Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 45 (1980) Winner
Urie Bronfenbrenner
ユリー・ブロンフェンブレンナー
Yuri Bronfenburennaa
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1917-04-29 （Moscow, Russian Empire）
- Died
- 2005-09-25 （Ithaca, New York, United States） age 88
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English, Russian
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Moscow (birth–early childhood) → Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (after emigration) → Rural New York State (childhood) → Ithaca, New York (Cornell University, later life)
Career
- Occupations
- psychologist, educator, researcher, author
- Active Years
- 1942-2005
- Affiliations
- Cornell University, Department of Human Development
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell University | — | Psychology and Music | 学士（心理学・音楽） | 1934–1938 | United States |
| Harvard University | — | Education | 修士（教育学） | 1939–1940 | United States |
| University of Michigan | — | Developmental Psychology | 博士（発達心理学） | 1940–1942 | United States |
Cornell University
Psychology and Music
Degree:
学士（心理学・音楽）
Period:
1934–1938
Year of Graduation:
1938
Country:
United States
Earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and music
Harvard University
Education
Degree:
修士（教育学）
Period:
1939–1940
Year of Graduation:
1940
Country:
United States
Earned a master's degree in education
University of Michigan
Developmental Psychology
Degree:
博士（発達心理学）
Period:
1940–1942
Year of Graduation:
1942
Country:
United States
Earned a doctorate in developmental psychology
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (Nonfiction) | The Ecology of Human Development | — | Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards | 受賞 |
| 1993 | James McKeen Cattell Award | — | — | American Psychological Society | 受賞 |
| — | American Psychological Association (lifetime contribution renamed as the Bronfenbrenner Award) | — | — | American Psychological Association | 栄誉（賞名称の由来） |
| 1970 | Chair, 1970 White House Conference on Children | — | — | United States Government (White House) | 議長 |
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (Nonfiction)
1980
Work:
The Ecology of Human Development
Organization:
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Result:
受賞
James McKeen Cattell Award
1993
Organization:
American Psychological Society
Result:
受賞
American Psychological Association (lifetime contribution renamed as the Bronfenbrenner Award)
Organization:
American Psychological Association
Result:
栄誉（賞名称の由来）
Chair, 1970 White House Conference on Children
1970
Organization:
United States Government (White House)
Result:
議長
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Ecology of Human Development: Experiments by Nature and Design
1979 Academic (Developmental Psychology)Presents a multi-layered ecological framework for human development, arguing that development results from interactions between individuals and nested environmental systems (from microsystem to macrosystem, including the chronosystem), and emphasizes the value of natural experiments and contextual research.
ecological systemsenvironmental influencecontext-dependence of developmentnatural experiments
Translations
- Translated into multiple languages (details not specified)
Two Worlds of Childhood: US and USSR
1970 Comparative cultural studies / Developmental psychologyCompares childhood in the US and USSR, examining how social structures and culture shape children's experiences and development.
comparative studyculture and development
Making Human Beings Human: Bioecological Perspectives on Human Development
2005 Scholarly essays / OverviewCollects essays and reviews that refine the bioecological model, discussing the interaction of biological and environmental factors in development.
bioecologytheoretical overview
The State of Americans: This Generation and the Next
1996 Social commentaryAddresses social issues in the United States, offering intergenerational comparisons and implications for the future.
social analysisgenerations
Bibliography
- Two Worlds of Childhood: US and USSR (1970)
- Influencing Human Development (1973)
- Influences on Human Development (1975)
- The Ecology of Human Development: Experiments by Nature and Design (1979)
- The State of Americans: This Generation and the Next (1996)
- Making Human Beings Human: Bioecological Perspectives on Human Development (2005)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- interdisciplinary and empirical writingapplied tone with policy recommendationsclear conceptualization of theory supported by empirical evidence
- Recurring Motifs
- interaction of environment and developmentrole of family and communityinstitutional and cultural contextstemporal changes (chronosystem)
Health
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Diabetes mellitus晩年（詳細な罹患期間不明）Died in 2005 due to complications related to diabetes
Legacy
Bronfenbrenner introduced ecological systems theory (later the bioecological model), promoting the importance of environmental and contextual research in developmental psychology. He contributed to the formation of the Head Start program and influenced researchers and policy.
Academic Societies
- American Psychological Association (related)
- Association for Psychological Science (related)
Archives
- Urie Bronfenbrenner Papers (Cornell University Archives)
Quotes
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Developmental psychology should not be "the science of strange behavior of children in strange situations with strange adults for the briefest possible periods of time."
Source: The Ecology of Human Development (1979) (1979)
Trivia
- Born in Russia and emigrated to the United States as a child.
- Longtime faculty member at Cornell University and a central figure in its human development department.
- Was one of the professionals involved in shaping the Head Start program.