Jerome Bruner

Jerome Bruner
Bruner pictured in the Chanticleer 1936, as a junior at Duke University
Born
Jerome Seymour Bruner

(1915-10-01)October 1, 1915
DiedJune 5, 2016(2016-06-05) (aged 100)
Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma mater
Known forContributions to cognitive psychology and educational psychology
Coining the term "scaffolding"
AwardsE. L. Thorndike Award (1981)
Balzan Prize (1987)
CIBA Gold Medal for Distinguished Research Distinguished Scientific Award of the American Psychological Association
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
Institutions
ThesisA psychological analysis of international radio broadcasts of belligerent nations (1941)
Doctoral advisorGordon Allport
Doctoral students
Websitewww.psych.nyu.edu/bruner/

Jerome Seymour Bruner (October 1, 1915 – June 5, 2016) was an American psychologist who made significant contributions to human cognitive psychology and cognitive learning theory in educational psychology. Bruner was a senior research fellow at the New York University School of Law.[3] He received a BA in 1937 from Duke University and a PhD from Harvard University in 1941.[4][5][6][7] He taught and did research at Harvard University, the University of Oxford, and New York University. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Bruner as the 28th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.[8]

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  6. ^ Greenfield, Patricia Marks (2016). "Jerome Bruner (1915–2016) Psychologist who shaped ideas about perception, cognition and education". Nature. 535 (7611): 232. doi:10.1038/535232a. PMID 27411626.
  7. ^ "NYU Psychology, Jerome Bruner, Research Professor of Psychology". nyu.edu. New York University. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
  8. ^ Haggbloom, Steven J.; Warnick, Renee; Warnick, Jason E.; Jones, Vinessa K.; Russell, Tenea M.; Borecky, Chris M.; McGahhey, Reagan; Powell, John L. III; Beavers, Jamie; Monte, Emmanuelle (2002). "The 100 most eminent psychologists of the 20th century". Review of General Psychology. 6 (2): 139–152. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.586.1913. doi:10.1037/1089-2680.6.2.139. S2CID 145668721.