Elliot Aronson

b. 1932

1 standalone book

Elliot Aronson is an American psychologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of California at Santa Cruz. He also served as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Stanford University. He has taught at Harvard, the University of Texas, and the University of Minnesota. Aronson is known for his research on social influence and persuasion, as well as for creating the jigsaw classroom, a method to reduce prejudice in schools. He has authored 22 books, including The Social Animal and Age of Propaganda. Aronson is the only person to receive all three of the American Psychological Association's highest awards: For Distinguished Research, Distinguished Teaching, and Distinguished Writing. He was named Professor of the Year in 1981. He has received the Gordon Allport prize and the William James Lifetime Achievement Award. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has served as president of two psychological associations.

Born

1932