David B. Cohen 2533618 184774793 2008-01-16T17:40:43Z HornStern 6004117 /* Publications */ {{otheruses4|the psychology professor|the politician|David B. Cohen (mayor)}} '''David B. Cohen''' ([[1941]]-[[2004]]) was an American [[psychology]] professor. Born in [[Brooklyn]], Cohen received his bachelor's degree in [[1963]] from [[Columbia College of Columbia University]], and his doctorate in clinical psychology from [[University of Michigan]] in [[1968]]. He went on to teach [[clinical psychology]] and individual differences/[[evolutionary psychology]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin]]. His early work focused on [[dream]]s. His later work examined the biological mechanisms and risk factors in [[psychopathology]]. In [[1989]], he co-authored ''Psychopathology'' with [[Lee Willerman]]. Throughout the 1990's, Cohen wrote about the biological and evolutionary influences of depression. In [[1995]], he was a signatory of a collective statement titled "[[Mainstream Science on Intelligence]]", written by [[Linda Gottfredson]] and published in the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]''. <ref name="gottfredson">Gottfredson, Linda (December 13, 1994). [[Mainstream Science on Intelligence]]. ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', p A18.</ref> Cohen also wrote two books on children for both academic and lay readers, framed by the [[nature versus nurture]] debate. In these books, he argued that parental influence over a child's development was much less powerful than biological and evolutionary influences. His work suggests that much parental influence is not only weak or transitory but also illusory. ==Publications== *Cohen DB (1999). ''Stranger in the Nest: Do Parents Really Shape Their Child's Personality, Intelligence, or Character?'' Wiley ISBN 0-471-31922-8. *Cohen DB (1995). ''Out of the Blue: Depression and Human Nature''. W.W. Norton & Company; New Ed edition ISBN 0-393-31299-2. *Cohen DB (1981). Sleep and Dreaming: Origins, Nature and Functions (''International Series in Experimental Psychology''; V. 23) Pergamon Press. ISBN 0-08-027400-5. *Cohen DB (2003). ''Where Did That Child Come From?: Why Some of Our Children Turn Out So Different from Us & What the Answers Reveal About Our Parenting and Ourselves''. Templegate. ISBN 0-87243-258-0. *Willerman L, Cohen DB (1989). ''Psychopathology''. McGraw-Hill College. ISBN 0-07-070311-6. [[category: American Jews]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.psy.utexas.edu/psy/FACULTY/CohenD/CohenD.html David B. Cohen website] via [[University of Texas at Austin]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Cohen, David B.}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:American psychologists]]