- James Bieri
James Beiri is a
psychologist who, in 1955, was the first to propose the organization of constructs and their similarity.He developed the idea of cognitive complexity. [cite web | last =Bell | first =R.C. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Cognitive complexity | work =The Internet Encyclopaedia of Personal Construct Psychology | publisher =The Psychology of Personal Constructs | date =2004-02-14
url =http://www.pcp-net.org/encyclopaedia/cogcom.html | format =html | doi = | accessdate =2007-02-20] He based his work on what he learned fromGeorge Kelly andpersonal construct psychology while he was a graduate student under Kelly. [cite web | last =Bieri | first =J. | authorlink = | coauthors =Atkins A L, Briar S, Leaman R L, Miller H & Tripodi T. | title =Clinical and social judgment: The discrimination of behavioral information | work = | publisher =University of Pennsylvania | date =1980-09-08 | url =http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/classics1980/A1980KE57300001.pdf | format =pdf | doi = | accessdate =2007-02-20]The son of an
Admiral , James Bieri served in the U.S. Navy before becoming a clinical psychologist.He obtained a degree and Ph.D. from
Ohio State University in 1950 and then taught at Harvard, Columbia, Brooklyn and finally as Professor of Psychology for the Training Program at theUniversity of Texas at Austin .After retirement he embarked on a thorough biography of the poet
Shelley which was published in two volumes in 2005 by the University of Delaware Press. It contains much new information, including about the poet's friendSophia Stacey .References
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