Auke Tellegen
Gardner Lindzey | |
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| Alma mater | University of Minnesota |
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| Fields | Clinical Psychology |
| Institutions | University of Minnesota |
| Academic advisors | Gardner Lindzey |
| Doctoral students | David Watson |
Auke Tellegen was 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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3]
Awards
- Bruno Klopfer Award, 2000[4]
- Jack Block Award, 2001[5]
- APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Assessment Psychology, 2012 [2]
References
- ^ http://www.upress.umn.edu/test-division/mtdda/dr.-auke-tellegen
- ^ a b "2012 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Assessment Psychology".
- ^ Kerr, Barbara (2009). Encyclopedia of Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent. Vol. 1. Sage Publications. pp. 1–3.
- ^ Hughes, Amanda. "The Bruno Klopfer, Walter G. Klopfer, and Martin Mayman Awards." Journal of Personality Assessment 93.3 (2011).
- ^ "The Jack Block Award". American Psychological Association.
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