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Seymour B. Sarason

Community Psychology

American psychologist regarded as a founder of community psychology, known for proposing the concept of psychological sense of community. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1919 1
Death Year
2010 1
Nationality / Culture
American 1
Defining Contribution
In his 1974 book The Psychological Sense of Community, argued that the psychological sense of community should become the conceptual center of a distinct community psychology. 2
Notable Work
The Psychological Sense of Community: Prospects for a Community Psychology (1974) 1
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Coined psychological sense of community, a founding concept of the field.

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Source Wikipedia: Seymour B. SarasonLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
He is the author of over forty books and over sixty articles, and he is considered to be one of the most significant American researchers in education, educational psychology, and community psychology.
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1. Wikipedia: Seymour B. Sarason
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    In 1974, he proposed psychological sense of community, a central concept in community psychology.
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    American
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2. Wikipedia: Sense of Community
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In his seminal 1974 book, psychologist Seymour B. Sarason proposed that psychological sense of community become the conceptual center for the psychology of community
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