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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:
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.
Want to be smarter? Heredity is not the barrier you might think it is, says University of Michigan social psychologist Richard E. Nisbett, PhD. After analyzing decades of intelligence research, Nisbett maintains that past studies give too much credit to heritability's role in intelligence.
My research interests focus on culture and reasoning. I study basic cognitive processes, especially induction, statistical reasoning, causal attribution, cost-benefit analysis and logical vs. dialectical approaches to problem-solving.
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.
Richard E. Nisbett. University of Michigan. Primary Section: 52, Psychological and Cognitive Sciences. Secondary Section: 53, Social and Political Sciences. Membership Type: Emeritus (elected 2002) Research Interests. My research interests have focused primarily on how lay people reason and make inferences about the world.
Address: Department of Psychology The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 E-mail: nisbett@umich.edu Website: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nisbett/.
