Ágnes Szokolszky

Ágnes Szokolszky

Born July 6, 1956 (1956-07-06) (age 55)
Budapest, Hungary
Nationality Hungarian
Fields ecological psychology
cognitive science
history of psychology and its methods of research
Institutions Eötvös Loránd University
University of Connecticut
University of Szeged
Institute of Psychology, Szeged
Notable awards Soros Foundation‑Open Society Fellowship, New York, (1988)
University of Connecticut Predoctoral Fellowships, (1987-1992)
P.E.O. International Scholarship, United States, (1990-1993)
Notes
Conductor of Institute of Psychology in Szeged from (2006)
The native form of this personal name is Szokolszky Ágnes. This article uses the Western name order.

Ágnes Szokolszky (6 July 1956, Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian educator and psychologist, a habilitated associate professor and director of the Institute of Psychology, Szeged.

Her fields of research are ecological psychology (with special regard to James and Eleanor J. Gibson’s schools), cognitive science (inside this certain theories of cognitive developmental psychology), history of psychology and its methods of research. Empirical research interests: symbolic play and metaphor production of childhood.

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Biography

Ágnes Szokolszky was born in an educator family, her father, István Szokolszky[1] (1915–1968) was one of the significant representatives of Hungarian pedagogy, her grandfather Rezső Szokolszky[2] held a position of instructor and royal school-inspector. For Ágnes Szokolszky it was natural to carry on the family's tradition of following a profession in education. This was also pressed by her father’s untimely death. She made her studies at the Eötvös Loránd University in English literature, history, and pedagogy specializations. After the end of her studies she started to teach at Vörösmarty Mihály Grammar School, then at the Department of Pedagogy of the Eötvös Loránd University.

She obtained her Ph.D. degree in experimental psychology at the Psychological Department of the University of Connecticut, USA. She made her PhD studies and defended her dissertation at the Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action (CESPA) which works as a part of the Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut.

From 1996 Ágnes Szokolszky is an instructor and researcher of the Department of Psychology, József Attila University, Szeged (from 2000 it is called University of Szeged). In 1999 she became a member of the Cognition Science Group, engaged in the Cognitive Programme of Szeged, organized by Csaba Pléh. From 2006 she is the director and associate professor of the Department of Psychology, Szeged. From 2007 she is a habilitated associate professor, from 2008 director of the Institute of Psychology, Szeged.

In connection with her fields of research she participates in numerous international and national conferences, her lectures are being published.

Selected works

In Hungarian

In English

Conference lectures and publications

Editing

Social memberships

See also

References

  1. ^ Szarka József (1989): Szokolszky István. Budapest, Országos Pedagógiai Könyvtár és Múzeum. ISBN 9637516131
  2. ^ Tatai Zoltán (2007). Szokolszky Rezső élete és munkássága. Budapest, Országos Pedagógiai Könyvtár és Múzeum. ISBN 9789639712072
  3. ^ 80 years' history of psychology in the University of Szeged, 1929-2009.
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  6. ^ International Conference on Perception and Action (9th : 1997 : Toronto, Ont): Studies in perception and action IV / Ninth International Conference on Perception and Action July 20–25, 1997, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ; edited by Mark A. Schmuckler, John M. Kennedy. Publ.: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1997. XXIII, 377 p. ISBN 0805828729
  7. ^ ISEP

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