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Psychology D-index 44 Citations 27,086 87 World Ranking 4722 National Ranking 2698

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

1989 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)

1981 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association

1973 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

1956 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Social psychology
  • World War II
  • Law

Irving L. Janis mainly focuses on Social psychology, Appeal to fear, Attitude change, Public relations and Role playing. His Social psychology study combines topics in areas such as Coping and Anxiety. His Coping research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Decisional Conflict Scale, Psychological analysis and Conflict.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Cognitive reappraisal, Selective attention, Cognition, Clinical psychology and Pain reduction in addition to Anxiety. His studies in Appeal to fear integrate themes in fields like Consistency and Arousal. Irving L. Janis conducts interdisciplinary study in the fields of Public relations and Policy decision through his works.

His most cited work include:

  • Decision Making: A Psychological Analysis of Conflict, Choice, and Commitment (3184 citations)
  • Victims of Groupthink (2315 citations)
  • Communication and persuasion (2237 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Social psychology, Psychotherapist, Clinical psychology, Personality and Public relations. His work in the fields of Social psychology, such as Persuasive communication, Attitude change and Psychological analysis, intersects with other areas such as Role playing. Persuasive communication is a primary field of his research addressed under Persuasion.

His research in Attitude change intersects with topics in Fear appeal and Appeal to fear. His study of Coping is a part of Clinical psychology. Irving L. Janis is studying Personality disorders, which is a component of Personality.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Social psychology (37.04%)
  • Psychotherapist (8.64%)
  • Clinical psychology (8.64%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 1977-2012)?

  • Social psychology (37.04%)
  • Public relations (8.64%)
  • Management science (3.70%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary scientific interests are in Social psychology, Public relations, Management science, Quality and Health care. His Social psychology research incorporates themes from Social power and Conceptual framework. His Public relations research integrates issues from Persuasive technology, Persuasion, Persuasive communication and Conflict theories.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Information system and Cognitive complexity. Irving L. Janis combines subjects such as Power, Ambivalence and Relative efficacy with his study of Health care. As a member of one scientific family, Irving L. Janis mostly works in the field of Decisional conflict, focusing on Shame and, on occasion, Anxiety.

Between 1977 and 2012, his most popular works were:

  • Groupthink: Psychological Studies of Policy Decisions and Fiascoes (1817 citations)
  • Communication and Persuasion: Psychological Studies of Opinion Change (1129 citations)
  • Decision Making during International Crises Is Quality of Process Related to Outcome (153 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Social psychology
  • World War II
  • Law

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Social psychology, Public relations, Psychological analysis, Policy decision and Persuasion. Many of his research projects under Social psychology are closely connected to Weight control with Weight control, tying the diverse disciplines of science together. Persuasive communication and Persuasive technology are the primary areas of interest in his Persuasion study.

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Best Publications

Decision Making: A Psychological Analysis of Conflict, Choice, and Commitment

Irving Lester Janis;Leon Mann.
(1977)

5649 Citations

Victims of Groupthink

Irving Janis.
(1972)

3873 Citations

Communication and persuasion

C.I. Hovland;I.L. Janis;H.H. Kelley.
(1953)

3741 Citations

Groupthink : psychological studies of policy decisions and fiascoes

Irving Lester Janis.
Published in <b>1982</b> in Boston Mass) by Houghton Mifflin (1982)

2857 Citations

Communication and Persuasion: Psychological Studies of Opinion Change

Carl Iver Hovland;Irving Lester Janis;Harold H. Kelley.
(1982)

1890 Citations

Effect of fear-arousing communications.

Irving L. Janis;Seymour Feshbach.
Journal of Abnormal Psychology (1953)

1172 Citations

Effects of Fear Arousal on Attitude Change: Recent Developments in Theory and Experimental Research1

Irving L. Janis.
Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (1967)

577 Citations

Reduction of psychological stress in surgical patients

Ellen J. Langer;Irving L. Janis;John A. Wolfer.
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (1975)

560 Citations

The influence of role playing on opinion change.

Irving L. Janis;Bert T. King.
Journal of Abnormal Psychology (1954)

551 Citations

Psychological Stress: Psychoanalytic and Behavioral Studies of Surgical Patients

Irving Lester Janis.
(1974)

422 Citations

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