- 2015 deaths
- 20th-century American psychologists
- University of California, Berkeley alumni
- Swarthmore College faculty
- American cognitive scientists
- Fellows of the Society of Experimental Psychologists
- University of Pennsylvania faculty
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