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Donald Winslow Fiske (August 27, 1916 – April 6, 2003) was an American psychologist.

Early life and education

Fiske was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. He grew up in Medford, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University and, in 1948, earned a PhD from the University of Michigan.

Career

Fiske was a professor of psychology at the University of Chicago.

Fiske specialized in methodological issues in personality, ability, and trait research. He was, with Donald T. Campbell, co-author of a seminal paper regarding the multitrait-multimethod approach to evaluating construct validity.

Personal life and death

Fiske had a wife, Barbara Page, a son, Alan Fiske (who became a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles), and a daughter, Susan Fiske (who became a professor of Psychology and Public Affairs at Princeton University). He resided in Hyde Park, Chicago, where he died on April 6, 2003.

References

1. ^ "Donald W. Fiske". The University of Chicago News Office. The University of Chicago. April 10, 2003. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
2. "Methodological expert Donald W. Fiske dies". www.apa.org. June 2003. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
3. Campbell, D. T., & Fiske, D. W. (1959). "Convergent and discriminant validation by the multitrait-multimethod matrix". Psychological Bulletin, 56, 81-105.

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