Werner Wolff
Werner Wolff · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Psychologist known for research on expressive behavior and personality
1904, Berlin, Germany — 1957
Germany · Spain · United States
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Werner Wolff was a German-born psychologist who pioneered the experimental study of expressive behavior — how personality reveals itself in movement, handwriting and children's drawings — and helped introduce depth and existential psychology in the United States, teaching at Bard College. He was Jewish and fled Nazi Germany in 1933, working in Barcelona before settling in America. His The Expression of Personality shaped the field of expressive movement.
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Psychologist known for research on expressive behavior and personality
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