PSYCHOLOGIST

Fritz Heider

1896 - 1988

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Fritz Heider (19 February 1896 – 2 January 1988) was an Austrian psychologist whose work was related to the Gestalt school. In 1958 he published The Psychology of Interpersonal Relations, which expanded upon his creations of balance theory and attribution theory. This book presents a wide-range analysis of the conceptual framework and the psychological processes that influence human social perception (Malle, 2008). It had taken 15 years to complete; before it was completed it had already circulated through a small group of social psychologists. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fritz Heider is the 183rd most popular psychologist (down from 150th in 2019), the 725th most popular biography from Austria (down from 546th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Austrian Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Fritz Heider ranks 183 out of 235. Before him are Jean Laplanche, Edgar Schein, Julian Rotter, Abraham Brill, Georgi Lozanov, and Nise da Silveira. After him are Otto Binswanger, Boris Cyrulnik, Lisbeth Palme, Dan Ariely, Laura Perls, and Frank Rosenblatt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Fritz Heider ranks 170. Before him are Roger Sessions, Evgeny Schwartz, Lilia Skala, Hubert Lanz, Peter Cheyney, and Murray Leinster. After him are Richard Heidrich, George Parker, Sao Shwe Thaik, Xue Yue, Joseph Schildkraut, and Rafael Franco. Among people deceased in 1988, Fritz Heider ranks 130. Before him are Yuli Daniel, Sabino Barinaga, Jimmy Ball, Herbert Feigl, Anna Sipos, and Siaka Stevens. After him are Roy Buchanan, Joshua Logan, Michel Auclair, Mike Beuttler, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, and Frank Zamboni.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Fritz Heider ranks 725 out of 1,424. Before him are Adi Hütter (1970), Dénes Berinkey (1871), Ignaz Holzbauer (1711), František Svoboda (1906), Joseph Rock (1884), and Archduchess Karoline Marie of Austria (1869). After him are Christopher Alexander (1936), Max Merkel (1918), Otto Muehl (1925), Ignaz Schiffermüller (1727), Robert Dienst (1928), and Fritz Klein (1932).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Austria

Among psychologists born in Austria, Fritz Heider ranks 14. Before him are Otto Gross (1877), Heinz Kohut (1913), René Spitz (1887), Otto F. Kernberg (1928), Walter Mischel (1930), and Emma Eckstein (1865). After him are Karl H. Pribram (1919), and Marie Jahoda (1907).

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