William Schutz
Psychologist, Author
1925 – 2002
Who was William Schutz?
William Schutz was an American psychologist.
Schutz was born in Chicago, Illinois. He practiced at the Esalen Institute in the 1960s. He later became the president of BConWSA International. He received his Ph.D. from UCLA. In the 1950s, he was part of the peer-group at the University of Chicago's Counseling Center that included Carl Rogers, Thomas Gordon, Abraham Maslow and Elias Porter. He taught at Tufts University, Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and was chairman of the holistic studies department at Antioch University until 1983.
In 1958, Schutz introduced a theory of interpersonal relations he called Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation. According to the theory three dimensions of interpersonal relations were deemed to be necessary and sufficient to explain most human interaction: Inclusion, Control and Affection. These dimensions have been used to assess group dynamics.
Schutz also created FIRO-B, a measurement instrument with scales that assess the behavioral aspects of the three dimensions.
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- Born
- Dec 19, 1925
Illinois - Also known as
- Will Schutz
- William C. Schutz
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Died
- Nov 9, 2002
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on July 23, 2013
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