William J. McGuire
William James McGuire (February 17, 1925 in New York City, New York – December 21, 2007 in New Haven, Connecticut) was an American social psychologist known for his work on the psychology of persuasion and for developing Inoculation theory.[1] He was a faculty member at Yale University from 1970 until he retired in 1999, and chaired the psychology department there from 1971 to 1973. He was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology from 1967 to 1970.[2]
William J. McGuire | |
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| Born | February 17, 1925 |
| Died | December 21, 2007 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Fordham College Université catholique de Louvain Yale University |
| Known for | Persuasion Social cognition |
| Awards | Fulbright Fellow (1950–51) Fellow of eight divisions of the American Psychological Association APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology (1988) Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Psychological Society (1992) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Social psychology |
| Institutions | Columbia University University of California, San Diego University of Illinois Yale University |
| Thesis | A multi-process model for paired associates learning (1954) |
| Notable students | John Jost David O. Sears |
Legacy
An obituary of McGuire in American Psychologist stated that McGuire was "...for several decades the field’s premier researcher of the psychology of persuasion".[1]
References
- Jost, John T.; Banaji, Mahzarin (May–June 2008). "William James McGuire (1925–2007)". American Psychologist. doi:10.1037/0003-066x.63.4.270.
- Pearce, Jeremy (2008). "William J. McGuire, 82, Art of Persuasion Pioneer, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
External links
- Remarks about McGuire by Mahzarin Banaji at the 1998 Society of Experimental Social Psychology Convention
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