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Klaus Eyferth

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Klaus Eyferth
Born(1928-11-09)9 November 1928
Died19 July 2012(2012-07-19) (aged 83)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Hamburg
Known forEyferth study
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
InstitutionsTechnische Universität Berlin
ThesisDie Entstehung des Selbstbildes in der sozialen Interaktion (1957)

Klaus Eyferth (9 November 1928 – 19 July 2012) was a German psychologist.[1][2] He was educated at the University of Hamburg, from which he received his diploma in 1954, his doctorate in 1957, and his habilitation in 1964.[3] While at the University of Hamburg, he conducted a study on the IQ scores of the German-raised children of black and white American soldiers stationed in Allied-occupied Germany. This study has since become known as the Eyferth study.[4][5] In 1973, he joined the faculty of Technische Universität Berlin, where he went on to help establish the Institute for Psychology.[6] A member of the German Psychological Society, he hosted its 1988 conference in Berlin. In 1995, he retired from TU Berlin; he became an emeritus professor there the following year. He died on 19 July 2012, at the age of 83.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Eyferth, K. (Klaus), 1928-". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. ^ a b "DGPs: Nachruf Professor Dr. Klaus Eyferth". DGPS (in German). Archived from the original on 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  3. ^ a b "Klaus Eyferth". PsychAuthors. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  4. ^ Dickens, William T. (2005). "Genetic differences and school readiness". The Future of Children. 15 (1): 55–69. doi:10.1353/foc.2005.0003. ISSN 1054-8289. PMID 16130541. S2CID 201780938.
  5. ^ Fehrenbach, Heide (2018-06-05). Race after Hitler: Black Occupation Children in Postwar Germany and America. Princeton University Press. p. 165. ISBN 9780691188102.
  6. ^ "Fakultät V Verkehrs- und Maschinensysteme: Prof. Dr. phil. Klaus Eyferth verstorben". Technische Universität Berlin (in German). 2012. Retrieved 2019-03-14.