PSYCHOLOGIST

Muzafer Sherif

1906 - 1988

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Muzafer Sherif (born Muzafer Şerif Başoğlu; July 29, 1906 – October 16, 1988) was a Turkish-American social psychologist. He helped develop social judgment theory and realistic conflict theory. Sherif was a founder of modern social psychology who developed several unique and powerful techniques for understanding social processes, particularly social norms and social conflict. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muzafer Sherif has received more than 340,544 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Muzafer Sherif is the 92nd most popular psychologist (down from 83rd in 2019), the 396th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 403rd in 2019) and the most popular Turkish Psychologist.

Muzafer Sherif is most famous for his work on the Robbers Cave experiment, where he divided a group of boys into two groups and observed their interactions.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Muzafer Sherif ranks 92 out of 235. Before him are Hugo Münsterberg, David McClelland, Rollo May, James McKeen Cattell, Frederick Herzberg, and Rudolf Arnheim. After him are Théodule-Armand Ribot, Vladimir Bekhterev, Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, Marie-Louise von Franz, Benjamin Bloom, and Émile Coué.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Muzafer Sherif ranks 78. Before him are Missak Manouchian, Walter Rauff, Jacques Becker, George Wald, Louise Brooks, and Primo Carnera. After him are Markos Vafeiadis, Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Edmond Debeaumarché, Brigitte Helm, Rezső Kasztner, and Vera Menchik. Among people deceased in 1988, Muzafer Sherif ranks 42. Before him are Jean-Michel Basquiat, Henryk Szeryng, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Ana Aslan, Willem Drees, and Chico Mendes. After him are Trường Chinh, Khalil al-Wazir, Paul Grice, Luis Walter Alvarez, Yevgeny Mravinsky, and Renato Salvatori.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Muzafer Sherif ranks 396 out of 1,347. Before him are Sezen Aksu (1954), Artemidorus (200), Halit Ergenç (1970), Yılmaz Güney (1937), Walter Sydney Adams (1876), and Callinus (-680). After him are Ignatios of Constantinople (797), Markos Vafeiadis (1906), Sultan Kösen (1982), George Akropolites (1217), Tudḫaliya IV (-1300), and Hakan Şükür (1971).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Türkiye

Among psychologists born in Türkiye, Muzafer Sherif ranks 1. 

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