Gerald Turkewitz

{{Short description|American developmental psychologist}}

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| name = Gerald Turkewitz

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| birth_date = {{birth date |1933|02|25}}

| birth_place = New York City, US

| death_date = {{death date and age |2015|02|24 |1933|02|25}}

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| fields = Developmental psychology

| workplaces = Graduate Center, CUNY
Hunter College

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| education = City College of New York
New York University

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| thesis_title = The development of spatial orientation in relation to the effective perceptual environment in neonate rats

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| thesis_year = 1967

| doctoral_advisor = T. C. Schneirla

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| known_for = Developmental psychobiology

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| spouse = Myrna Turkewitz

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Gerald Turkewitz (February 25, 1933 – February 24, 2015){{Cite news |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=gerald-turkewitz&pid=175014985 |title=Gerald Turkewitz Obituary |date=2015-06-05 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2019-05-03}} was an American psychologist who helped to pioneer the field of developmental psychobiology.{{Cite journal |last=Lewkowicz |first=David J. |date=November 2015 |title=In memoriam: Gerald Turkewitz & his science |journal=Developmental Psychobiology |language=en |volume=57 |issue=7 |pages=858–860 |doi=10.1002/dev.21363|pmid=26407919 }} He is also recognized for his contributions to child development and the study of human infancy.{{Cite news |url=http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/psychology/pressroom/news/dr.-gerald-turkewitz |title=Dr. Gerald Turkewitz |work=Hunter College |access-date=2019-05-03}} His influences included Daniel S. Lehrman and T. C. Schneirla, the latter of whom was his Ph.D. advisor at New York University.{{Cite journal |last=Lewkowicz |first=David J. |date=January 2016 |title=Obituary: Gerald Turkewitz |journal=Infancy |language=en |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=5–7 |doi=10.1111/infa.12122}}