Jack Block
Jack Block · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Personality psychologist known for longitudinal research on ego resiliency
1924, Brooklyn, New York City, United States — 2010, El Cerrito, California, United States
United States
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Jack Block was an American personality psychologist at UC Berkeley best known, with his wife Jeanne Block, for the concepts of ego-control and ego-resiliency and for landmark longitudinal studies of personality development. Born in Brooklyn to Russian and Lithuanian Jewish immigrants, he was one of the leading personality psychologists of his generation. His methods reshaped how personality is measured over the lifespan.
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Personality psychologist known for longitudinal research on ego resiliency
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology
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