Ward Edwards
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1927
Ward Edwards | |
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| Born | Ward Edwards 1927 |
| Died | 2005 (aged 77–78) |
| Alma mater | Swarthmore College (BA), Harvard University (MA, PhD) |
| Known for | Decision Theory |
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| Fields | Decision Theory |
| Institutions | University of Southern California |
| Doctoral advisors | John G. Beebe-Center, Edwin Boring, Frederick Mosteller |
| Doctoral students | Lawrence D. Phillips, Detlof von Winterfeldt |
Ward Edwards (1927–2005) was an American psychologist, who is prominent for work on decision theory and formulation and revision of beliefs.
Childhood
Edwards was born on April 5, 1927 in Morristown, New Jersey.[1] His family moved twice during his childhood first to Woodbury, Connecticut, and then to Washington D.C. Edwards' father, Corwin D. Edwards was an economist.
Education and career
After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1945-1946, Edwards earned his BA in psychology from Swarthmore College in 1947.[1] Edward earned both an M.A. in psychology (1950) and a PhD in psychology (1952) from Harvard University. Edwards' major interests in graduate school were psychophysics which later became known as experimental psychology, and probability.
Following his time at the University of Michigan, Edwards came to the University of Southern California in 1973.[2]
Awards
- Frank P. Ramsey Award from the Decision Analysis Society, 1988[3]
- Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award in Applied Psychology, American Psychological Association 1996
- 2004 class of Fellows of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences[4]
"The Association for Psychological Science named Ward Edwards as a James McKeen Cattell Fellow in recognition of his sustained and seminal contributions to the technology of decision making and to behavioral decision theory", James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, 1995.
