Edward E. Jones
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Edward Ellsworth "Ned" Jones | |
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Born | Buffalo, New York, U.S. | August 11, 1926
Died | July 30, 1993 | (aged 66)
Education | Harvard University |
Occupation | Psychologist |
Edward Ellsworth "Ned" Jones (August 11, 1926 – July 30, 1993) was an influential American social psychologist, he is known as father of Ingratiation due to his major works in the area. He worked at Duke University and from 1977 at Princeton University. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Jones as the 39th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.[1]
Along with Keith E. Davis, he is known for developing correspondent inference theory within the field of psychological attribution.
Biography
He earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Harvard University.[citation needed]
In the classic text Fundamentals of Social Psychology, which he co-wrote with Harold B. Gerard and
Our aim has been to write a systematic presentation of social psychology that emphasizes the
emotional states. Questions of behavioral causation could now be examined with closer scrutiny than was possible through questionnaires and interviews. The outlines of an empirical, and especially an experimental, social psychology have clearly emerged.[2]
Jones's work is centered on the
He focused on the history and the advancement of the field of
to arrive at the following working definition: "Combining these contributions, we may conclude that ingratiation is an illegitimate member of the social exchange family because the ingratiator presents himself as a party to one kind of exchange—with one set of terms and conditions—while in fact he is primarily engaged in another kind."[4]He further noted the importance of studying ingratiation, writing: "A more valid reason for studying ingratiation is that light might be shed on other common
In 2004, a book of his selected works was published by
Notable contributions
- Work on covariation and discounting principles and so on. But no one knew whether people were actually using those rules, and if they were, certainly no one knew how."[5]
- outgroup homogeneity bias
- self-handicapping
- self-presentation theory
Former students
- Robin Akert
- Evan Anderson
- Joshua Aronson
- Alaine Brown
- Roy Baumeister
- Stephen Berglas
- Joel Cooper
- Keith E. Davis
- Kenneth J. Gergen
- Daniel Gilbert
- George "Al" Goethals
- Linda E. Ginzel
- Victor Harris
- Reiko Hasuike
- C. Anderson "Andy" Johnson
- Patti Linville
- Dan McGillis
- Charles Perdue
- Fred Rhodewalt
- Janet Morgan Riggs
- Judy Schwartz
- Kelly Shaver
- Lloyd Stires
- Dianne Tice
- Carolyn Weisz
- Steve Worchel
- Camille Wortman
References
- S2CID 145668721.
- ^ Edward E. Jones and Harold B. Gerard, Fundamentals of Social Psychology, 1967, John Wiley and Sons, Inc, pp. Preface-page 5
- ^ Edward E. Jones, Interpersonal Perception, WH Freeman and Co, 1990, p. 138
- ^ a b Edward E. Jones, Ingratiation: a social psychological analysis, (Century Psychology Series), Meredith Publishing Company, 1964, pp. 11-15
- ^ Daniel Gilbert, 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, 1998, p. 12
Books and articles by and about Edward E. Jones
- Ginzel, L.E., Jones, E.E. and Swann, WB Jr. (1987) "How Naive is the Naive Attributor?: Discounting and Augmentation in Attitude Attribution" Social Cognition, 5, 108-130.
- Jones, Edward E., and Harold B. Gerard, Fundamentals of Social Psychology, published by John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1967.
- Jones, Edward E., Interpersonal Perception, published by WH Freeman and Co., 1990.
- Jones, E.E. & Harris, V. A. (1967). The attribution of attitudes. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 3, 1–24.
- Jones, E. E., & Nisbett, R. 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.