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The scientist and the humanist : a festschrift in honor of Elliot Aronson / edited by Marti Hope Gonzales, Carol Tavris, Joshua Aronson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Modern pioneers in psychological science.
- Modern pioneers in psychological science : an APS-Psychology Press series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aronson, Elliot.
- Social psychology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (398 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Psychology Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Elliot Aronson is among the 100 most influential psychologists of the 20th Century. He is best known for his theorizing and research on cognitive dissonance theory -- one of the most provocative and enduring theories in contemporary psychology -- and for his design of the ""jigsaw classroom,"" an applied method of reducing conflict and prejudice in multiethnic schools. Throughout his illustrious career, he has championed the application of social-psychological theory and methods for solving such pressing social problems as prejudice, energy efficiency, conflict and miscommunication in relat
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Issues in social psychology
- pt. 2. Cognitive dissonance and its descendants
- pt. 3. Research and applications
- pt. 4. Writing and teaching
- pt. 5. Codas.
- Notes:
- Series title from CIP data.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-94531-8
- 1-136-94532-6
- 1-283-03731-9
- 9786613037312
- 0-203-84801-2
- 9780203848012
- OCLC:
- 707068687
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