Bertram Raven | |
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| Born | Bertram Herbert Raven September 26, 1926 Youngstown, Ohio, US |
| Died | February 26, 2020 (aged 93) |
| Spouse |
Celia Raven (m. 1961) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | The Effect of Group Pressures on Opinion, Perception, and Communication (1953) |
| Doctoral advisor | Leon Festinger |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Psychology |
| Sub-discipline | Social psychology |
| Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Notable ideas | Five bases of power |
Bertram Herbert Raven (September 26, 1926 – February 26, 2020)[1] was an American academic. He was a member of the faculty of the psychology department at UCLA from 1956 until his death. He is perhaps best known for his early work in collaboration with John R. P. French, with whom he developed an analysis of the five bases of social power.