Jerome Kagan
Jerome Kagan · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Developmental psychologist known for research on temperament
1929, Newark, New Jersey, United States — 2021, United States
United States
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Jerome Kagan was a Harvard developmental psychologist whose longitudinal research on temperament, especially inborn 'behavioral inhibition' in infants, transformed the study of how biology and environment shape personality. He was repeatedly ranked among the most eminent 20th-century psychologists. He was Jewish.
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Developmental psychologist known for research on temperament
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology
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