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Richard E. Nisbett

American psychologist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1941 · age 85

Richard Eugene Nisbett 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.

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2007Oswald Kuelpe PriceAward2001Guggenheim FellowshipAward1996William James Fellow AwardAward1991APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to PsychologyAward1982Donald T. Campbell AwardAward1941Born1 June 1941

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Oswald Kuelpe Price2007
Guggenheim Fellowship2001
William James Fellow Award1996
APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology1991
Donald T. Campbell Award1982
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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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.

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Born 1941 · age 85