Jerome D. Frank

Jerome D. Frank was an influential American psychologist and legal scholar who contributed to understanding human behavior, decision-making, and personality. He is best known for developing theories about how people make choices and how these insights apply to law, such as in psychotherapy, arbitration, and social justice. Frank emphasized the importance of understanding individual motives and the complexities of human nature in legal and social contexts. His work helped shape modern approaches to psychotherapy and legal psychology, highlighting that human behavior is often shaped by underlying psychological factors and social influences.