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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)
  • 1998 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1981 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1980 - Donald T. Campbell Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Overview

Elliot Aronson is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their primary fields of study encompass psychology, with a focus on clinical psychology and social psychology as notable subfields.

The main topics in their research include child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, as well as bullying, victimization, and aggression. These subjects reflect a concentration on developmental and social dynamics within psychological contexts.

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression

Aronson has collaborated frequently with the coauthor Xiangyang Huang.

  • Xiangyang Huang

Their work has been recognized through various awards over the years. These honors include the William James Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science in 2006 and the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology from the American Psychological Association in 1998.

Aronson was named a Fellow of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Psychological Association in 1992. Earlier in their career, they were also awarded a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1981. Additionally, they received the Donald T. Campbell Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in 1980.

Best Publications

  • The Handbook of Social Psychology

    Gardner Lindzey;Elliot Aronson

  • The jigsaw classroom.

    Elliot Aronson

  • Readings about the social animal

    Joshua Aronson;Elliot Aronson

  • Career burnout: Causes and cures.

    Ayala M. Pines;Elliot Aronson

  • BURNOUT: FROM TEDIUM TO PERSONAL GROWTH

    Ayala Malach Pines;Elliot Aronson

  • The effect of severity of initiation on liking for a group.

    Elliot Aronson;Judson Mills

  • Experimentation in social psychology.

    Elliot Aronson;Timothy D. Wilson;Marilynn B. Brewer

  • The Theory of Cognitive Dissonance: A Current Perspective1

    Elliot Aronson

  • The Social Animal

    Elliot Aronson

  • Age of propaganda: The everyday use and abuse of persuasion.

    Anthony R. Pratkanis;Elliot Aronson

  • The Return of the Repressed: Dissonance Theory Makes a Comeback

    Elliot Aronson

  • Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

    Carol Tavris;Elliot Aronson

  • Performance expectancy as a determinant of actual performance.

    Aronson E;Carlsmith Jm

  • Theory and method

    Gardner Lindzey;Elliot Aronson

  • Psychologia społeczna : serce i umysł

    Elliot Aronson;Timothy D. Wilson;Robin M. Akert

  • Communicator credibility and communication discrepancy as determinants of opinion change.

    Elliot Aronson;Judith A. Turner;J. Merrill Carlsmith

  • Using Cognitive Dissonance to Encourage Water Conservation)

    Chris Ann Dickerson;Ruth Thibodeau;Elliot Aronson;Dayna Miller

  • Inducing Hypocrisy as a Means of Encouraging Young Adults to Use Condoms

    Jeff Stone;Elliot Aronson;A. Lauren Crain;Matthew P. Winslow

  • Jigsaw Groups and the Desegregated Classroom: In Pursuit of Common Goals

    Elliot Aronson;Diane Bridgeman

  • The power of self-persuasion.

    Elliot Aronson

  • The Social Animal

    Joel B. Cohen;Elliot Aronson

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy D. Wilson
Timothy D. Wilson University of Virginia
Thomas F. Pettigrew
Thomas F. Pettigrew University of California, Santa Cruz
Leonard Bickman
Leonard Bickman Vanderbilt University
Jeff Stone
Jeff Stone University of Arizona
Robert L. Helmreich
Robert L. Helmreich The University of Texas at Austin
John H. Harvey
John H. Harvey University of Iowa
Timothy C. Brock
Timothy C. Brock The Ohio State University
Joshua Aronson
Joshua Aronson New York University
Gifford Weary
Gifford Weary The Ohio State University
Elaine Walster
Elaine Walster University of Wisconsin–Madison

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