Talk:Daniel Levinson

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The entry has been fixed to show the extreme importance of Danial Levinson. Please do not delete. Ask me if other things need to be fixed

MLCommons 02:08, 31 August 2007 (UTC)MLCommons


 * He is a jewish?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.71.1.120 (talk) 11:29, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Article Improvements
Hi, I am working on this page as part of an assignment for a psychology class. I think that this article could be improved by adding more information on Levinson's early life, his research areas/interests/findings, and some of the concepts he came up with, such as the stage-crisis view. Additionally, the article can be improved by adding more credible sources as references.

Becca.darnell (talk) 18:12, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Hello, I am also working on this page as part of an assignment for a psychology course that I am taking. I think this article could be improved by adding more information about his studies, most specifically regarding his primary focus on adult behavior and development as well as dreams and personalities. His early career and family life could also be expanded upon. As stated in the banner, this article needs more sources and citations as well.

Steph2016 (talk) 02:26, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Article Outline
Here is my idea for the finished article outline. Please add to it if I am missing anything!


 * Intro/brief summary (Steph)
 * Early life (Becca)
 * Birth, location, family, etc
 * Daniel J. Levinson was born in New York City on May 28, 1920. He later married Judy Levinson, with whom he had two sons. Judy Levinson collaborated with Daniel Levinson on The Seasons of a Woman’s Life, and she continued Levinson’s work after his death in New Haven, Connecticuit, on April 12, 1994 (The New York Times). Becca.darnell (talk) 19:57, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Personal life (Becca)
 * Education, Career, & Research
 * Levinson completed his dissertation on ethnocentrism at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1947 (Gersick & Newton, 1996). Following this, he conducted research on personality, specifically authoritarian personalities at Berkeley and Western Reserve University (Gersick & Newton, 1996). Becca.darnell (talk) 02:46, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
 * In 1950, Levinson shifted his career to Harvard University, and began to examine the interaction between personality and organizational settings (Gersick & Newton, 1996). While at Harvard, Levinson worked with colleagues including Erik Erikson, Robert White, Talcott Parsons, Gordon Allport, and Alex Inkeles (Gersick & Newton, 1996). Also during his 12 years at Harvard, Levinson published around 36 articles and books in a wide variety of topics, including personality and institutional policy, foreign policy, professional identity, mental health administration, and social change (Gersick & Newton, 1996). Becca.darnell (talk) 04:02, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Levinson further advanced his academic career at Yale University from 1966 to 1990 (Gersick & Newton, 1996). During this time, Levinson shifted his research attention to adult development (Gersick & Newton, 1996). Levinson worked with colleagues including Charlotte Darrow, Edward Klein, Maria Levinson, and Braxton McKee while at Yale, and his research focused on interviewing 40 middle-aged men about their lives (Gersick & Newton, 1996). Becca.darnell (talk) 13:41, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Using the information gathered from these interviews, Levinson wrote the book The Seasons of a Man’s Life . Following this, Levinson conducted a similar study for women, and wrote The Seasons of a Woman’s Life shortly before his death in New Haven, Connecticuit, on April 12, 1994 (Gersick & Newton, 1996). Becca.darnell (talk) 01:23, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Research on adult behavior and development (Becca)
 * Stage-crisis view
 * Flaws
 * Theory of man & woman
 * Dreams
 * Levinson believed that the main difference between men and women was “The Dream,” which refers to one’s vision for his or her future life, including goals and desires (Brown, 1987). Based on findings from his interviews with men and women, Levinson argued that men and women form different types of dreams for their lives: men typically dream about occupation, while women, who have more trouble forming their dreams, are torn between dreams of occupation and dreams of marriage and family  (Brown, 1987). Becca.darnell (talk) 03:51, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Research on personalities and roles (Steph)
 * Organizations
 * Authoritarian
 * Later life & Accomplishments (Steph)
 * Death
 * Contributions to developmental theories/psychology
 * Publications
 * References (Both)

Becca.darnell (talk) 00:56, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

Rather than making a new outline, I made changes to this one. I changed the headers some to prevent overlap and I also added more focus points and specificity per section.

Steph2016 (talk) 15:58, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

Planned References
Levinson, D. J. (1986) A conception of adult development. American Psychologist, 4, pp. 3-13. doi: 10.1037/0003-066X.41.1.3.

Levinson, D. J. (1959). Role, personality, and social structure in the organizational setting. The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 58, pp. 170-180.

Levinson, D. J. (1977). The mid-life transition: A period in adult psychosocial development. Journal for the Study of Interpersonal Processes, 40, pp. 99-112.

Becca.darnell (talk) 01:14, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

Gersick, K. E., & Newton, P. M. (1996). Obituary: Daniel J. Levinson (1920–1994). American Psychologist, 51(3), 262. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.51.3.262

Kittrell, D. (1998). A Comparison of the Evolution of Men's and Women's Dreams in Daniel Levinson's Theory of Adult Development. Journal Of Adult Development, 5(2), 105.

Adorno, T. W., Frenkel-Brunswik, E., Levinson, D. J., & Sanford, R. (1950). The Authoritatian Personality. Oxford, England: Harpers.

The season's of a man's life & the season's of a womans life already cited in the original wikipedia article

Steph2016 (talk) 16:02, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

The New York Times. (1994, April 14). Daniel Levinson, 73, who wrote of men reacting to midlife. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/14/obituaries/daniel-levinson-73-who-wrote-of-men-reacting-to-midlife.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar%2C%7B%222%22%3A%22RI%3A17%22%7D.

Becca.darnell (talk) 20:24, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

Brown, P. L. (1987, September 14). Studying seasons of a woman's life. "The New York Times". Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/14/style/studying-seasons-of-a-woman-s-life.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias:s,{%222=%22:=%22RI:17=%22}=&pagewanted=1.

Becca.darnell (talk) 03:54, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

To-Do List
1. Find more secondary and tertiary resources to use

2. Gather information regarding Levinson's early life, education, career, research interests/findings, major theories, and contributions to his field.

3. Organize information into logical sections for article

4. Expand on content in article, add new sections

5. Edit/proofread article

Becca.darnell (talk) 01:17, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

Do to my changes in the outline, this is all I foresee us needing to work on still:

1. Find more information regarding Levinson's early life, education, career, publications, and contributions to his field


 * Becca will expand on his early life, education, and career and Steph will expand on his publications and contributions (See outline)

2. Find more secondary and tertiary sources for the remaining needed information


 * Both will do so according to above (See #1)

3. Expand on content


 * Both will do so according to our designated components (See outline and #1)

4. Make a solid, relevant tie to the stage-crisis view article


 * Becca will do so in the stage-crisis section (within the section, "research on adult development and behavior") and Steph may also do so in the summary/introduction

Steph2016 (talk) 16:10, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

Feedback for Assignment 9
General comments: You’ve got a lot of really good ideas for this article on the talk page. It’s time to start putting them into the main article.
 * See the brochure, Editing Wikipedia Articles on Psychology, 2nd page, Organizing your article/An article on a psychologist.


 * Would be nice to add a picture of Levinson - see James J. Gibson for example of picture in info box.

Comments on specific sections of the main article follow: 1. Lead-in 2. Early life and education 3. Literary contributions 4. Bibliography 5. Final section – title – Legacy 6. References J.R. Council (talk) 22:41, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Add a little more info. Mention adult development theory and stage-crisis view. Link to stage-crisis article.
 * Retitle section – Academic career
 * move first sentence to lead-in section
 * retitle – Major contributions
 * add reference information
 * retitle – Publications
 * add a section on his impact/legacy
 * add reference list

Assignment 10
Since the safe assignment report came back showing no plagiarism other than that of the wikipedia article itself, I think that the rest of our edits for our final submission should be focused on tweaking & perfecting the article. That being said, I think we should continue to search for a picture of Daniel Levinson, as that is really the only thing that I think we are missing. Also, each of us could proof read our sections and revise any spelling and/or grammar errors that might be present. Otherwise as far as I am concerned the article seems to be in good shape for completion!

Steph2016 (talk) 01:14, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

I agree. I will look over my sections and try to find a picture of Daniel Levinson that we could upload. Becca.darnell (talk) 18:27, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

I think ot would be great if we could find a picture of Daniel Levinson to add the article. Mads1222 (talk) 01:08, 6 May 2021 (UTC)