PSYCHOLOGIST

Amos Tversky

1937 - 1996

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Amos Nathan Tversky (Hebrew: עמוס טברסקי; March 16, 1937 – June 2, 1996) was an Israeli cognitive and mathematical psychologist and a key figure in the discovery of systematic human cognitive bias and handling of risk. Much of his early work concerned the foundations of measurement. He was co-author of a three-volume treatise, Foundations of Measurement. His early work with Daniel Kahneman focused on the psychology of prediction and probability judgment; later they worked together to develop prospect theory, which aims to explain irrational human economic choices and is considered one of the seminal works of behavioral economics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amos Tversky is the 120th most popular psychologist (up from 130th in 2019), the 153rd most popular biography from Israel (up from 188th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Israeli Psychologist. Learn more about Amos Tversky's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Amos Tversky ranks 120 out of 235. Before him are Marie-Louise von Franz, William McDougall, James McKeen Cattell, Bluma Zeigarnik, Heinz Kohut, and Oswald Külpe. After him are Jean Tatlock, Thomas Gordon, Robert Plutchik, Benjamin Spock, Émile Coué, and Frederic Bartlett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Amos Tversky ranks 123. Before him are Zoltán Horváth, Aleksandr Medved, Cüneyt Arkın, Viacheslav Chornovil, Franz Vranitzky, and Francis Veber. After him are Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Petros Markaris, Olusegun Obasanjo, Billy Meier, Robert B. Wilson, and Joseph Kobzon. Among people deceased in 1996, Amos Tversky ranks 81. Before him are Bob Paisley, Michel Debré, Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, Pavel Sudoplatov, Shūsaku Endō, and Nguyễn Hữu Thọ. After him are Ron Brown, Greer Garson, Virginia Cherrill, Albert R. Broccoli, Stavros Niarchos, and Antonín Mrkos.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Amos Tversky ranks 153 out of 466. Before him are Angelus of Jerusalem (1185), Procopius of Scythopolis (250), Menahem Golan (1929), Sarah Aaronsohn (1890), Naftali Bennett (1972), and Lusius Quietus (100). After him are Eutocius of Ascalon (480), Wadie Haddad (1927), Sirhan Sirhan (1944), Dana International (1969), Dirk III, Count of Holland (982), and Benny Gantz (1959).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Israel

Among psychologists born in Israel, Amos Tversky ranks 2. Before him are Daniel Kahneman (1934).

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