Eckhard Hess

Eckhard Heinrich Hess (27 September 1916 – 21 February 1986)[1] was a German-born American psychologist and ethologist, known for his research on pupillometry and animal imprinting. He joined the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago as an instructor in 1948. He became a full professor in the Department of Psychology in 1959, and served as its chairman from 1963 to 1968. Hess pioneered the study of animal behavior from an ethological/evolutionary perspective at a time when Skinner's behaviorism was the dominant paradigm of animal behavior study in the United States.[2][3]

Eckhard Hess
Born
Eckhard Heinrich Hess

(1916-09-27)27 September 1916
Died23 February 1986(1986-02-23) (aged 69)
CitizenshipUnited States
EducationJohns Hopkins University
Known forPupillometry
Scientific career
FieldsEthology
Psychology
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago
ThesisThe development of the chick's responses to light-and-shade cues of depth (1948)

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