Translate:
English
Chinese (S)
Chinese (T)
Croatian
Dutch
French
German
Hebrew
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese
Russian
Serbian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
Additional
Orval Hobart Mowrer
English Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
Download this dictionary
Orval Hobart Mowrer
Orval Hobart Mowrer
(January 23, 1907 – June 20, 1982) was an American psychologist and
professor
of
psychology
at the
University of Illinois
from 1948 to 1975 known for his research on
behaviour therapy
. Mowrer practiced
psychotherapy
in
Champaign-Urbana
and at Galesburg State Research Hospital. In 1954 Mowrer held the position of president of the
American Psychological Association
. Mowrer founded Integrity Groups (therapeutic community groups based on principles of
honesty
,
responsibility
, and
emotional
involvement) and was instrumental in establishing
GROW
groups in the
United States
. A
Review of General Psychology
survey, published in 2002, ranked Mowrer as the 98th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.
See more at Wikipedia.org...
© This article uses material from
Wikipedia
®
and is licensed under the
GNU Free Documentation License
and under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License