Richard E. Nisbett
Richard E. Nisbett | |
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Nisbett in 2014 | |
| Born | June 1, 1941 Littlefield, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Spouse | Sarah Isaacs |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Donald T. Campbell Award from American Psychological Association (1982), Guggenheim Fellowship (2002) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Social psychology |
| Institutions | University of Michigan |
| Thesis | Taste, deprivation and weight determinants of eating behavior (1966) |
| Doctoral advisor | Stanley Schachter |
Richard Eugene Nisbett (born June 1, 1941) 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. Nisbett's research interests are in social cognition, culture, social class, and aging. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University, where his advisor was Stanley Schachter, whose other students at that time included Lee Ross and Judith Rodin.