Jerome Bruner
Jerome Bruner · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Cognitive psychologist whose work shaped theories of language acquisition and cognitive development.
1915, New York City, United States — 2016, New York City, United States
United States · United Kingdom
Jerome Bruner is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Cognitive psychologist whose work shaped theories of language acquisition and cognitive development.
Jerome Bruner was an American psychologist, born to a Jewish family in New York, who was a founder of the cognitive revolution and shaped theories of perception, learning, language acquisition (the 'LASS' support system) and education. He taught at Harvard, Oxford and NYU across a career spanning eight decades.
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Cognitive psychologist whose work shaped theories of language acquisition and cognitive development.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Linguistics
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