He first gained notoriety with the publication of his article "Individual and Mass Behaviour in Extreme Situations.
He first gained notoriety with the publication of his article "Individual and Mass Behaviour in Extreme Situations." The article examined human adaptability to the stresses of concentration camp life, a life he had personally experienced during his imprisonment at Dachau and Buchenwald. In 1944 he was appointed head of the Chicago's Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School, beginning work in the psychological field for which he would be remembered. Books detailing such work include Love Is Not Enough, Truants from Life, The Informed Heart, and The Uses of Enchantment. FTP, identify this Austrian-born U.S. psychologist, known for his work in treating and educating emotionally disturbed children, notably autistic children.
He first gained notoriety with the publication of his article "Individual and Mass Behaviour in Extreme Situations.
Bruno Bettelheim