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Robert P. Abelson

Robert P. Abelson

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Psychology

D-Index
45
Citations
42831
World Ranking
6504
National Ranking
3518

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1989 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)
  • 1986 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 1963 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Robert P. Abelson was affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their academic career included a focus on psychology and statistics as indicated by professional recognitions.

Abelson received several notable awards during their career. These included the William James Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science in 1989 and the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology awarded by the American Psychological Association in 1986. Earlier, in 1963, Abelson became a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.

These awards reflect contributions intersecting psychology and statistical methodology. Though specific details of Abelson's research papers, frequent co-authors, and publication venues are not documented here, their affiliation with Yale University aligns with a prominent academic environment for research in social sciences and quantitative methods.

The absence of listed recent papers, books, or detailed fields of study within the available data leaves the precise topics of investigation unspecified. Nevertheless, the awards highlight a career that bridged psychological science and statistical analysis.

Robert P. Abelson is deceased. Their professional history marks a trajectory through distinguished contributions acknowledged by major psychological and statistical organizations.

Best Publications

  • Scripts, plans, goals and understanding: an inquiry into human knowledge structures

    Roger C. Schank;Robert P. Abelson

  • SCRIPTS, PLANS, GOALS, AND UNDERSTANDING

    R.C. Schank;R.P. Abelson

  • Psychological status of the script concept

    R. P. Abelson

  • Affective and semantic components in political person perception.

    Robert P. Abelson;Donald R. Kinder;Mark D. Peters;Susan T. Fiske

  • A Variance Explanation Paradox: When a Little is a Lot

    Robert P. Abelson

  • Knowledge and Memory: The Real Story

    Roger C. Schank;Robert P. Abelson

  • Symbolic psycho‐logic: A model of attitudinal cognition

    Robert P. Abelson;Milton J. Rosenberg

  • Velocity relation : satisfaction as a function of the first derivative of outcome over time

    Christopher K. Hsee;Robert P. Abelson

  • Scripts, Plans, Goals, and Understanding: An Inquiry into Human Knowledge Structures

    David B. Kronenfeld;Roger C. Schank;Robert P. Abelson

  • Modes of resolution of belief dilemmas

    Robert P. Abelson

  • Differences Between Belief and Knowledge Systems

    Robert P. Abelson

  • Knowledge structures in the organization and retrieval of autobiographical memories

    Brian J Reiser;John B Black;Robert P Abelson

  • The semantics of asking a favor: How to succeed in getting help without really dying.

    Ellen J. Langer;Robert P. Abelson

  • A patient by any other name--clinician group difference in labeling bias.

    Ellen J. Langer;Robert P. Abelson

  • Beliefs are like possessions

    Robert P. Abelson

  • Group entitativity and group perception: Associations between physical features and psychological judgment

    Nilanjana Dasgupta;Mahzarin R. Banaji;Robert P. Abelson

  • Multidimensional scaling of facial expressions

    Robert P. Abelson;Vello Sermat

  • Perceptions of the Collective Other

    Robert P. Abelson;Nilanjana Dasgupta;Jaihyun Park;Mahzarin R. Banaji

  • Contrast tests of interaction hypothesis.

    Robert P. Abelson;Deborah A. Prentice

  • Whatever Became of Consistency Theory

    Robert P. Abelson

  • Presidential prototypes

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher K. Hsee
Christopher K. Hsee University of Chicago
Ellen J. Langer
Ellen J. Langer Harvard University
Samuel Messick
Samuel Messick Princeton University
Peter Salovey
Peter Salovey Yale University
Mahzarin R. Banaji
Mahzarin R. Banaji Harvard University
Mark R. Lepper
Mark R. Lepper Stanford University
Deborah A. Prentice
Deborah A. Prentice Princeton University
Mark P. Zanna
Mark P. Zanna University of Waterloo
Nilanjana Dasgupta
Nilanjana Dasgupta University of Massachusetts Amherst
Elizabeth F. Loftus
Elizabeth F. Loftus University of California, Irvine

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