Jüri Allik facts for kids
Jüri Allik is an Estonian psychologist who was born on March 3, 1949, in Tallinn, Estonia. He is known for his important work in the field of psychology.
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Jüri Allik's Career and Studies
Jüri Allik has studied a lot to become a psychologist. He earned two advanced degrees in psychology. One was from the University of Moscow in Russia in 1976, and the other was from the University of Tampere in Finland in 1991.
Most of his career has been spent at the University of Tartu in Estonia. He became a professor there in 1992, teaching about how our senses work, especially sight (this is called psychophysics). Since 2002, he has been a professor of experimental psychology, which means he studies how people think and behave using scientific experiments.
He also led the Department of Psychology at the University of Tartu for a time. From 2003 to 2009, he was the head of the Estonian Science Foundation, which helps fund scientific research. He also worked as an editor for a journal called Trames, which publishes articles about social sciences and humanities.
What Jüri Allik Studied
Jüri Allik has made big contributions to psychology around the world. He mainly focused on two areas:
- How we see and how our eyes move: He studied how our brains understand what our eyes see and how our eyes move when we look at things.
- How cultures are different: He compared how people in different cultures think about themselves and their groups. This is often called "collectivism" (when people focus on the group) versus "individualism" (when people focus on themselves).
In Estonia, he also wrote about other topics. He looked closely at the ideas of Sigmund Freud, who was a famous psychologist. He also studied the history of psychology and how to measure how much science is being produced.
Leadership in Psychology
Jüri Allik was a leader in the Estonian Psychologists' Union. He was the president from 1988 to 1994 and then the vice president from 1994 to 2001. He is also a member of several important science groups, like the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters and the Estonian Academy of Sciences.
Jüri Allik's Family Life
Jüri Allik is married to another psychologist named Anu Realo.
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Jüri Allik (2008)
