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Died 2003, Hyde Park, Illinois, United States Books Selection of Personne, Managing Personality, Face‑to‑face Interaction: Research, Interaction Structure and Strat, Strategies for personalit | ||
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Donald W. Fiske (c. 1917 - April 6, 2003) was an American psychologist.
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Early life
Donald W. Fiske was born circa 1917 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He grew up in Medford, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University and earned a PhD from the University of Michigan.
Career
Fiske was a professor of psychology at the University of Chicago.
Fiske specialized in methodological issues in personality, ability, and trait research. He was, with Donald T. Campbell, co-author of a paper regarding the multitrait-multimethod approach to evaluating construct validity.
Personal life and death
Fiske had a wife, Barbara Page, a son, Alan Fiske (who became a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles), and a daughter, Susan Fiske (who became a social psychologist at Princeton University). He resided in Hyde Park, Chicago, where he died on April 6, 2003.