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Ausubel, David Paul was born on October 25, 1918 in Brooklyn. Son of Herman and Lillian (Leff) Ausubel.
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Theorizing about the nature, control, and implications of adolescent development has been going on for at least 2000 years in Western culture, utilizing observational and essentially irrelevant and indiscriminate measurement research techniques. However, because these investigations were flawed by prejudgment and excessive subjectivity, the findings tended to be disorganized, irrelevant, incredible, non-explanatory and platitudinous.The most scientifically significant conceptual and research approach to adolescent development in my lifetime was made by Muzafer Sherif (Sherif & Cantril, 1947) of Columbia University during my student days there in the 1930's and 1940's. He insightfully conceptualized adolescence as a transitional, biosocial, interactional and marginal stage of personality development involving an abrupt shift from a derived and dependent status to an earned, independent, competence-based, marginal status and self-esteem with associated personality deficits and compensatory interim status.In my 1952 and thereafter textbooks, I applied this primary and central theory of adolescent development to all of the component functional areas of adolescence. (See Table of Contents)in a textbook of adolescent development (1952, 1954). In addition to its primary role as a graduate and honors undergraduate textbook for psychology and secondary-education majors, this book is also of interest to mental health specialists, pediatricians, counselors, the parents of adolescents and to the teachers of all secondary-school subjects and students.
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Theorizing about the nature, control, and implications of adolescent development has been going on for at least 2000 years in Western culture, utilizing observational and essentially irrelevant and indiscriminate measurement research techniques. However, because these investigations were flawed by prejudgment and excessive subjectivity, the findings tended to be disorganized, irrelevant, incredible, non-explanatory and platitudinous. The most scientifically significant conceptual and research approach to adolescent development in my lifetime was made by Muzafer Sherif (Sherif
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Ego Development and Psychopathology presents an original theoretical underpinning for classification and interpretation of the major mental disorders, one based largely on the author's clinical experience. Ausubel's central thesis is that the most significant and crucial factors predisposing persons to mental disorders are critical developmental defects that arise at vital transitional phases of ego development. He sees both normal and pathological personality functioning as most cogently explained in terms of an individual's ego structure at a given point in the life cycle. Ausubel relates his developmental theory to the phenomenology and related clinical problems of psychiatric diagnosis. He classifies mental disorders in terms of their developmental history. Such factors, in his opinion, offer the most precise delineation of etiological, functional, and phenomenological similarities and differences among the various psychiatric syndromes. He provides an overview of ego development, as well as major variants of the norm. He also discusses development of conscience and moral values, as well as psychopathological considerations that follow from deficiencies, defects, failure, and distortions in ego development. He examines at length classification of mental disorders, such as anxiety states, psychotic depression and mania, schizophrenia, autism, antisocial and narcissistic personality disorders, and defense mechanisms. Ausubel is careful to point out that ego development is not the only significant determinant of normal and aberrant personality. Genetic predispositions, situational stress, and sociocultural factors must always be taken into consideration since mental disorder is always a product of multiple causality. However, he believes ego development is by far the most critical factor, and hence offers the most for classification of mental illness. This intriguing study will be of interest to professionals as well as educated and concerned practitioners in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, child psychotherapy, and social work.
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Ausubel, David Paul was born on October 25, 1918 in Brooklyn. Son of Herman and Lillian (Leff) Ausubel.
Bachelor, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1939. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1950.
Doctor of Medicine, Middlesex University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1943.
Intern Governor Hospital, New York City, 1943-1944. Resident United States Public Health Service Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, 1946-1947, Buffalo (New York ) Psychiatric Center, 1947-1948. Professional educational psychology University Illinois, Urbana, 1950-1966.
Professor medical education research University Toronto Graduate School, 1966-1968. Professor educational psychology, program head City University of New York, New York City, 1968-1973. Resident Albert Einstein College Medicine/Bronx Psychiatric Center, 1976-1977.
Psychiatrist New York State Division Youth, Highland, 1986-1994. Visiting professor psychology Salesian University, Rome, 1964-1965, Hochschule der Bundeswehr, Munich, Germany, 1980. Consultant United States Office Education, Washington, 1968-1970.
Member international advisory board Psychologie in Erziehung und Untervicht, 1981-1985.
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Captain United States Public Health Service, 1945-1947. Fellow American Psychological Association (Thorndike award 1976). Member American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Society, American Educational Research Association.
Married Pearl Leibowitz, November 23, 1943 (divorced 1979). Married Gloria Grace George, September 24, 1983. Children: Frederick Michael, Laura Ruth.
