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Amos Tversky
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Israeli psychologist (1937–1996)
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Amos Nathan Tversky (1937–1996) was an Israeli psychologist, economist, university teacher, and author. Born in Haifa and educated at the University of Michigan and Hebrew University of Jerusalem, he worked at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Stanford University, Harvard University, and the University of Michigan. His doctoral advisor was Clyde Coombs. He is particularly noted for his work on prospect theory within the fields of psychology and economics.
Tversky received several honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthur Fellowship, the Grawemeyer Award, and fellowships in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. He was also a member of the Econometric Society. His notable works include "On the framing of multiple prospects," "On the evaluation of one-sided evidence," "Choice under conflict," "Conflict resolution," and "Reference theory of choice and exchange." He died of melanoma at Stanford.
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- Works
- 15
Top works
- On the framing of multiple prospects
- On the evaluation of one-sided evidence
- Choice under conflict
- Conflict resolution
- Reference theory of choice and exchange
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Key facts
- Born
- Amos Nathan Tversky , ( 1937-03-16 ) March 16, 1937, Haifa , British Mandate of Palestine
- Died
- June 2, 1996 (1996-06-02) (aged 59), Stanford, California , U.S.
- Citizenship
- Israeli
- Alma mater
- University of Michigan , Hebrew University
- Known for
- Prospect theory , Heuristics and biases
- Spouse
- Barbara Tversky ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1963 )
- Awards
- MacArthur Award , Grawemeyer Award in Psychology (2003)
- Allegiance
- Israel
- Branch
- Israel Defense Forces
- Rank
- Seren (Captain)
- Conflicts
- Suez Crisis Six-Day War Yom Kippur War
- Fields
- Cognitive psychology , Behavioral economics
- Institutions
- Hebrew University , Stanford University
- Doctoral students
- Maya Bar-Hillel Ruma Falk
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nathan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Israel
- Place of birth
- Haifa
- Place of death
- Stanford
- Mother
- Jenia Taversky
- Occupation
- author
- Educated at
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Employer
- Harvard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Notable work
- prospect theory
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Field of work
- economics
- Work location
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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- date of birth
- 1937-03-16
- date of death
- 1996-06-02
- cause of death
- melanoma
- member of
- Econometric Society
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- עמוס טברסקי
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Encyclopedic overview
Amos Nathan Tversky (Hebrew: עמוס טברסקי; March 16, 1937 – June 2, 1996) was an Israeli cognitive and mathematical psychologist and a key figure in the discovery of systematic human cognitive bias and handling of risk.
Much of his early work concerned the foundations of measurement. He was co-author of a three-volume treatise, Foundations of Measurement. His early work with Daniel Kahneman focused on the psychology of prediction and probability judgment; later they worked together to develop prospect theory, which aims to explain irrational human economic choices and is considered one of the seminal works of behavioral economics.
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