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== Research ==
== Research ==
Tellegen, alongside David Lykken, studied the effects that genetics had on a person's happiness.
Tellegen, alongside [[David Lykken]], studied the effects that genetics had on a person's happiness.


=== Absorption ===
=== Absorption ===

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Auke Tellegen
Born1930 (age 93–94)
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota
Scientific career
FieldsClinical Psychology
InstitutionsUniversity of Minnesota
Academic advisorsGardner Lindzey
Doctoral studentsDavid Watson

Auke Tellegen (born 1930)[1] is a psychologist who served as a professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota from 1968 to 1999. He worked on assessment, developing the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire and contributed to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.[2]

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.[3]

Research

Tellegen, alongside David Lykken, studied the effects that genetics had on a person's happiness.

Absorption

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]

Awards

References

  1. ^ Cain, Nicole M.; Lukowitsky, Mark R.; Wright, Aidan G.C. (2015-01-23). "Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire". In Cautin, Robin L.; Lilienfeld, Scott O. (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp. 1–6. doi:10.1002/9781118625392.wbecp370. ISBN 9781118625392.
  2. ^ http://www.upress.umn.edu/test-division/mtdda/dr.-auke-tellegen
  3. ^ a b "2012 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Assessment Psychology".
  4. ^ Kerr, Barbara (2009). Encyclopedia of Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent. Vol. 1. Sage Publications. pp. 1–3.
  5. ^ Hughes, Amanda. "The Bruno Klopfer, Walter G. Klopfer, and Martin Mayman Awards." Journal of Personality Assessment 93.3 (2011).
  6. ^ "The Jack Block Award". American Psychological Association.