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Gaetano Mosca (1858–1941), Italian political and social scientist; Serge Moscovici, French psychologist and major influence in the study of social representations and social movements; Chantal Mouffe, Belgian post-Marxist theorist; Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927–2003), American sociologist, diplomat and politician; Radhakamal Mukerjee ...
George Herbert Mead - American philosopher , sociologist, and psychologist; a founder of social psychology; founder of symbolic interactionism; Stanley Milgram - performed famous experiment that demonstrated people's excessive willingness to obey authority figures; Walter Mischel - among the first to promote a situationist view of personality
He is the author of Awkward: The Science of Why We’re Socially Awkward and Why That’s Awesome (2017), in which he explains why some of the same characteristics that make people feel socially awkward can be the same traits that propel them toward extraordinary achievements. [1] He is also the author of The Science of Happily Ever After (2013 ...
Kurt Lewin (/ ˈ l uː ɪ n, l ə ˈ v iː n / [1] LOO-in, lə-VEEN; German:; 9 September 1890 – 12 February 1947) was a German-American psychologist, known as one of the modern pioneers of social, organizational, and applied psychology in the United States. [2]
Social psychology is the methodical study of how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. [1] Social psychologists typically explain human behavior as a result of the relationship between mental states and social situations, studying the social conditions under which thoughts, feelings, and behaviors occur, and how these variables ...
Herta Herzog-Massing (August 14, 1910 – February 25, 2010) was an Austrian-American social scientist specializing in communication studies.Her most prominent contribution to the field, an article entitled "What Do We Really Know About Daytime Serial Listeners?", is considered a pioneering work of the uses-and-gratifications approach and the cognitive revolution in media research.
American women social scientists (7 C, 113 P) A. American Koreanists (26 P) American anthropologists (13 C, 614 P) American archaeologists (15 C, 388 P) C.
Daniel Kahneman (/ ˈ k ɑː n ə m ə n /; Hebrew: דניאל כהנמן; March 5, 1934 – March 27, 2024) was an Israeli-American psychologist best known for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making as well as behavioral economics, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences together with Vernon L. Smith.