James M. Olson

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

• Social psychology
• Cognition
• Developmental psychology

James M. Olson mainly investigates Social psychology, Counterfactual thinking, Counterfactual conditional, Cognition and Attitude. James M. Olson interconnects Developmental psychology, Social value orientations and Perception in the investigation of issues within Social psychology. His Counterfactual thinking research includes elements of Coping, Possible world, Regret and Dysfunctional family.

His research integrates issues of Attitude behavior consistency, Consistency, Scale, Individual difference and Social psychology in his study of Attitude. His Persuasion research integrates issues from Personality and Attitude change. His work focuses on many connections between Attitude change and other disciplines, such as Stereotype, that overlap with his field of interest in Prejudice and Social influence.

His most cited work include:

• Attitudes and Attitude Change (2159 citations)
• What Might Have Been: The Social Psychology of Counterfactual Thinking (468 citations)
• Why we evaluate: Functions of attitudes. (195 citations)

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

Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Cognition, Self and Counterfactual thinking are his primary areas of study. The study incorporates disciplines such as Perception, Social perception and Social cognition in addition to Social psychology. His research in Developmental psychology intersects with topics in Social relation, Social influence and Relative deprivation.

James M. Olson is involved in the study of Counterfactual thinking that focuses on Counterfactual conditional in particular. His Social psychology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Field, Globe and Primary research. His studies deal with areas such as Attitude, Personality and Attitude change as well as Persuasion.

He most often published in these fields:

• Social psychology (68.42%)
• Developmental psychology (19.08%)
• Cognition (9.21%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2009-2019)?

• Social psychology (68.42%)
• Developmental psychology (19.08%)
• Relative deprivation (6.58%)

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

James M. Olson mostly deals with Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Relative deprivation, Prejudice and Social comparison theory. His work on Social perception expands to the thematically related Social psychology. His work carried out in the field of Developmental psychology brings together such families of science as Recall, Integrative complexity and Attitude strength.

James M. Olson has included themes like Volume and Psychoanalysis in his Prejudice study. His Social comparison theory research includes themes of Social category, Perspective and Demography. His Social psychology research incorporates themes from Field, Globe and Primary research.

Between 2009 and 2019, his most popular works were:

• The Psychology of Values : The Ontario Symposium, Volume 8 (176 citations)
• Personal relative deprivation, delay discounting, and gambling. (115 citations)
• Is It All Relative?: Comparative Judgments and the Possible Improvement of Self-Ratings and Ratings of Others (62 citations)

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

• Social psychology
• Cognition
• Developmental psychology

His primary areas of study are Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Clinical psychology, Justice and Harm. Psychological research is the focus of his Social psychology research. His research investigates the link between Developmental psychology and topics such as Relative deprivation that cross with problems in Delay of gratification and Mechanism.

His Justice research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Young adult, Psychological testing and Gratification. The various areas that James M. Olson examines in his Harm study include Perception, Perceived injustice, Injustice, Age differences and Conceptualization. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Psychometrics, Personality psychology, Job performance, Social cognition and Evolutionary psychology.