Tamara Dembo

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Tamara Dembo was a Gestalt psychologist known for her pioneering work on frustration, anger, and rehabilitation, and for extending Kurt Lewin’s field theory to the study of human motivation and behavior.

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instanceOf Gestalt psychologist
psychologist
academicDiscipline experimental psychology
approach experimental study of life space and barriers
field-theoretical analysis of motivation
citizenshipChange emigrated from Europe to the United States
contributedTo application of field theory to disability and adjustment
development of rehabilitation psychology as a field
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1902-05-28
dateOfDeath 1993-10-01
educatedAt Humboldt University of Berlin
surface form: University of Berlin

University of Frankfurt NERFINISHED
employer Clark University NERFINISHED
Clark University Department of Psychology NERFINISHED
Mount Holyoke College NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Jewish
fieldOfWork Gestalt psychology
motivation psychology
psychology
rehabilitation psychology
social psychology
focusesOn psychological reactions to physical impairment
subjective experience of disability
gender female
influencedBy Kurt Lewin NERFINISHED
knownFor extending Kurt Lewin’s field theory to human behavior
extending Kurt Lewin’s field theory to human motivation
pioneering work on anger
pioneering work on frustration
pioneering work on rehabilitation
languageOfWorkOrName English
German
movement Gestalt psychology NERFINISHED
notableStudent Beatrice Wright NERFINISHED
J. E. R. Staddon NERFINISHED
notableWork experimental studies of anger and frustration
placeOfBirth Baku NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Worcester, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
researchInterest anger
field theory in psychology
frustration
human motivation
rehabilitation of people with physical disabilities
studiedUnder Kurt Lewin NERFINISHED
Max Wertheimer NERFINISHED
Wolfgang Köhler NERFINISHED

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