Jerome Bruner
Jerome Seymour Bruner was an influential American psychologist whose work spanned developmental, educational, and legal psychology.
He earned his B.A. from Duke University in 1937 and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1941, later becoming a pioneer of the cognitive psychology movement in the United States.
During World War II, he served in the Psychological Warfare Division under Eisenhower, researching social psychological phenomena.
A prolific and wide-ranging thinker, Bruner went on to serve as a senior research fellow at the New York University School of Law, leaving a lasting legacy across multiple academic disciplines.
