PSYCHOLOGIST

Muzafer Sherif

1906 - 1988

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Muzafer Sherif (born Muzafer Şerif Başoğlu; July 29, 1906 – October 16, 1988) was a Turkish-American social psychologist. He helped develop social judgment theory and realistic conflict theory. Sherif was a founder of modern social psychology who developed several unique and powerful techniques for understanding social processes, particularly social norms and social conflict. Many of his original contributions to social psychology have been absorbed into the field so fully that his role in the development and discovery has disappeared. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Muzafer Sherif is the 105th most popular psychologist (down from 92nd in 2019), the 552nd most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 482nd in 2019) and the most popular Turkish Psychologist.

Muzafer Sherif is most famous for his work on the Robbers Cave experiment, where he divided a group of boys into two groups and observed their interactions.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Muzafer Sherif ranks 105 out of 235. Before him are Carol Gilligan, Frederick Herzberg, Rudolf Arnheim, Charles Spearman, Donald O. Hebb, and Adolf Bastian. After him are Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, Frans de Waal, Otto Gross, Michael Balint, Jon Kabat-Zinn, and Robert Sternberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Muzafer Sherif ranks 91. Before him are Walter Rauff, Carlo Scarpa, Lillian Asplund, Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Primo Carnera, and Nazim al-Qudsi. After him are John Carradine, Joaquín Balaguer, Franz Hössler, Piero Taruffi, Heinz Harmel, and Junio Valerio Borghese. Among people deceased in 1988, Muzafer Sherif ranks 52. Before him are Giuseppe Saragat, Chico Mendes, Ana Aslan, Karl August Wittfogel, Dino Grandi, and Paul Grice. After him are John Carradine, Piero Taruffi, Isamu Noguchi, René Char, Antonín Puč, and Viktors Arājs.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Muzafer Sherif ranks 552 out of 1,347. Before him are Asclepiades of Bithynia (-120), Emine Hatun (1398), Despina Khatun (1438), Heraclius the Elder (600), Halit Ergenç (1970), and Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid (1901). After him are Bardaisan (154), Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus (-120), Pharnaces I of Pontus (-300), Hipponax (-600), Aziz Sancar (1946), and Sultan Kösen (1982).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Türkiye

Among psychologists born in Türkiye, Muzafer Sherif ranks 1. 

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