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Turkish-American psychologist (–)

Muzafer Sherif (born Muzafer Şerif Başoğlu; July 29, – October 16, ) was a Turkish-American social psychologist. He helped develop social judgment theory and realistic conflict theory.

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Sherif was a founder of modern social psychology who developed several unique and powerful techniques for understanding social processes, particularly social norms and social conflict. Many of his original contributions to social psychology have been absorbed into the field so fully that his role in the development and discovery has disappeared.

Other reformulations of social psychology have taken his contributions for granted, and re-presented his ideas as new. ^{[citation needed]}

Life and career

Early life, education and political involvement

Muzafer Sherif was born as Muzaffer Şerif Başoğlu and grew up in a wealthy family that included five children, of whom he was the second born.

He attended Elementary School in Ödemiş fo