René V. Dawis is an American

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professor. He taught at

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and is currently an emeritus professor. His work focused on individual differences, work adjustment, and human potential. He received the

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s's Leona Tyler Award in 1999.

Career

Dawis received his MA in 1955 and his PhD in 1956. At the University of Minnesota he was director of the ''Counseling Psychology Program'' from 1975 to 1985. Since 1997, he has been emeritus psychology at the same university. In 1995, he was a signatory of a collective statement in response to ''

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'' titled " Mainstream Science on Intelligence", written by ''Intelligence'' editor Linda Gottfredson and published in the ''

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''.Gottfredson, Linda (December 13, 1994). Mainstream Science on Intelligence. ''

'', p A18. He was a principal investigator into several projects at the Industrial Relations Center at the

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Publications

*Dawis RV (1989). ''Psychology: Human relations and work adjustment.'' Gregg Division, McGraw-Hill; 7th ed edition . *Lubinski D, et al. (1995). ''Assessing Individual Differences in Human Behavior: New Concepts, Methods, and Findings.'' Davies-Black Publishing; 1st edition. . *Dawis RV (1984). ''A psychological theory of work adjustment: An individual-differences model and its applications.'' University of Minnesota Press. . *Dawis RV et al. (1988). ''Psychology: Behavior, Motivation, and Work Adjustment.'' Paradigm Publishing 7th edition. . *Fruehling RT, Dawis RV (1995). ''Psychology: Realizing Human Potential.'' Paradigm Publishing. . *Lofquist LH, Dawis RV (1991). ''Essentials of Person-Environment-Correspondence Counseling.'' University of Minnesota Press. .

References

21st-century American psychologists 1928 births Living people University of Minnesota faculty 20th-century American psychologists {{US-psychologist-stub