Jüri Allik facts for kids
Jüri Allik (born on March 3, 1949, in Tallinn, Estonia) is a well-known Estonian psychologist. Psychologists are scientists who study the human mind and how people behave.
Jüri Allik's Career
Jüri Allik has earned two special degrees called Ph.D.s in psychology. He got one from the University of Moscow in Russia and another from the University of Tampere in Finland.
He has spent most of his career at the University of Tartu in Estonia. In 1992, he became a Professor of Psychophysics. This means he studied how our minds sense and understand physical things like light and sound. Since 2002, he has been a Professor of Experimental Psychology. This involves doing scientific tests to learn about how people think and behave.
Professor Allik also led the Department of Psychology at the University of Tartu. He was also in charge of the Estonian Science Foundation from 2003 to 2009. He helped edit a science journal called Trames.
His most important work in psychology around the world is in two main areas. He studies visual perception, which is how we see and understand the world around us. He also studies eye movement, looking at how our eyes move when we look at things. Another big part of his work is comparing collectivism and individualism. This looks at how people in different cultures think about themselves as part of a group versus as individuals.
In Estonia, he has also written about the history of psychology. He has also looked at how to measure how much science is produced.
Jüri Allik was the President of the Estonian Psychologists' Union from 1988 to 1994. He was also the Vice President from 1994 to 2001. He is a member of important science groups like the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters and the Estonian Academy of Sciences.
Personal Life
Jüri Allik is married to another psychologist named Anu Realo.
