Sir Frederic Bartlett | |
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Born | Stow-on-the-Wold, England | 20 October 1886
Died | 30 September 1969 Cambridge, England | (aged 82)
Known for | Memory schema Transmission chain method |
Awards | Royal Medal (1952) Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Psychology |
Institutions | University of Cambridge |
Sir Frederic Charles Bartlett FRS[1] (20 October 1886 – 30 September 1969) was a British psychologist and the first professor of experimental psychology at the University of Cambridge. He was one of the forerunners of cognitive psychology as well as cultural psychology.[2] Bartlett considered most of his own work on cognitive psychology to be a study in social psychology, but he was also interested in anthropology, moral science, philosophy, and sociology.[3][4][5][6] Bartlett proudly referred to himself as "a Cambridge psychologist" because while he was at the University of Cambridge, settling for one type of psychology was not an option.[6]