Donald W. Fiske
Donald W. Fiske was an American psychologist.Early life
Donald W. Fiske was born on August 27, 1916 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He grew up in Medford, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University and 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 paper regarding the multitrait-multimethod approach to evaluating construct validity.Fiske had a wife, Barbara Page, a son, Alan Fiske, and a daughter, Susan Fiske. He resided in Hyde Park, Chicago, where he died on April 6, 2003.
