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Auke Tellegen | |
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Born | Netherlands | 16 July 1930
Died | March 11, 2024
Minnesota, U.S. | (aged 93)
Alma mater | University of Minnesota |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Clinical Psychology, Personality, Behavior Genetics |
Institutions | University of Minnesota |
Thesis | The Effect of Genetic and Experiential Factors Upon Emotional Reactions in Mice (1962) |
Academic advisors | Gardner Lindzey |
Doctoral students | James V. Haxby, David Watson, Wendy Slutske |
Auke Tellegen (1930 – March 08, 2024) was a Dutch-born American psychologist known for his contributions to personality psychology. [1] He was a professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota from 1968 to 1999 where he helped develop the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire and contributed to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. [2]
Tellegen was born in the Netherlands in 1930. He received his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1962 and did post-doctoral study in clinical psychology at the University of Minnesota Medical School. [1] [3]
Tellegen, alongside David Lykken, studied the effects that genetics had on a person's happiness.
Tellegen proposed the personality trait of absorption. In 1974 he developed the Tellegen Absorption Scale (TAS) with Gilbert Atkinson, which he revised in 1982 and 1992. [4]
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Auke Tellegen | |
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Born | Netherlands | 16 July 1930
Died | March 11, 2024
Minnesota, U.S. | (aged 93)
Alma mater | University of Minnesota |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Clinical Psychology, Personality, Behavior Genetics |
Institutions | University of Minnesota |
Thesis | The Effect of Genetic and Experiential Factors Upon Emotional Reactions in Mice (1962) |
Academic advisors | Gardner Lindzey |
Doctoral students | James V. Haxby, David Watson, Wendy Slutske |
Auke Tellegen (1930 – March 08, 2024) was a Dutch-born American psychologist known for his contributions to personality psychology. [1] He was a professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota from 1968 to 1999 where he helped develop the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire and contributed to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. [2]
Tellegen was born in the Netherlands in 1930. He received his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1962 and did post-doctoral study in clinical psychology at the University of Minnesota Medical School. [1] [3]
Tellegen, alongside David Lykken, studied the effects that genetics had on a person's happiness.
Tellegen proposed the personality trait of absorption. In 1974 he developed the Tellegen Absorption Scale (TAS) with Gilbert Atkinson, which he revised in 1982 and 1992. [4]