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'''Gustav Jahoda''' was a psychologist who was born 11 October 1920 in [[Vienna]] and died on 12 December 2016 in Glasgow.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=PB3xzjIzyOwC&pg=PR18&dq=Gustav+Jahoda&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KjA1Ue2ROYqw0AWDmYGQBw&ved=0CGcQuwUwCA#v=onepage&q=Gustav%20Jahoda&f=false Handbook of Cross-Cultural Psychology: Theory and Method by John Widdup Berry, Ype H. Poortinga and Janak Pandey] |
'''Gustav Jahoda''' was a psychologist who was born 11 October 1920 in [[Vienna]] and died on 12 December 2016 in Glasgow.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=PB3xzjIzyOwC&pg=PR18&dq=Gustav+Jahoda&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KjA1Ue2ROYqw0AWDmYGQBw&ved=0CGcQuwUwCA#v=onepage&q=Gustav%20Jahoda&f=false Handbook of Cross-Cultural Psychology: Theory and Method by John Widdup Berry, Ype H. Poortinga and Janak Pandey]<ref>{{cite web|title=Gustav Jahoda|url=http://www.psychreg.org/gustav-jahoda/|website=Psychreg|accessdate=16 December 2016}}</ref> |
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He was educated in Vienna, then subsequently in Paris and London. He studied sociology and psychology at [[London University]] before obtaining a lectureship in social psychology at the [[University of Manchester]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Gustav Jahoda|url=http://www.psychreg.com/gustav-jahoda/|website=http://www.psychreg.com/|publisher=Psychreg|accessdate=1 December 2014}}</ref> In 1952 he took up a post at the [[University College of the Gold Coast]] (now Ghana) in the Department of Sociology, where he carried out pioneering research into cross-cultural psychology.<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/gustav-jahoda Biography for Gustav Jahoda]</ref> |
He was educated in Vienna, then subsequently in Paris and London. He studied sociology and psychology at [[London University]] before obtaining a lectureship in social psychology at the [[University of Manchester]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Gustav Jahoda|url=http://www.psychreg.com/gustav-jahoda/|website=http://www.psychreg.com/|publisher=Psychreg|accessdate=1 December 2014}}</ref> In 1952 he took up a post at the [[University College of the Gold Coast]] (now Ghana) in the Department of Sociology, where he carried out pioneering research into cross-cultural psychology.<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/gustav-jahoda Biography for Gustav Jahoda]</ref> |
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Gustav Jahoda was a psychologist who was born 11 October 1920 in Vienna and died on 12 December 2016 in Glasgow.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
He was educated in Vienna, then subsequently in Paris and London. He studied sociology and psychology at London University before obtaining a lectureship in social psychology at the University of Manchester.[1] In 1952 he took up a post at the University College of the Gold Coast (now Ghana) in the Department of Sociology, where he carried out pioneering research into cross-cultural psychology.[2]
In 1963, Gustav Jahoda was invited to set up a new psychology department in the University of Strathclyde, although he continued to make field trips to West Africa. He retired in 1985 but he still retains the post of Emeritus Professor.[3][4]
He has published works on cross-cultural psychology, socio-cognitive development and history of the social sciences. He has also published more than 200 articles.
Publications
- A History of Social Psychology: From the Eighteenth-Century Enlightenment to the Second World War (2007)
- Images of Savages: Ancient Roots of Modern Prejudice in Western Culture (1999)
- Crossroads Between Culture and Mind: Continuities and Change in Theories of Human Nature (1993)
- Psychology and Anthropology: A Psychological Perspective (1982)
- The Psychology of Superstition (1970)
- White Man: A Study of the Attitudes of Africans to Europeans in Ghana before Independence (1961)
External links
References
- ^ "Gustav Jahoda". http://www.psychreg.com/. Psychreg. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ Biography for Gustav Jahoda
- ^ Jahoda, Gustav. Always something new out of Africa. In Bond, M H: Working at the Interface of Cultures: Eighteen Lives in Social Science. Routeledge, 1997, pp. 27-37.
- ^ Jahoda, Gustav, 'Crossing cultures', in Bunn, G C et al. Psychology in Britain: Historical Essays and Personal Reflections. British Psychological Society, 2001, pp. 402-410.