Carol Tavris
Born 17 Sep 1944
From Los Angeles, California, United States · Nationality: United States
Carol Tavris is a social psychologist, writer, and lecturer whose goal is to promote psychological science and critical thinking in improving our lives. She is coauthor, with Elliot Aronson, of "Mistakes Were Made (But Not by ME): Why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts." Her other major books include the landmark "Anger: The misunderstood emotion," a book well known for its critical look at unvalidated notions about the inevitability of anger and the need to "ventilate" it, and how anger can best be expressed constructively. She is also author of the award-winning "The Mismeasure of Woman: Why women are not the better sex, the inferior sex, or the opposite sex," and coauthor of two widely used textbooks for introductory psychology. She has written hundreds of essays and book reviews on topics in psychological science, and is a highly regarded lecturer who has spoken to groups around the world, from New Zealand to Finland. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and a Charter Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and a member of the editorial board of the APS journal "Psychological Science in the Public Interest."
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Books by Carol Tavris in order
Books by Carol Tavris in the order they were published, from The Longest War (1977) to Perspectives to Psychology (2020).
- 1The Longest War
The Longest War1977 - 2Anger, the Misunderstood Emotion
Anger, the Misunderstood Emotion1982 - 3Anger
Anger1984 - 4EveryWoman's Emotional Well-being
EveryWoman's Emotional Well-being1986 - 5Misdiagnosing the MindMisdiagnosing the Mind1992
- 6The Mismeasure of Woman
The Mismeasure of Woman1992 - 7The Mismeasure of Women
The Mismeasure of Women1992 - 8Controlling AngerControlling Anger1995
- 9Psychology in Perspective
Psychology in Perspective1995 - 10Invitation to Pyschology
Invitation to Pyschology1998 - 11Psychology in Perspective 2/E 1997 and Psych in Perspective Psychology in Perspective 2/E 1997 and Psych in Perspective Supershell DOS 2/E 1997 and Psychology I1998
- 12Tavris Psychology in Persepctive, Tavris Phych in PersepctivTavris Psychology in Persepctive, Tavris Phych in Persepctive Spr-DOS1998
- 13Tavris Psychology in Perspective, Tavris Psychology in PerspTavris Psychology in Perspective, Tavris Psychology in Perspective Mac1998
- 14Psychology in Perspective and Study GuidePsychology in Perspective and Study Guide2000
- 15Blackboard, Student Access Kit, Invitation to PsychologyBlackboard, Student Access Kit, Invitation to Psychology2007
- 16Mistakes Were Made
Mistakes Were Made2007 - 17Psychology
Psychology2013 - 18Mistakes Were Made Third Edition
Mistakes Were Made Third Edition2020 - 19Perspectives to Psychology
Perspectives to Psychology2020