Jerome Bruner
IN MEMORIAM
Professor Jerome Bruner died June 5, 2016, at the age of 100. Social Psychology Network is maintaining this profile for visitors who wish to learn more about Professor Bruner's work.
Please see below for more information:
- Remembering Jerome Bruner (Association for Psychological Science)
- Jerome S. Bruner, Who Shaped Understanding of the Young Mind, Dies at 100 (New York Times)
- Jerome S. Bruner, influential psychologist of perception, dies at 100 (Washington Post)
- Jerome Bruner obituary (The Guardian)
- Jerome Bruner 1915-2016 (British Psychological Society)
- Jerome Bruner Obituary (Legacy.com)
- Jerome Bruner (1915-2016) (Nature)
- Remembering Jerome Bruner (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development)
Jerome (Jerry) Bruner is University Professor at New York University and teaches principally at NYU's School of Law. In his long and distinguished career, first as Professor of Psychology at Harvard and then as Watts Professor at Oxford, Dr. Bruner has been at the forefront of what became, in the 1960s, the "Cognitive Revolution" that continues to influence psychology around the world.
In addition to his scholarly research, Dr. Bruner has worked on educational reform in the United States and served on the President's Science Advisory Committee during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. His 1961 book "The Process of Education" was and is one of the educational reform movement's major guides. Since the early 1960s, Dr. Bruner has been involved in a variety of educational enterprises, including the founding of Head Start, of which he was a major architect.
Throughout his illustrious career, Dr. Bruner has received many awards and honors, including the International Balzan Prize, the CIBA Gold Medal for Distinguished Research, and the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the American Psychological Association.
Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Culture and Ethnicity
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Ethics and Morality
- Law and Public Policy
- Person Perception
- Social Cognition
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How Does Teaching Influence Learning? (Brainwaves Video Anthology)
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5:11 How Does Teaching Influence Learning? (Brainwaves Video Anthology)
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55:12 "Inside the Psychologist's Studio" Interview (Association for Psychological Science)
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5:01 On Discovery Learning
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45:31 The Challenge of Psychology's Future
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2:30 Squeakers: Mentors and Advisors
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4:25 Bruner's Three Steps of Learning in a Spiral Curriculum
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Books:
- Amsterdam, A. G., & Bruner, J. S. (2000). Minding the law. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
- Bornstein, M. H., & Bruner, J. S. (Eds.). (2014). Interaction in human development. New York: Psychology Press.
- Bruner, J. S. (2002). Making stories: Law, literature, life. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux.
- Bruner, J. S. (1996). The culture of education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
- Bruner, J. S. (1990). Acts of meaning: Four lectures on mind and culture. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
- Bruner, J. S. (1986). Actual minds, possible worlds. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
- Bruner, J. S. (1983). Child's talk: Learning to use language. New York: Norton.
- Bruner, J. S. (1983). In search of mind: Essays in autobiography. New York: Harper & Row.
- Bruner, J. S. (1977). The process of education (rev. ed.). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
- Bruner, J. S. (1973). Beyond the information given: Studies in the psychology of knowing. Oxford, UK: W. W. Norton.
- Bruner, J. S. (1971). The relevance of education. New York: Norton.
- Bruner, J. S. (1966). Toward a theory of instruction. Cambridge: Belknap Press.
- Bruner, J. S. (1962). On knowing: Essays for the left hand. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
- Bruner, J. S., Goodnow, J. J., & Austin, G. A. (1956). A study of thinking. New York: Wiley.
- Bruner, J. S., & Haste, H. (Eds.). (1987). Making sense: The child's construction of the world. New York: Methuen.
- Bruner, J. S., Jolly, A., & Sylva, K. (Eds.). (1976). Play: Its role in evolution and development. New York: Basic Books.
- Connolly, K., & Bruner, J. S. (Eds.). (1974). The growth of competence. Oxford, UK: Academic Press.
Journal Articles:
- Bruner, J. S. (2008). Reflections of a developmental psychologist. Human Development, 51(1), 101-103.
- Bruner, J. S. (1991). The narrative construction of reality. Critical Inquiry, 18(1), 1-21.
- Bruner, J. S. (1974). From communication to language- a psychological perspective. Cognition, 3(3), 255-287.
- Bruner, J. S. (1964). The course of cognitive growth. American Psychologist, 19(1), 1-15.
- Bruner, J. S. (1957). On perceptual readiness. Psychological Review, 64(2), 123-152.
- Bruner, J. S., & Goodman, C. C. (1947). Value and need as organizing factors in perception. The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 42(1), 33-44.
- Wood, D., Bruner, J. S., & Ross, G. (1976). The role of tutoring in problem solving. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 17(2), 89-100.
Courses Taught:
- Psychological Foundations of the Law
- Vengeance and the Law