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Leonard Krasner

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Leonard Krasner · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Clinical psychologist and pioneer of behavior modification

When

1924, New York City, USA — 2007, Reno, Nevada, USA

Where

United States

Biography

Leonard Krasner is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Clinical psychologist and pioneer of behavior modification

How & why

Krasner was an American clinical psychologist widely regarded as an intellectual founder of behavior modification; with Leonard Ullmann he published the landmark 1965 volumes that popularized the term and started the first U.S. behavior-therapy clinical training program, at Stony Brook. He was born into a Jewish family in New York City.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology

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Clinical psychologist and pioneer of behavior modification

1924

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology