22 Facts About Morton Deutsch

Morton Deutsch was an American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, and researcher in conflict resolution.

Morton Deutsch was born in 1920 in the Bronx, New York City, the fourth child of Charles and Ida Deutsch, Jewish immigrants from what is Poland.

Morton Deutsch started on a path into psychiatry, but switched to psychology after dissecting a guinea pig in a biology class.

Morton Deutsch joined the US Air Force after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, where he initially acted as a psychologist, then as a navigator flying in thirty bombing missions over Nazi Germany.

Morton Deutsch wrote his dissertation comparing the psychological effects and productivity of cooperative groups and competitive groups.

Morton Deutsch worked as a part of Lewin's Research Center for Group Dynamics, and his early research was largely tinged by the growing global concern with nuclear weapons.

Morton Deutsch was tasked with instructing introductory psychology classes to undergraduate students, in which he undertook an experiment comparing cooperative and competitive grading processes.

One of the first projects of Morton Deutsch's academic career was a study of group tension and racial attitudes as a part of the Commission on Community Interrelations of the American Jewish Congress.

In 1951 Deutsch published the textbook Research Methods in Social Relations with coauthors Marie Jahoda and Stuart W Cook, a book that would go on to three editions over the following twenty-five years.

In 1954, Morton Deutsch began studying at the Postgraduate Center for Psychotherapy, where he graduated as a professionally trained psychoanalytic psychotherapist in 1957.

Morton Deutsch co-edited the book Preventing World War III in 1962.

Morton Deutsch was the first psychologist to use the Prisoner's Dilemma to study trust between small groups or pairings of individuals.

Morton Deutsch was appointed Edward Lee Thorndike Professor of Psychology and Education in 1981, and delivered his inaugural address on April 22,1982.

In 1986 Morton Deutsch founded the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution at Columbia.

Morton Deutsch was a founding member of the World Dignity University initiative and Global Advisory Board Member of the Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies organization.

Variously Morton Deutsch was President of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, the International Society of Political Psychology, several divisions of the American Psychological Association, as well as the Eastern Psychological Association and New York State Psychological Association.

Morton Deutsch officially retired from teaching in 1990 but authored more than 50 papers or book chapters between in his retirement,.

In 1969 Morton Deutsch was awarded the Kurt Lewin Memorial Award, named for his PhD mentor at MIT.

Morton Deutsch was awarded the 1993 and inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award given out every two years by the International Association for Conflict Management.

Morton Deutsch was the recipient of the Teachers College Medal for Distinguished Service to Education, Helsinki University Medal for his contributions to psychology, and an honorary doctorate from his alma mater CCNY.

Morton Deutsch received distinguished scientific contribution awards from three professional societies: the Society of Experimental Social Psychology in 1985; the American Psychological Association in 1987; and the William James Fellow Award of the Association for Psychological Science.

Morton Deutsch was awarded the 2006 James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science.