Michael Wertheimer

Biographic Data

ID3788006
NAMEMichael Wertheimer
GIVEN NAMESMichael
FAMILY NAMEWertheimer
SIGNATUREWERTHEIMER M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Colorado System
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS44
TOTAL CITATIONS12
AUTHOR COUNT44
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1953
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX2

  • Facets of an Academic’s Life

    Open AccessMichael WertheimerBOOKFacets of an Academic’s Life2019

  • Max Wertheimer centennial celebration in Germany

    Michael WertheimerARTICLEHistory of Psychology2014

    Introduces a celebration of Max Wertheimer. The articles presented here should help clarify some significant aspects of the history of Gestalt psychology and of Max Wertheimer's biography

  • Music, thinking, perceived motion

    Michael WertheimerARTICLEHistory of Psychology2014

    Histories of psychology typically assert that Gestalt theory began with the publication of Max Wertheimer's 1912b paper on the phi phenomenon, the compelling visual apparent motion of actually stationary stimuli. The current author discusses the origin of Gestalt theory, as told by the historical record starting with M. Wertheimer's upbringing and ending with his most recent Gestalt theories

  • Mary Henle (1913-2007)

    Michael WertheimerARTICLEAmerican Psychologist2008

  • Max Wertheimer and Gestalt Theory

    D King, Michael WertheimerBOOKMax Wertheimer and Gestalt Theory2007

  • Obituaries

    C Alan Boneau, Michael WertheimerARTICLEAmerican Psychologist2006

  • Kenneth Bruce Little (1918–1997)

    Helen Ross, Helen Warren Ross et al.ARTICLEAmerican Psychologist1999

  • Kenneth Bruce Little (1918-1997)

    Helen Ross, Helen Warren Ross et al.ARTICLEAmerican Psychologist1999

  • Naming the mind

    Open AccessMichael WertheimerARTICLEJournal of the History of the…1998

  • Carl Jung and Max Wertheimer on a priority issue

    Open AccessMichael Wertheimer, D Brett King et al.ARTICLEJournal of the History of the…1992

    Carl Jung is often cited as the first to use the word association method for the diagnosis of complexes. But was he really the first to do so? The treatment of this issue is examined in several history of psychology and personality texts and other sources. It turns out that Max Wertheimer also performed early studies of the word association method as a technique for the detection of criminal guilt. Published and archival resources make it possibl…

  • Zur Gestaltpsychologie menschlicher Werte

    Open AccessMichael Wertheimer, Max Wertheimer et al.BOOKZur Gestaltpsychologie…1991

  • Guest editors' preface

    Open AccessNeil R Bartlett, Bernard Spilka et al.ARTICLEJournal of the History of the…1988

  • Epilogue

    Open AccessMichael WertheimerARTICLEJournal of the History of the…1988

  • The geographical, cultural, and historical context of psychology in the Rocky Mountain Region

    Open AccessNeil R Bartlett, Bernard Spilka et al.ARTICLEJournal of the History of the…1988

    The history of the Rocky Mountain Region is sketched from the time of the Spanish conquistadores in the sixteenth century through the nineteenth century to define how psychology has been affected by its geographical, cultural, and historical context. Early inhabitants–Indians, the Spanish, and later the trappers, traders, Mormons, mineral prospectors, and ranchers from the East–are described as is the terrain and hazardous life in the area. In th…

  • Margaret Altmann

    Open AccessDavid Chiszar, Michael WertheimerARTICLEJournal of the History of the…1988

    A pioneer in descriptive ethology and developmental psychobiology, Margaret Altmann almost singlehandedly initiated the modern naturalistic study of the behavior of large animals in their normal habitat. After obtaining a doctorate in agriculture in Germany, she worked for several years in the German Ministry of Agriculture before coming to the United States in the early 1930s. At Cornell University she did research on animal behavior and earned …

  • Early psychological assessments of Mexican-American children

    Open AccessAmado M Padilla, Michael WertheimerARTICLEJournal of the History of the…1988

    The early psychological literature pertaining to Mexican-Americans in the Rocky Mountain region is summarized. This literature, which concentrates on the mental testing of children, contains racist interpretations by some investigators of this early period. George I. Sanchez, a psychologist of Mexican ancestry who contributed to this literature, along with other writers, offered constructive suggestions for the psychological assessment of Mexican…

  • The Boulder model

    Open AccessDavid Chiszar, Michael WertheimerARTICLEJournal of the History of the…1988

    Psychology has been taught at the University of Colorado since shortly after it opened in the late 1870s. Initially, it was tied closely to education, but by the 1920s the Psychology Department stood on its own. Strong doctoral programs emerged by the middle of the twentieth century, including that in clinical psychology. Federal training and research funds soon further strengthened the department, providing national recognition and the resources…

  • Humanities in surgery, a life threatening situation

    Sandra L Bertman, Michael Wertheimer et al.ARTICLEDeath Studies1986

    Surgeons should be able to communicate emotion-laden information to patients effectively. In most medical schools, there is an implicit assumption that students will learn communication skills through observation of appropriate role models. Young physicians often feel ill prepared to convey such information with sensitivity and understanding. University of Massachusetts Medical School's curriculum includes a program that addresses the communicati…

  • Did Piaget work with Binet? a note

    Open AccessMichael Wertheimer, Sheri MeserowARTICLEJournal of the History of the…1980

  • Humanistic psychology and the humane but tough-minded psychologist

    Michael Wertheimer, M R WertheimerARTICLEAmerican Psychologist1978

  • Psychology and the future

    Michael Wertheimer, Allan G Barclay et al.ARTICLEAmerican Psychologist1978

  • Humanistic psychology and the humane but tough-minded psychologist

    Michael WertheimerARTICLEAmerican Psychologist1978

  • Robert Brodie MacLeod (1907-1972)

    Open AccessMichael WertheimerARTICLEJournal of the History of the…1973References: 21

  • Four Recent Books Concerned with Foreign Language Methodology

    Theodore Huebener, J Wesley Childers et al.ARTICLEThe German Quarterly1965

  • Measurement and conditioning of perceptual defense, response bias, and emotionally biased recognition

    James G Minard, Daniel E Bailey et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality and Social…1965