Gilbert Gottlieb
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Gilbert Gottlieb | |
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| Born | 22 October 1929 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | 13 July 2006 (aged 76) Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Education | University of Miami (bachelor's 1955, master's 1956)[1] |
| Alma mater | Duke University Ph.D. |
| Known for | |
| Spouse | Nora Lee Willis Gottlieb |
| Children | Jonathan B. Gottlieb, Aaron L. Gottlieb, Marc S. Gottlieb, and David Gottlieb. |
| Scientific career | |
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| Thesis | The Following Response of Wild and Domestic Ducklings of the Same Species (Anas platyrhynchos) (1960) |
| Academic advisors | Theodore C. Schneirla |
| Notable students | Robert Lickliter |
Gilbert Gottlieb (22 October 1929 – 13 July 2006) was an American psychologist.
After receiving his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Miami, he received his Ph.D. in the psychology - zoology program at Duke University. He observed the differences in bird development, by both observing egg hatching and manipulating variables important to bird development, including calls. Gottlieb's major contribution to the field of psychology was his theory of probabilistic epigenesis, which explains that there is no predetermined path to trait development. Gottlieb died 13 July 2006 in Raleigh, North Carolina, outlived by his wife, Nora Lee Willis Gottlieb, his children, Jonathan B.Gottlieb, Aaron L. Gottlieb, and Marc S. Gottlieb, and his grandchildren.
Gottlieb was born in Brooklyn, New York on 22 October 1929.
He received the Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development Award from the Society of Research in Child Development in 1977.[2] in 1982 he was an Excellence Foundation Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology at the university of North Carolina at Greensboro.[2] After this he received his Ph.D. in Duke's joint psychology-zoology program, allowing him to further his research on birds.[2] From 1961 to 1982, Gottlieb led the research lab at Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh, an unusual case of research on animals' naturally occurring behavior being conducted at a psychiatric hospital lab.[2][3] In 1983 he was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[4] Gottlieb died July 13, 2006.
