Jerome Bruner

Also known as Jerome Seymour Bruner, Jerome S. Bruner, J. S. Bruner

American psychologist and scholar

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Works: 10

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Semiótica, cultura y desarrollo psicológico
La educación, puerta de la cultura
La fabrica de historias
Azzano Crossing Boundaries
Toward a Theory of Instruction

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The Elements of Statistical Learning
· 2009 · cited 22,212x
Greedy function approximation: A gradient boosting machine.
· 2001 · cited 20,550x
Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,515x
Regularization Paths for Generalized Linear Models via Coordinate Descent
· 2010 · cited 13,918x
Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale: A preliminary report
· 1982 · cited 11,059x

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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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date of birth: 1915-10-01
date of death: 2016-06-05
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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.

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