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Jerome Bruner
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American psychologist and scholar
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Jerome Bruner (1915–2016) was an author whose works include *Semiótica, cultura y desarrollo psicológico*, *La educación, puerta de la cultura*, *La fabrica de historias*, *Azzano Crossing Boundaries*, and *Toward a Theory of Instruction*. Open Library lists ten works associated with him, while Crossref records five.
He was recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. His name appears in 706 other encyclopedia articles.
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Key facts
- Born
- Jerome Seymour Bruner , ( 1915-10-01 ) October 1, 1915, New York City, New York , U.S.
- Died
- June 5, 2016 (2016-06-05) (aged 100), Manhattan, New York City , New York, U.S.
- Alma mater
- Duke University Harvard University
- Known for
- Contributions to cognitive psychology and educational psychology , Coining the term " scaffolding "
- Awards
- E. L. Thorndike Award (1981) , Balzan Prize (1987) , CIBA Gold Medal for Distinguished Research Distinguished Scientific Award of the American Psychological Association
- Fields
- Psychology
- Institutions
- Harvard University New York University University of Oxford
- Thesis
- A psychological analysis of international radio broadcasts of belligerent nations (1941)
- Doctoral advisor
- Gordon Allport
- Doctoral students
- Susan Carey Howard Gardner Edward E. Jones Alan M. Leslie Dan Slobin Roy Pea Andrew N. Meltzoff Alison Gopnik
- Website
- www .psych .nyu .edu /bruner /
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Seymour
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- pedagogue
- Educated at
- University of Cambridge
- Employer
- New York University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Gordon Allport
- Field of work
- educational psychology
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Jerome Bruner 1936.png
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- date of birth
- 1915-10-01
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- date of death
- 2016-06-05
- Commons category
- Jerome Bruner
- subject has role
- centenarian
- P12749
- Ricardo Martinelli
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Jerome Seymour Bruner (October 1, 1915 – June 5, 2016) was an American psychologist who made significant contributions to human cognitive psychology and cognitive learning theory in educational psychology. Bruner was a senior research fellow at the New York University School of Law. He received a BA in 1937 from Duke University and a PhD from Harvard University in 1941. He taught and conducted research at Harvard University, the University of Oxford, and New York University. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Bruner as the 28th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.
Education and early life
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