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Richard Eugene Nisbett (born June 1, 1941) [1] is an American social psychologist and writer. He is the Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished Professor of social psychology and co-director of the Culture and Cognition program at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Jun 9, 2001 · Professor Richard Nisbett has research interests in judgment and reasoning, causal attribution, inference, personality theory, evolutionary theory, diversity and multiculturalism, and cultural differences in attitudes, behavior, and basic cognitive processes.
Yale University. Assistant Professor of Psychology, 1966-1971. Columbia University. Instructor, 1965. Education: A. 1962, Tufts University, Psychology major. Ph.D., 1966, Columbia University, Department of Social Psychology. Undergraduate Honors:
Biography. Brief Biography for Richard E. Nisbett. August, 2002. Professional Experience — Education — Undergraduate Honors. Graduate Honors — Professional Honors — Professional Activities. Editorial Boards — Representative Publications. Professional Experience : The University of Michigan.
The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why is a book by social psychologist Richard Nisbett that was published by Free Press in 2003. By analyzing the differences between Asia and the West, it argues that cultural differences affect people's thought processes more significantly than believed.
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Jul 17, 2024 · Richard E. Nisbett is Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished Professor of social psychology and co-director of the Culture and Cognition program at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Nisbett's research interests are in social cognition, culture, social class, and aging.
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Apr 5, 2004 · The Geography of Thought documents Richard Nisbett's groundbreaking international research in cultural psychology and shows that people actually think about—and even see—the world differently because of differing ecologies, social structures, philosophies, and educational systems that date back to ancient Greece and China. As a result, East ...
