Robert Bolesław Zajonc (/ˈzaɪ.ənts/ ZY-ənts;[1][2] Polish: [ˈzajɔnt͡s]; November 23, 1923 – December 3, 2008) was a Polish-born American social psychologist who is known for his decades of work on a wide range of social and cognitive processes. One of his most important contributions to social psychology is the mere-exposure effect.[2] Zajonc also conducted research in the areas of social facilitation, and theories of emotion, such as the affective neuroscience hypothesis.[2][3]
He also made contributions to comparative psychology.[3] He argued that studying the social behavior of humans alongside the behavior of other species, is essential to our understanding of the general laws of social behavior.[3] An example of his viewpoint is his work with cockroaches that demonstrated social facilitation, evidence that this phenomenon is displayed regardless of species.[3] A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Zajonc as the 35th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.[4]
^Zajonc, Robert B. (1976), "Preface", Social Psychology in Transition, Springer US, pp. 155–156, doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-8765-1_11, ISBN 9781461587675
^ abcBurnstein, Eugene (2009). "Robert B. Zajonc (1923–2008)". American Psychologist. 64 (6): 558–559. doi:10.1037/a0016661. ISSN 1935-990X.
^ abcdBerridge, Kent C. (October 12, 2010). "Remembering Robert Zajonc: The Complete Psychologist". Emotion Review. 2 (4): 348–352. doi:10.1177/1754073910375478. ISSN 1754-0739. PMC 3008563. PMID 22473376.
^Haggbloom, Steven J.; Warnick, Renee; Warnick, Jason E.; Jones, Vinessa K.; Yarbrough, Gary L.; Russell, Tenea M.; Borecky, Chris M.; McGahhey, Reagan; Powell, John L.; Beavers, Jamie; Monte, Emmanuelle (June 1, 2002). "The 100 Most Eminent Psychologists of the 20th Century". Review of General Psychology. 6 (2): 139–152. doi:10.1037/1089-2680.6.2.139. ISSN 1089-2680. S2CID 145668721.
Robert Bolesław Zajonc (/ˈzaɪ.ənts/ ZY-ənts; Polish: [ˈzajɔnt͡s]; November 23, 1923 – December 3, 2008) was a Polish-born American social psychologist...
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motivational value than hunger. In social psychology, drive theory was used by RobertZajonc in 1965 as an explanation of the phenomenon of social facilitation....
intelligence; Robert Plutchik (1928–2006), an American psychologist who developed a psychoevolutionary theory of emotion; RobertZajonc (1923–2008) a...
which is in turn correlated with IQ confounds, such as social status. RobertZajonc argued for a "confluence" model in which the lack of siblings experienced...
Mifflin. ISBN 0-618-05707-2. (Paperback) First published 1976. Ornstein, Robert (1998). The Right Mind: Making Sense of the Hemispheres. Harcourt Brace...
least a cautious optimism, amounting to 'good thoughts in bad times.'" Robert M. Ellis reviewed The Matter with Things in great detail for the Middle...
and Cognition Program. With her husband, the late social psychologist RobertZajonc, Markus moved to the Stanford department of psychology in 1994.[better source needed]...
new Task Force on the Status of Women in Canadian Psychology. 1975 – RobertZajonc published the confluence model, showing how birth order and family size...
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David N.; O’Donnell, Anne E.; Ohayon, Maurice; Peever, John; Rawding, Robert (2015-03-01). "National Sleep Foundation's sleep time duration recommendations:...
resources have an important impact on a child's educational success. RobertZajonc proposed that the intellectual environment within a family is ever-changing...
individuals, the quality of their product/effort was inferior. In 1965, RobertZajonc expanded the study of arousal response (originated by Triplett) with...
Fight-or-flight response Learned helplessness Self-defense Will to power Wicks, Robert (September 9, 2021). "Arthur Schopenhauer". In Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). Stanford...
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82–87. doi:10.1177/0963721413480170. PMC 4182916. PMID 25284961. Epstein, Robert (2007-06-01). "The Myth of the Teen Brain". Scientific American. Archived...
archaeology and ancient history was sometimes used to justify genocide. RobertZajonc wrote, "I was not able to find any accounts of massacres not viewed...
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Williams Glenn D Wilson Timothy Wilson Robert S. Wyer - social cognition and information processing Wendy Wood RobertZajonc - first academic to study the mere...
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status to such individuals than to those expressing other emotions. RobertZajonc published two reviews in 1989 of the "facial efference theory of emotion"...
upon the U.S.'s entry into World War I. A standing committee headed by Robert Yerkes administered mental tests ("Army Alpha" and "Army Beta") to almost...
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