| John D. Mayer | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan (BA) Case Western Reserve University (MA, PhD) |
| Known for | Emotional intelligence |
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| Institutions | University of New Hampshire |
John D. Mayer is an American psychologist at the University of New Hampshire, specializing in emotional intelligence and personality psychology. He co-developed a popular model of emotional intelligence with Peter Salovey. He is one of the authors of the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT), and has developed a new, integrated framework for personality psychology, known as the Systems Framework for Personality Psychology. He is the author of Personal Intelligence: The Power of Personality and How It Shapes Our Lives.
Mayer received a Bachelor of Arts with majors in creative writing and literature and drama from the University of Michigan in 1975 and a Doctor of Philosophy in psychology from Case Western Reserve University in 1982. He served as postdoctoral scholar in psychology at Stanford University from 1983 to 1985.
References
- Compton, William C (2005). "2". An Introduction to Positive Psychology. Wadsworth Publishing. pp. 23–40. ISBN 0-534-64453-8.
- Salovey, P; Grewal, D (2005). "The science of emotional intelligence". Current Directions in Psychological Science. 14 (6): 281–285. doi:10.1111/j.0963-7214.2005.00381.x. S2CID 2143869.
- "CURRICULUM VITAE – JOHN D. MAYER" (PDF). University of New Hampshire. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
External links
- http://mayer.socialpsychology.org/
- John Mayer's web site related to emotional intelligence
- John Mayer's web site related to personality psychology