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Steven Reiss, Ph.D.
Steven Reiss is a retired tenured Professor of Psychology living in Columbus,
Ohio. He was educated at Dartmouth (A.B.) and Yale (Ph.D.) and completed a
clinical psychology internship at Harvard Medical School. He is a Senior Fellow
of Dartmouth College and a fellow of both the American Psychological
Association and the American Association on ntellectual Disabilities. He taught
at The Ohio State University and the University of llinois at Chicago.
n a series of scientific studies, he identified 16 basic desires of human nature.
This research was reported in numerous newspapers of record worldwide in
addition to the highest quality scientific journals. He is the author of the Reiss Motivation Profile
(RMP), a widely-used standardized psychological assessment of what motivates someone. A
worldwide network of training institutes teach his methods. The RMP has many applications,
including self-discovery; motivating workforce; human resources; leadership training; conflict
resolution; motivating students; world-class athletics (Olympic teams); counseling; coaching;
relationships; marketing; faith-based counseling; and wellness. t has been translated into most
European languages and an increasing number of Asian languages.
Reiss is the author of the Anxiety Sensitivity ndex, a standardized psychological assessment widely
used throughout the world to study and diagnose Panic Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder. The measure has been used in more than 1,600 peer-reviewed studies..
n the 1980s and 1990s Reiss conducted extensive research on the mental health aspects of
intellectual disabilities, or the co-occurrence of psychiatric disorders and developmental disabilities.
This work was recognized with five national awards and was cited to help justify hundreds of new
psychiatric and psychological clinics in North America and Europe. n 1988 he authored the Reiss
Screen, a standardized assessment tool that has been used extensively to screen for need for
psychiatric services. He gave an invited presentation before the Civil Rights Division of the U. S.
Department of Justice and three invited presentations at the National nstitutes of Health. n 1987
Steven Reiss organized the first ever international research conference on the mental health aspects
of intellectual disabilities. The Director of the National nstitute of Mental Health convened an ad hoc
review panel specifically to fast track the funding of Reiss's conference. Steven Reiss received three
awards for volunteer efforts serving people with disabilities.
n 1995 Steven Reiss was diagnosed with a life-threatening autoimmune disease and in 2002 he
received a liver transplant at The Ohio State University Medical Center. With L. Jones he started a
national program to improve access to organ transplantation for people with intellectual disabilities.
This work has been reported in hundreds of newspapers and was cited in a number of recent
nationally publicized cases.
n 2008 Steven Reiss founded the World Society of Motivation Scientists and Professionals, a new
nonprofit organization
Steven Reiss's theory of religion builds on and extends William James's observation that different
types of people respond to different aspects of religion. The publication of the theory in academic
journals was reported in the Chronicle of Higher Education and the Washington Post.
According to the Social Science Citation ndex, Reiss's research is frequently cited by other
psychologists and scholars.
n 1971 Steven Reiss married Maggi Musico, a school psychologist and President of DS Publishing,
and they have two adult children. Maggi is a graduate of Smith College (A.B.) and the University of
llinois at Chicago (M.A.).

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Steven Reiss blogs mostly on how 16 basic
desires (human needs) play out in real-world
behavior. This is a new model of
motivation with very broad relevance,
everything from personality to business and
religion. t is taught by a global network of
training institutes. Reiss views motivation as
the assertion of intrinsically held values, not as
psychic enegry or drive. We are a species
motivated to assert our values.
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