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Name
  
Robert Bales


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Died
  
June 16, 2004, San Diego, California, United States

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Robert Freed Bales (March 9, 1916 – June 16, 2004) was an American social psychologist. He specialized in small group interpersonal interaction. He developed the SYMLOG (SYstematic MultiLevel Observation of Groups) method of group observation.

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Biography

Bales was born in Ellington, Missouri on March 9, 1916. He received a B.A. and M.S. in sociology from the University of Oregon. In 1945 he received a Ph.D. in sociology from Harvard University. Bales then became a professor at Harvard.

Bales died in San Diego, California on June 16, 2004 at the age of 88.

Awards

  • Distinguished Career Award of the American Association of Specialists in Group Work (1982)
  • Cooley-Mead Award of the American Sociological Association (1983)
  • Distinguished Teaching Award of the American Psychological Foundation (1984)
  • References

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