Derek Ernest Blackman
{{short description|British psychologist}}
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Derek Ernest Blackman is a British psychologist whose research was concerned with the experimental analysis of learned behaviour.
Career
Blackman obtained his BSc from the University of Exeter in 1966 followed by a PhD from Queen's University of Belfast in 1968. He was appointed to the Department of Psychology in the faculty of Science at the University of Birmingham before being appointed to the faculty at the University of Cardiff where he remained for the whole of his later academic career. He served as Head of Department and Dean in the Faculty of Science. He retired in 1998 as Emeritus Professor of Psychology.
He was active in the British Psychological Society of which he became president in 1981. After his retirement he was active in international education including involvement in the International Baccalaureate and in the United World Colleges.{{cite web |title=Derek Blackman |url=https://www.ibo.org/about-the-ib/governance-and-leadership/director-general/past-directors-general/derek-blackman/ |website=International Baccalaureate |accessdate=26 August 2020}}
Research
His research was concerned with the experimental analysis of learned behaviour. He authored a large number of journal articles, chapters and books.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
Books
- Blackman, D.E. (1997). Operant Conditioning: An Experimental Analysis of Behaviour.{{cite book |last1=Blackman |first1=derek |title=Operant Conditioning: An Experimental Analysis of Behaviour |date=2017 |publisher=Routledge}}
- Sanger, D., & Blackman, D.E. (Eds) (2016) Aspects of Psychopharmacology.{{cite book |last1=Sanger |first1=David |title=Aspects of Psychopharmacology |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge}}
Awards
- Fellow, British Psychological Society{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
- 1997: Hon DSc, National University of Distance Education,Spain{{cite web |title=Derek Blackman |url=http://portal.uned.es/portal/page?_pageid=93,25093051&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL |website=UNED |accessdate=26 August 2020}}
Positions
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- 1981: President, British Psychological Society
- 1998-1999: Director General, International Baccalaureate
- 2004-2012: Vice-chair, International Board, United World Colleges
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Category:21st-century British psychologists
Category:Presidents of the British Psychological Society
Category:20th-century British psychologists
Category:Experimental psychologists