William J. McGuire

William J. McGuire
Born (1925-02-17)February 17, 1925
New York City, New York
Died December 21, 2007(2007-12-21) (aged 82)
New Haven, Connecticut
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. 1 2 Jost, John T.; Banaji, Mahzarin (May–June 2008). "William James McGuire (1925–2007)" (PDF). American Psychologist.
  2. ↑ Pearce, Jeremy (2008). "William J. McGuire, 82, Art of Persuasion Pioneer, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
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