Charlotte Bühler
| Charlotte Bühler | |
|---|---|
| Born | Charlotte Berta Malachowski December 20, 1893 Berlin, Prussia |
| Died | February 3, 1974 (aged 80) Stuttgart, West Germany |
| Residence | Germany, Austria, Norway, United States |
| Citizenship |
German (1893–1945) American (1945–1974) |
| Fields |
Child psychology Developmental psychology |
| Institutions |
Technical University of Dresden University of Vienna University of Oslo Minneapolis General Hospital Los Angeles County Hospital University of Southern California |
| Alma mater |
University of Freiburg University of Berlin University of Munich |
| Thesis | Über Gedankenentstehung: Experimentelle Untersuchungen zur Denkpsychologie ("On the origin of thought: Experimental studies on the psychology of thought") (1918) |
| Known for | Work on child psychology, adolescent psychology, gerontopsychology |
| Spouse | Karl Bühler (m. 1916–63) (his death) |
| Children | Ingeborg, Rolf |
Charlotte Bühler (née Malachowski, December 20, 1893 – February 3, 1974) was a German developmental psychologist.
Bühler was born Charlotte Berta Malachowski in Berlin, the elder of two children of Jewish government architect Hermann Malachowski, and his wife Rose (née Kristeller).
After graduating from high school in 1913, Charlotte Malachowski studied natural sciences and humanities at the University of Freiburg and the University of Berlin. In 1918, she received her doctorate from the University of Munich with a dissertation on the topic Über Gedankenentstehung: Experimentelle Untersuchungen zur Denkpsychologie ("On the origin of thought: Experimental studies on the psychology of thought"). That same year she went to Dresden to work with Karl Bühler, where she continued her research in the fields of child and youth psychology, as well as working on her habilitation. In 1920, she completed her habilitation at the Technical University of Dresden and became qualified to teach in Saxony.
She married Karl Bühler on April 4, 1916. Their daughter Ingeborg was born in 1917, and their son Rolf in 1919. Karl died in 1963 in Los Angeles, California. She herself fell ill in 1970 and returned in 1971 to live with her children in Stuttgart, where she died at the age of 80.
In 1923, Charlotte Bühler went to teach at the University of Vienna, where in 1929 she was promoted to the position of associate professor. Both Bühlers worked closely together at this new institution, which provided them with a laboratory to conduct their research.
In the next few years at Vienna she gained international prestige through her research and publications which led to the development of the "Viennese child psychology school" of Charlotte Bühler - the spirit of which is still maintained today in the Charlotte Bühler Institute.
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