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1 - Introducing the Pillars of Social Psychology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 September 2022

Saul Kassin
Affiliation:
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
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In 1978, I received my PhD from the University of Connecticut based on a dissertation titled “Causal Attribution: A Perceptual Approach.” I was fortunate to have obtained a postdoc with Lawrence Wrightsman at the University of Kansas. Larry had funding for research on jury decision-making, which seemed a perfect application of attribution theory. In what proved to be a formative year, I will never forget my introduction to KU. Larry graciously hosted a get-together so that I could meet others in the program – Jack and Sharon Brehm, Dan Batson, Michael Storms, Roger Barker, fellow postdoc Rick Gibbons, and others. As soon as I entered, he led me into the living room.

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Pillars of Social Psychology
Stories and Retrospectives
, pp. 1 - 5
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Bandura, A. (1982). The psychology of chance encounters and life paths. American Psychologist, 37, 747755.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ross, L. (2018). From the fundamental attribution error to the truly fundamental attribution error and beyond: My research journey. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13, 750769.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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