Edward Ellsworth Jones (1927–1993) was an influential social psychologist who worked at Duke University for most of his career, then moving to Princeton University in 1977. Social psychology is the study of how people and groups interact Duke University is a private Research University located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. He earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Harvard University. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. Clinical psychology includes the scientific study and application of Psychology for the purpose of understanding preventing

Much of Jones' work is centered on the attribution process, co-developing his theory of correspondent inferences with Keith Davis. Attribution theory is a Social psychology theory developed by Fritz Heider, Harold Kelley, Edward E One of the most well-known single papers co-authored with Victor Harris in 1967 tested this theory and led to the development of the fundamental attribution error. In Attribution theory, the fundamental attribution error (also known as correspondence bias or overattribution effect) is the tendency for people to He also developed the Actor-observer bias with Richard E. Nisbett. In Psychology, people are known to display an actor-observer bias, when actors tend to attribute their own behavior to their circumstances (i Richard Nisbett is Theodore M Newcomb Distinguished Professor of Social psychology and co-director of the Culture and Cognition program at the University of Michigan

He studied and wrote a book on the psychology of ingratiation, and wrote and edited several other books. ' Ingratiation is a strategic attempt to get someone to like you in order to obtain compliance with a request (Vaughan & Hogg 2008 He was also an opponent of behaviorism. Behaviorism or Behaviourism, also called the learning perspective (where any physical action is a behavior is a philosophy of Psychology based on the

In 2004, a book of his selected works was published by John Wiley & Sons, edited by former student Daniel Gilbert. John Wiley & Sons Inc, also referred to as Wiley, is a global Publishing company that markets its products to professionals and consumers students and instructors Daniel Todd Gilbert (born November 5, 1957) is the Harvard College Professor of Psychology at Harvard University who received his Ph

Notable contributions

• fundamental attribution error
• outgroup homogeneity bias
• self-handicapping
• self-presentation theory

Works

• Interpersonal Perception, 1990. In Attribution theory, the fundamental attribution error (also known as correspondence bias or overattribution effect) is the tendency for people to According to the outgroup homogeneity bias, individuals see members of their own group as being relatively more varied than members of other groups. Self-handicapping is defined as "any action or choice of performance setting that enhances the opportunities to externalize failure and to internalize success In Sociology and Social psychology, impression management is the process through which people try to control the impressions other people form of them

Former students

• Roy Baumeister
• Daniel Gilbert

References

• Jones, E. Dr Roy F Baumeister is Francis Eppes Professor of Psychology at Florida State University in Tallahassee Florida Daniel Todd Gilbert (born November 5, 1957) is the Harvard College Professor of Psychology at Harvard University who received his Ph E. & Harris, V. A. (1967). The attribution of attitudes. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 3, 1–24.
• Jones, E. E. , & Nisbett, R. Richard Nisbett is Theodore M Newcomb Distinguished Professor of Social psychology and co-director of the Culture and Cognition program at the University of Michigan E. 1971. The Actor and the Observer: Divergent Perceptions of the Causes of Behavior. New York: General Learning Press.
• Jones, E. E. , McGillis, Daniel, "Correspondence Inferences and the Attribution Cube: A Comparative Reappraisal," in John H. Harvey, William J. Ickes, and Robert F. Kidd, ed. , New Directions in Attribution Research, Vol. 1 (Hillsdale, N. J. : Erlbaum, 1976), pp. 389–420.
• Jones, E. E. , Davis, Keith E. , "From Acts to Dispositions: The Attribution Process in Person Perception," in Leonard Berkowitz, ed. , Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Vol. 2 (New York: Academic Press, 1965), p. 225.
• Gilbert, D. T. (1998). Speeding with Ned: A personal view of the correspondence bias. In J. M. Darley & J. Cooper (Eds. ), Attribution and social interaction: The legacy of E. E. Jones. Washington, DC: APA Press. PDF.
• Gilbert, D. T. (Ed. ). (2004). The Selected Works of Edward E. Jones. ISBN 0-471-19226-0
• Harvey, J. , Ickes, W. , & Kidd, R. , "A conversation with Edward E. Jones and Harold H. Kelley", In J. Harvey, W. Ickes, and R. Kidd (Eds. ), New Directions in Attribution Research, Vol. 2 (pp. 371–388). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. , 1978.