Henri Tajfel

Henri Tajfel
Born
Hersz Mordche

(1919-06-22)22 June 1919
Died3 May 1982(1982-05-03) (aged 62)
Scientific career
FieldsPrejudice, social identity

Henri Tajfel (born Hersz Mordche; 22 June 1919 – 3 May 1982) was a Polish social psychologist, best known for his pioneering work on the cognitive aspects of prejudice and social identity theory, as well as being one of the founders of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology.[1]

  1. ^ Serge Moscovici; Ivana Marková (2006). The Making of Modern Social Psychology. Cambridge: Polity Press. p. 296. ISBN 9780745629667. ISBN 0-745-62966-0; ISBN 978-0-745-62966-7.