Julian Rotter
Julian Rotter | |
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| Born | October 22, 1916 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 6, 2014 (aged 97) Mansfield, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Brooklyn College University of Iowa Indiana University Bloomington |
| Known for | social learning theory, Rotter Incomplete Sentence Blank and Locus of Control |
| Awards | William James Fellow Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology |
| Institutions | Ohio State University University of Connecticut |
| Doctoral advisor | C. M. Louttit |
Julian B. Rotter (October 22, 1916 – January 6, 2014) was an American psychologist known for developing social learning theory and research into locus of control. He was a faculty member at Ohio State University and then the University of Connecticut. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Rotter as the 64th most eminent and 18th most widely cited psychologist of the 20th century. A 2014 study published in 2014 placed him at #54 among psychologists whose careers spanned the post-World War II era.