Donald W. Fiske
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| birth_date = August 27, 1916
| birth_place = Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
| death_date = April 6, 2003 (aged 86)
| death_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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| fields = Psychology
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| education = Harvard University (BA)
University of Michigan (PhD)
| doctoral_advisor = E. Lowell Kelly
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| spouse = Barbara Page
| children = {{hlist|Alan|Susan}}
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Donald Winslow Fiske (August 27, 1916 – April 6, 2003) was an American psychologist.
Early life and education
Fiske was born in Lincoln, Nebraska.{{cite web|title=Donald W. Fiske|url=http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/03/030410.fiske.shtml|website=The University of Chicago News Office|publisher=The University of Chicago|accessdate=June 23, 2017|date=April 10, 2003}} He grew up in Medford, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University and, in 1948, earned a PhD from the University of Michigan.{{Cite web |title=Methodological expert Donald W. Fiske dies|url=https://www.apa.org/monitor/jun03/fiske |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=www.apa.org|date=June 2003}}
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 seminal paper regarding the multitrait-multimethod approach to evaluating construct validity.Campbell, D. T., & Fiske, D. W. (1959). "Convergent and discriminant validation by the multitrait-multimethod matrix". Psychological Bulletin, 56, 81-105.
Personal life and death
Fiske had a wife, Barbara Page, a son, Alan Fiske (who became a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles), and a daughter, Susan Fiske (who became a professor of Psychology and Public Affairs at Princeton University). He resided in Hyde Park, Chicago, where he died on April 6, 2003.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
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