Michael Wertheimer (psychologist)

Michael Matthew Wertheimer (born March 20, 1927) is a German-American psychologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado Boulder. His research has focused on cognition, psycholinguistics, and the history of psychology, among other areas.[1]

Michael Wertheimer
Born
Michael Matthew Wertheimer

(1927-03-20) March 20, 1927
Berlin, Germany
NationalityGerman-American
CitizenshipAmerican
EducationSwarthmore College
Johns Hopkins University
Harvard University
Spouse(s)
Nancy MacKaye
​
(
m. 1950; div. 1965)
AwardsAmerican Psychological Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award (1983)
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
InstitutionsUniversity of Colorado Boulder
ThesisA study of normal threshold variations in time (1952)

Early life and education

Wertheimer was born on March 20, 1927, in Berlin, Germany. He emigrated to the United States in September 1933 and became a naturalized citizen of the United States in April 1939. He graduated from Swarthmore College in 1947 with a BA in psychology with high honors. He received his MA from Johns Hopkins University in psychology in 1949 and his PhD in experimental psychology from Harvard University in 1952.[2]

Career

Wertheimer first became a professor of psychology at the University of Colorado Boulder in 1961, and he retained this title until his retirement in 1993.[2][1] He has served as president of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology and the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association. His awards have included American Psychological Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award in 1983, the APA Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology Award in 1990, and the American Psychology Association’s (APA) Award for Outstanding Contributions to Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology in 2009.[3][4]

Personal life

Wertheimer is the son of Max Wertheimer, one of the founders of Gestalt psychology.[5] Michael Wertheimer married Nancy MacKaye in 1950; they had three children together before their divorce in January 1965. He married Marilyn Schuman in September 1970.[2]

gollark: (this is a different argument to "does said god actually exist" obviously, but the evidence there seems to be bad too)
gollark: I don't think they should be all-judging, and I don't think eternal torture is right ever.
gollark: The Islamic god is claimed to be omnipotent, I think. Thus, they know *in advance* if someone is going to go to hell or not when they're created or whatever. And then create them/allow them to be created *anyway*, knowing they're bound for eternal torture because a system they created makes them get eternally tortured. Just... why?
gollark: I consider eternal torture unethical *anyway*, but given the situation with god it's even worse.
gollark: I'm fairly sure Islam has a hell-type thing.

References
  1. Wertheimer, Michael (2019-12-06). Facets of an Academic’s Life: A Memoir. Springer Nature. pp. 323–4. ISBN 978-3-658-28770-2.
  2. "About - RMPA Teaching Conference". Rocky Mountain Psychological Association. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  3. "Michael Wertheimer '47". Swarthmore College. 2009. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  4. "Michael Wertheimer publishes autobiography". Psychology and Neuroscience. 2020-01-22. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
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