Ulric Neisser

Ulric Neisser ( born Ulrich Neisser, born December 8, 1928 in Kiel, † February 17, 2012 in Ithaca, New York) was an American psychologist. He was a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation.

Life

Born in Germany Neisser and his family moved in 1933 to the United States, where he used the name " Ulric Neisser ". He made 1950 his bachelor's degree from Harvard University, his master's degree from Swarthmore College and his Ph.D. in 1956 from Harvard University. He then taught at Brandeis University, Emory University and Cornell University.

Services

His book Cognitive Psychology from 1967, was a key point of the so-called cognitive revolution in psychology. According to Neisser 's cognitive psychology is the study of how people learn knowledge, structure, store and use. In the following years he took an increasingly critical attitude towards the research methods of the ' cognitive psychology ' which he ' inconclusive ecologically ' rated as partially. From the terms Neisser Iconic memory and memory Echoisches come.

One research focus of the 1990s was the intelligence research and its social significance. He chaired a task force of the American Psychological Association on the controversial research in the areas of ' race and intelligence '. Up to his death, Neisser particularly interested in the memory, especially the memoirs.

Works

• Cognitive Psychology. In 1967. Cognitive Psychology. Klett, Stuttgart 1974, ISBN 3-12-926230- X.

• Cognition and reality. Klett- Cotta, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-608-91808-6.