An Introduction to Social Psychology (BPS Textbooks in Psychology) by Hewstone Miles & Stroebe Wolfgang & Jonas Klaus

Author:Hewstone, Miles & Stroebe, Wolfgang & Jonas, Klaus [Hewstone, Miles]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2012-12-13T23:00:00+00:00

LEADER IN THE FIELD

Bibb Latané (b. 1937) obtained his PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1963, and later taught at Ohio State University, the University of North Carolina and Florida Atlantic University. He is one of the most frequently cited psychologists in social psychology textbooks, and coined terms such as ‘bystander intervention’ and ‘social loafing’. Together with John Darley (see Leader in the Field, this chapter) he carried out research on bystander behaviour in the wake of the murder of Kitty Genovese, proposing the term ‘diffusion of responsibility’ as an explanation of reduced rates of helping in groups of bystanders. Latané subsequently developed social impact theory, which uses mathematical equations to predict how people affect one another in social situations. He has twice won the Behavioural Science Award given by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, for work on bystander intervention and on social loafing. He has also been the recipient of career research awards given by the Society of Experimental Psychology and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

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