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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791859303321

Titolo

The scientist and the humanist : a festschrift in honor of Elliot Aronson / / edited by Marti Hope Gonzales, Carol Tavris, Joshua Aronson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-94531-8

1-136-94532-6

1-283-03731-9

9786613037312

0-203-84801-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (398 p.)

Collana

Modern pioneers in psychological science : an APS-Psychology Press series

Altri autori (Persone)

AronsonElliot

AronsonJoshua

GonzalesMarti Hope

TavrisCarol

Disciplina

302.092

Soggetti

Social psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Series title from CIP data.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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