Norman H. Anderson

For others of the same name, see Norman Anderson.

Norman Henry Anderson (July 23, 1925 — August 29, 2022) was an American social psychologist and the founder of Information integration theory.[1][2]

Anderson was a Distinguished Professor Emeritus[3] at the University of California, San Diego, where he was one of three founders of the Department of Psychology.[4] He received a BS in 1946 and an MS in 1949 from the University of Chicago, and an MS in 1955 and a PhD in 1956 from the University of Wisconsin,[5] with a thesis on Effect of First-order Conditional Probability in a Two-choice Learning Situation.[6] Anderson also taught at The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) during the 1960s and 1970s, and is credited with developing Information Integration Theory.[7]

Anderson was the winner of the 1972 AAAS Prize for Behavioral Science Research.[8]

  1. ^ Who's Who in the West 1998-1999. August 1997. ISBN 9780837909288.
  2. ^ "Norman Anderson". UC San Diego. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  3. ^ "UCSD Psychology | Home". Retrieved 2009-03-26.
  4. ^ "UCSD Psychology | Research | History". Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  5. ^ Historical Register of Yale University, 1951-1968. Yale University. c. 1968. p. 120.
  6. ^ Anderson, Norman (1956). Effect of First-order Conditional Probability in a Two-choice Learning Situation. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin.
  7. ^ Berkowitz, L. and Anderson, N.H. (1978). Cognitive Theories in Social Psychology: Papers from Advances in Experimental Social Psychology. New York, NY, USA: Academic Press.
  8. ^ History & Archives: AAAS Prize for Behavioral Science Research