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Frederick Gibbons

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Frederick X. Gibbons
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Texas at Austin
Scientific career
FieldsSocial psychology
InstitutionsUniversity of Connecticut, Dartmouth College, Iowa State University
Thesis Self-focused attention and the enhancement of response awareness  (1976)
Doctoral advisorRobert 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]

Biography

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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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