데이비드 매클렐런드

소개

데이비드 클래런스 매클렐런드(영어: David Clarence McClelland, 1917년 5월 20일 ~ 1998년 4월 27일)는 욕구이론으로 유명한 미국의 심리학자이다. 1950년대부터 1990년대에 많은 작품을 발표하였으며, 주제 통각 테스트(Thematic Apperception Test )라는 새로운 채점기준을 만들었다. 성취욕구(need achievement) 혹은 N-성취이론(n-achievement theory)이라고 불리는 성취 동기 이론(Achievement Motivation Theory)으로 유명하다.

David Clarence McClelland was an American psychologist, noted for his work on motivation need theory. He published a number of works between the 1950s and the 1990s and developed new scoring systems for the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) and its descendants. McClelland is credited with developing Achievement Motivation Theory, commonly referred to as "need for achievement" or n-achievement theory. A Review of General Psychology survey published in 2002, ranked McClelland as the 15th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.