Harvey A. Katz, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology, Human Rights Officer
B.A., Queens College (C.U.N.Y.) (Psychology); M.A. (Clinical Psychology); Ph.D., University of Connecticut (Psychology of Personality)

Contact Information

Suffolk University
Department of Psychology
41 Temple Street
Boston, MA 02114
Donahue 611
617-573-8294 (Office)
617-367-2924 (Fax)
hkatz@suffolk.edu

 

Courses Taught

PSYCH 236 Psychology of the Family
PSYCH 408 Senior Seminar: History and Systems of Psychology
PSYCH 719 History and Systems of Psychology
PSYCH 768 Social Psychology and the Family

Specialty Areas

Psychology of sports, history of psychology, psychology of the family, psychology of science fiction.

My current research aims to explore various personality and developmental parameters that go into the make-up of sports fans. In general, I am interested in comparing sports fans with those who are less interested in sports. I am particularly interested in assessing similarities and differences between male and female sports fans. Personality variables include gender and androgyny (Bem Scale), value orientations (Duda’s Purpose of Sports Scale), and motivation (Wann Scale), while developmental variables include family environment (Moos Scale) and family relationships, which fostered interest in sports as a fan (questionnaire). Current knowledge of the rules of various major sports is also being explored.

Selected Publications

Mosher, D. L., Grady, K., & Katz, H. A. (1980). Hostility-guilt: Guilt over aggression and self-punishment. Journal of Personality Assessment, 44 (1), 34-40.

Katz, H. A., Greenberg, M. H., & Warick, P. (Eds.). (1977). Introductory psychology through science fiction (2nd ed.). Skokie, IL: Rand McNally.

Katz, H. A., & Rotter, J. B. (1969). Interpersonal trust scores of college students and their parents. Child Development, 40, 220-233.