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Michael J. Apter is a research psychologist who has worked in the area of motivation. He developed reversal theory. He is currently a visiting researcher at Georgetown University.

Dr. Apter is founder and director of Apter International, which is a worldwide management consultancy company.

Contents 1 Biographical information 2 Education 3 Positions 4 Main areas of interest 5 Funded grants 6 Honors 7 Editorial board/consulting editor 8 Association affiliations 9 See also 10 Publications 10.1 Books 10.2 Book Chapters 10.3 Papers 11 External links

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[edit] Education

He has a doctorate from Bristol University (U.K.). While working for his doctorate he spent a year at Princeton and a year at King’s College London, as well as a term at Oxford.

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He taught at the University of Wales, Cardiff for twenty years. He has been a visiting professor at Purdue, Northwestern, Chicago and Yale, and has held visiting positions in Canada, Spain, Norway, Belgium and France.

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He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Life Fellow of the Netherlands Institute of Advanced Studies.

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• Apter, M.J. (1982) The experience of motivation: The theory of psychological reversals.London and New York: Academic Press.
• Apter, M.J. (Ed.) (2001) Motivational Styles in Everyday Life: A Guide to Reversal Theory. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.ISBN: 1-55798-739-4
• Apter, M.J. (2005) Personality Dynamics: Key Concepts in Reversal Theory. Loughborough, U.K.: Apter International Ltd.

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• Apter, M.J.(2003) On a certain blindness in modern psychology. The Psychologist,16(9), 474-475.Full text
• Apter, M.J.(1997). Reversal Theory - What Is It? A theory overview. The Psychologist Vol 10, Number 5.Full text

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