Gerald Davison
Gerald Davison | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1939 (age 85–86) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Psychologist, gerontologist, academic |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | The University of Southern California |
Gerald C. Davison (born 1939) is an American psychologist and professor. He is currently Professor of Psychology and Gerontology and former dean of the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at the University of Southern California.
Education
Gerald C. Davison completed a bachelor of arts in social relations at Harvard College in 1961. He spent a Fulbright year in Germany at University of Freiburg in 1961-1962. He obtained his Ph.D. in psychology at Stanford University in 1965.[1]
Career
In 1973-1974 Davison served as president of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.[1] He is Professor of Psychology and Gerontology and former dean of the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at the University of Southern California.[2] He has authored more than 150 publications dealing with topics such as experimental analysis of psychopathology, therapeutic change and the links between cognition and a variety of behavioral and emotional problems.[citation needed] Davison has co-authored the textbooks Abnormal Psychology,[3] Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology[4] and Clinical Behavior Therapy.[5]
Awards and honors
Davison received the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003 from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and in 2020 the Clinical Science Visionary Award from the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association. He is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, the American Psychological Association, and the Academy of Cognitive Therapy.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gerald C. Davison, PhD". USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. Retrieved 2018-12-17.
- ↑ University of Southern California (2007). Campus directory.
- ↑ Kring, A. M., Johnson, S. L., Davison, G. C., Neale, J. M., (2012). Abnormal psychology (12th edition). Wiley.
- ↑ Oltmanns, T. F., Martin, M. T., Neale, J. M., & Davison, G. C. (2012). Case studies in abnormal psychology (9th edition). Wiley.
- ↑ Goldfried, M. R., & Davison, G. C. (1994). Clinical behavior therapy. Expanded edition. Wiley.
- 1939 births
- University of Southern California faculty
- 20th-century American psychologists
- American gerontologists
- Living people
- Harvard College alumni
- University of Freiburg alumni
- Stanford University alumni
- 21st-century American scientists
- 21st-century American psychologists
- Fellows of the Association for Psychological Science