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Walter Mischel

Austrian-born Jewish American psychologist · United States · On the map · Academics · Lived 1930 to 2018 · aged 88

Walter Mischel was an Austrian-born American psychologist specializing in personality theory and social psychology. He was the Robert Johnston Niven Professor of Humane Letters in the Department of Psychology at Columbia University.

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2018Died12 September 20182011Grawemeyer AwardsAward1989William James Fellow AwardAward1982APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to PsychologyAward1930Born22 February 1930

Awards

Grawemeyer Awards2011
William James Fellow Award1989
APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology1982
Honorary Doctor of the Ohio State University
Honorary Doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Fellow of the Society of Experimental Psychologists
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

About this person

A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Mischel as the 25th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1930 to 2018 · aged 88