Morton Deutsch | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. | February 4, 1920
Died | March 13, 2017 | (aged 97)
Nationality | American |
Education | City College of New York (BS) University of Pennsylvania (MS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
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Known for | Theories of cooperation and competition, conflict resolution, distributive justice |
Morton Deutsch (February 4, 1920 – March 13, 2017) was an American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, and researcher in conflict resolution. Deutsch was one of the founding fathers of the field of conflict resolution. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Deutsch as the 63rd most cited psychologist of the 20th century.[1]