Elliot Aronson
Born 9 jan 1932
Elliot Aronson is a social psychologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of California at Santa Cruz and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Stanford University. He has previously taught at Harvard, the University of Texas and the University of Minnesota. As a researcher, he is best known for his groundbreaking research on social influence and persuasion as well as for the invention of the jigsaw classroom (a strategy for reducing prejudice in public schools).
He has written 22 books including The Social Animal, Age of Propaganda (with Anthony Pratkanis), Nobody Left to Hate, The Adventures of Ruthie and a Little Boy Named Grandpa (with his 7-year-oldgranddaughter, Ruth Aronson, and Mistakes Were Made But Not By Me (with Carol Tavris).
Aronson is the only person in the 120-year history of the American Psychological Association to have received all three of its highest awards: For Distinguished Research, Distinguished Teaching, and Distinguished Writing. In 1981, he was named Professor of the Year by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.
Among his other awards are the Gordon Allport prize for his contributions to inter-racial harmony and the William James Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Psychological Science (2007). Recently, his peers named him as one of the 100 most influential psychologists of the 20th Century.
Quotes
“The western mind — and perhaps the American mind in particular — has been trained to equate success with victory, to equate doing well with beating someone.”
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Books by Elliot Aronson in order
Books by Elliot Aronson in the order they were published, from The Social Animal (1972) to Social Psychology, EBook, Global Edition (2022).
- 1The Social Animal
The Social Animal1972 - 2Readings About the Social Animal
Readings About the Social Animal1973 - 3Social Psychology
Social Psychology1973 - 4Methods of Research in Social Psychology
Methods of Research in Social Psychology1990 - 5The Jigsaw Classroom
The Jigsaw Classroom1997 - 6Nobody Left to Hate
Nobody Left to Hate2000 - 7Człowiek istota społeczna
Człowiek istota społeczna2001 - 8Not by Chance AloneNot by Chance Alone2010
- 9Cooperation in the Classroom
Cooperation in the Classroom2011 - 10Not By Chance Alone My Life As A Social Psychologist
Not By Chance Alone My Life As A Social Psychologist2012 - 11Social Psychology. Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin Social Psychology. Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert2012
- 12Social Psychology Plus NEW MyPsychLab with Pearson EText -- Social Psychology Plus NEW MyPsychLab with Pearson EText -- Access Card Package2015
- 13Social Psychology -- LooseSocial Psychology -- Loose2018
- 14Social Psychology Plus MyPsychLab with Pearson EText, GlobalSocial Psychology Plus MyPsychLab with Pearson EText, Global Edition2018
- 15The Social Animal 12e & Readings About The Social Animal 12e
The Social Animal 12e & Readings About The Social Animal 12e2019 - 16Revel for Social Psychology -- Access Card
Revel for Social Psychology -- Access Card2022 - 17Social Psychology, EBook, Global EditionSocial Psychology, EBook, Global Edition2022
- 18Social Psychology, Global Edition
Social Psychology, Global Edition - 19Social Psychology, Sixth Canadian Edition, Loose Leaf Versio
Social Psychology, Sixth Canadian Edition, Loose Leaf Version