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Psychology D-index 33 Citations 18,582 85 World Ranking 7566 National Ranking 4180

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Awards & Achievements

1968 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association

1967 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Social psychology
  • Social science
  • Psychotherapist

Muzafer Sherif spends much of his time researching Social psychology, Community psychology, Attitude change, Group conflict and Social inertia. As part of his studies on Social psychology, Muzafer Sherif often connects relevant subjects like Perception. His research integrates issues of Asian psychology and Differential psychology in his study of Community psychology.

His study looks at the relationship between Attitude change and topics such as Social judgment theory, which overlap with Attitude. His Group conflict study frequently draws connections to other fields, such as Social psychology. His Social inertia research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Cognitive psychology, Norm, Ingroups and outgroups and Social engagement.

His most cited work include:

  • Intergroup Conflict And Cooperation: The Robbers Cave Experiment (1352 citations)
  • The Psychology of Social Norms. (1348 citations)
  • Social Judgment: Assimilation and Contrast Effects in Communication and Attitude Change (1328 citations)

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

His primary areas of investigation include Social psychology, Id, ego and super-ego, Social psychology, Psychoanalysis and Group. Social psychology is frequently linked to Differential psychology in his study. His Differential psychology study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Social inertia and Ingroups and outgroups.

His Social inertia study combines topics in areas such as Cognitive psychology, Norm and Social engagement. His Social psychology research integrates issues from Social relation, Critical psychology and Social network. Muzafer Sherif combines subjects such as Theoretical psychology and Media studies with his study of Psychoanalysis.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Social psychology (56.32%)
  • Id, ego and super-ego (18.39%)
  • Social psychology (17.24%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 1974-2017)?

  • Social psychology (56.32%)
  • Attitude change (5.75%)
  • Group conflict (8.05%)

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

His main research concerns Social psychology, Attitude change, Group conflict, Realistic conflict theory and Social judgment theory. His work carried out in the field of Social psychology brings together such families of science as Social competence and Social engagement. His Attitude change research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Norm and Arbitrariness.

His studies deal with areas such as Ethnocentrism and Hostility as well as Group conflict. Realistic conflict theory is intertwined with Visual arts, Classics, TypeScript, State and Meaning in his research. Muzafer Sherif performs multidisciplinary study in the fields of Social judgment theory and Assimilation and contrast effects via his papers.

Between 1974 and 2017, his most popular works were:

  • Intergroup Conflict And Cooperation: The Robbers Cave Experiment (1352 citations)
  • Social Judgment: Assimilation and Contrast Effects in Communication and Attitude Change (1328 citations)
  • Attitude and Attitude Change: The Social Judgment-Involvement Approach (587 citations)

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

  • Social psychology
  • Social science
  • Psychotherapist

Muzafer Sherif mostly deals with Social psychology, Attitude change, Social judgment theory, Group conflict and Realistic conflict theory. His Attitude and Norm study in the realm of Social psychology interacts with subjects such as Assimilation and contrast effects and Control. His study on Norm is mostly dedicated to connecting different topics, such as Arbitrariness.

Many of his Control research pursuits overlap with Dozen, Harmony, Hostility and Ethnocentrism.

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Best Publications

Intergroup Conflict And Cooperation: The Robbers Cave Experiment

Muzafer Sherif.
(2013)

2254 Citations

The Psychology of Social Norms.

Frank H. Hankins;Muzafer Sherif.
American Sociological Review (1937)

2252 Citations

Social Judgment: Assimilation and Contrast Effects in Communication and Attitude Change

Muzafer Sherif;Carl Iver Hovland.
(1981)

2197 Citations

The Psychology of Social Norms

Muzafer Sherif.
(1965)

1512 Citations

A study of some social factors in perception.

M. Sherif.
Archives of Psychology (Columbia University) (1935)

1112 Citations

Attitude and Attitude Change: The Social Judgment-Involvement Approach

Carolyn W. Sherif;Muzafer Sherif;Roger Ellis Nebergall.
(1982)

924 Citations

In common predicament : social psychology of intergroup conflict and cooperation

Muzafer Sherif.
American Sociological Review (1967)

858 Citations

Assimilation and contrast effects in reactions to communication and attitude change.

Carl I. Hovland;O. J. Harvey;Muzafer Sherif.
The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology (1957)

828 Citations

Superordinate Goals in the Reduction of Intergroup Conflict

Muzafer Sherif.
American Journal of Sociology (1958)

768 Citations

An outline of social psychology

Muzafer Sherif;Carolyn W. Sherif.
(1948)

584 Citations

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