Daniel Katz

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Daniel Katz (July 19, 1903, Trenton, New Jersey – February 28, 1998) was a psychologist, born in Trenton, New Jersey, USA. His academic career culminated at the University of Michigan (1947–74). He produced classic studies of racial stereotyping and prejudice, and attitude change, and his pursuit of the connections between individual psychology and social systems helped to found the field of organizational psychology. An important methodological contribution was his open system theory, presented in The Social Psychology of Organizations (1966, later revised).

From 1947 he taught at the University of Michigan.

[edit] Literary works

• Social Psychology, 1938 (co-authored with Richard L. Schanck)
• The Social Psychology of Organizations, 1978 (co-authored with Robert L. Kahn)
• RELATED WORKS

[edit] Recognition received

• Gold Medal of the American Psychological Association
• Lewin Award of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
• Award of the American Association for Public Opinion Research

[edit] External links

• Obituary
• The Functional Approach to the Study of Attitudes article in Public Opinion Quarterly

This biography of an American psychologist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.