William J. McGuire
William J. McGuire | |
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Born |
New York City, New York | February 17, 1925
Died |
December 21, 2007 82) New Haven, Connecticut | (aged
Nationality | American |
Education |
Fordham College Université catholique de Louvain Yale University |
Known for |
Persuasion Social cognition |
Awards |
Fulbright Fellow (1950–51) Fellow of eight divisions of the American Psychological Association APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology (1988) Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Psychological Society (1992) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Social psychology |
Institutions |
Yale University University of Illinois Columbia University University of California, San Diego |
Notable students |
David O. Sears John Jost |
Influences | Carl Hovland |
William James McGuire (February 17, 1925 in New York City, New York–December 21, 2007 in New Haven, Connecticut) was an American social psychologist known for his work on the psychology of persuasion.[1] He was a faculty member at Yale University from 1970 until he retired in 1999, and chaired the psychology department there from 1971 to 1973. He was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology from 1967 to 1970.[2]
Legacy
An obituary of McGuire in American Psychologist stated that McGuire was "...for several decades the field’s premier researcher of the psychology of persuasion".[1]
References
- 1 2 Jost, John T.; Banaji, Mahzarin (May–June 2008). "William James McGuire (1925–2007)" (PDF). American Psychologist.
- ↑ Pearce, Jeremy (2008). "William J. McGuire, 82, Art of Persuasion Pioneer, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
External links
- Remarks about McGuire by Mahzarin Banaji at the 1998 Society of Experimental Social Psychology Convention
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