George Butterworth (psychologist) explained
| George Butterworth |
| Birth Date: | 1946 |
| Death Date: | 2000 |
| Alma Mater: | University of Oxford |
| Thesis Title: | The development of the object concept in human infants |
| Thesis Url: | https://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=oxfaleph013370730&context=L&vid=SOLO&lang=en_US&search_scope=LSCOP_ALL&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=local&query=any,contains,George%20Butterworth&facet=rtype,include,thesis&offset=0 |
| Thesis Year: | 1974 |
| Discipline: | Psychology |
| Sub Discipline: | Developmental Psychology |
| Workplaces: | University of Southampton
- University of Stirling; University of Sussex
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George Butterworth (1946–2000)[1] [2] was a British professor of psychology, who studied infant development.[3]
Life and work
After completing his D.Phil. at Oxford, Butterworth took a post at Southampton University, moving to a chair in psychology at Stirling in 1985, before coming to Sussex in 1991. He was appointed honorary professor, University of East London, in 1996.
His contributions to the discipline include founding both the British Infancy Research Group and the Journal of Developmental Science, as well as heading numerous groups ranging from the Scientific Affairs Board of the British Psychological Society to the European Society for Developmental Psychology.[4]
Selected publications
Books
- Butterworth, George, Julie Rutkowska, and Michael Scaife. Evolution and developmental psychology. Vol. 4. Harvester, 1985.
Articles
- Butterworth, George, and Nicholas Jarrett. "What minds have in common is space: Spatial mechanisms serving joint visual attention in infancy." British journal of developmental psychology 9.1 (1991): 55–72.
- Carpenter, Malinda, et al. "Social cognition, joint attention, and communicative competence from 9 to 15 months of age." Monographs of the society for research in child development (1998): i-174.
Notes and References
- Web site: Developmental Psychology: A Student's Handbook . Psychology Press, Taylor and Francis Group . 5 November 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111012015108/http://psypress.com/developmental-psychology-9781841691923 . 12 October 2011 .
- George Butterworth, Obituary. Bulletin the University of Sussex Newsletter. 25 February 2000. 5 November 2011.
- Book: Bryant, P. E.. 2008. Theories of Infant Development. G.. Bremner. A.. Slater. Blackwell Publishing. Malden, Massachusetts. 10.1002/9780470752180.after . https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9780470752180.after . Afterword: Tribute to George Butterworth. 978-0-470-75218-0. 355–361.
- Web site: Bulletin: The University of Sussex Newsletter Obituary 25th February 2000.
