Frederick Gibbons

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Frederick X. Gibbons
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Texas at Austin
Scientific career
Fields Social psychology
Institutions University of Connecticut, Dartmouth College, Iowa State University
Thesis Self-focused attention and the enhancement of response awareness (1976)
Doctoral advisor Robert Wicklund

Frederick X. "Rick" Gibbons is an American psychologist who has been a professor of psychology at the University of Connecticut since August 2012. His research focuses on social psychology and health psychology. [1] [2]

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Biography

Gibbons received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1976. [1] His Ph.D. thesis was entitled Self-focused attention and the enhancement of response awareness, and was supervised by Robert Wicklund. [3] Before joining the faculty of the University of Connecticut, he taught at Iowa State University, where he became a distinguished professor before leaving to become a professor at Dartmouth College in 2008. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Frederick X. Gibbons". socialpsych.uconn.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
  2. ↑ "Rick Gibbons, PhD". chip.uconn.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
  3. ↑ Dissertation Abstracts International: The sciences and engineering. B. University Microfilms. 1977. p. 6403.
  4. ↑ "Social Psychologist Rick Gibbons Joins UConn Faculty". today.uconn.edu. 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
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