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
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in 1966 followed by a PhD from
Queen's University of Belfast
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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
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and in the
United World Colleges
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.
Research
His research was concerned with the experimental analysis of learned behaviour. He authored a large number of journal articles, chapters and books.
Books
*Blackman, D.E. (1997). Operant Conditioning: An Experimental Analysis of Behaviour.
* Sanger, D., & Blackman, D.E. (Eds) (2016) Aspects of Psychopharmacology.
Awards
* Fellow,
British Psychological Society
The British Psychological Society (BPS) is a representative body for psychologists and psychology in the United Kingdom.
History
It was founded on 24 October 1901 at University College London (UCL) as ''The Psychological Society'', the organ ...
* 1997: Hon DSc,
National University of Distance Education
The National Distance Education University, known in Spanish as ''Universidad Nacional de EducaciĆ³n a Distancia'' (UNED), is a public research university of national scope. The university was founded in 1972 under the Ministry of Universities. ...
,Spain
Positions
* 1981: President,
British Psychological Society
The British Psychological Society (BPS) is a representative body for psychologists and psychology in the United Kingdom.
History
It was founded on 24 October 1901 at University College London (UCL) as ''The Psychological Society'', the organ ...
* 1998-1999: Director General, International Baccalaureate
* 2004-2012: Vice-Chair, International Board, United World Colleges
References
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1945 births
British psychologists
Presidents of the British Psychological Society
20th-century psychologists
Living people
Experimental psychologists
Academics of Cardiff University