David McClelland
Psychologist, Academic
1917 – 1998
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Who was David McClelland?
David Clarence McClelland was an American psychologist, noted for his work on Need Theory. He published a number of works during the 1950s and the 1990s and developed new scoring systems for the Thematic Apperception Test and its descendants. McClelland is credited with developing the Achievement Motivation Theory commonly referred to as need achievement or n-achievement theory.
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- Born
- May 20, 1917
Mount Vernon - Also known as
- David Clarence McClelland
- David C. McClelland
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Missouri–Columbia
- PhD, Yale University
Psychology
( - 1941) - Wesleyan University
- Lived in
- Lexington
( - 1998/03/27)
- Lexington
- Died
- Mar 27, 1998
Lexington
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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