Norman H. Anderson
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Norman Henry Anderson is a social psychologist
, and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego, where he was one of three founders of the Department of Psychology. 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, with a thesis on Effect of First-order Conditional Probability in a Two-choice Learning Situation. Anderson also taught at The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) during the 1960s and 1970s, and is credited with developing Information Integration Theory
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Anderson, N. H. Test of Averaging, Balance, and Congruity Theories. Paper presented at summer conference on mathematical models in social psychology. Kent, Connecticut, 1967.
Anderson, N. H. A Simple Model for Information Integration. In R.P. Abelson E. Aronson, W.J. McGuire, T.M. Newcomb, M.J. Rosenberg & P.H. Tannenbaum (Eds.), Theories of Cognitive Consistency: A Sourcebook., Chicago: Rand McNally, 1968.
Anderson, N. H. Algebraic Models in Perception. In E.C. Carterette & M.P. Friedman (Eds.), Handbook of Perception, Vol. 2. New York: Academic Press, 1973.
Anderson, N. H. Information Integration Theory: A Brief Survey. In D.H. Krantz, R.C. Atkinson, R.D. Luce, &P. Suppes (Eds.), Contemporary Developments in Mathematical Psychology, San Francisco: Freeman, 1974
Psychologist
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, and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego, where he was one of three founders of the Department of Psychology. He received a BS in 1946 and an MS in 1949 from the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
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, and an MS in 1955 and a PhD in 1956 from the University of Wisconsin, with a thesis on Effect of First-order Conditional Probability in a Two-choice Learning Situation. Anderson also taught at The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) during the 1960s and 1970s, and is credited with developing Information Integration Theory
Information Integration Theory
Information integration theory was proposed by Norman H. Anderson to describe and model how a person integrates information from a number of sources in to make an overall judgment. The theory proposes three functions....
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Other publications
Anderson, N. H. & Hovland, C.I. The Representation of Order Effects in Communication Research. In C.I. Hovland (Ed.), The Order of Presentation in Persuasion, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1957Anderson, N. H. Test of Averaging, Balance, and Congruity Theories. Paper presented at summer conference on mathematical models in social psychology. Kent, Connecticut, 1967.
Anderson, N. H. A Simple Model for Information Integration. In R.P. Abelson E. Aronson, W.J. McGuire, T.M. Newcomb, M.J. Rosenberg & P.H. Tannenbaum (Eds.), Theories of Cognitive Consistency: A Sourcebook., Chicago: Rand McNally, 1968.
Anderson, N. H. Algebraic Models in Perception. In E.C. Carterette & M.P. Friedman (Eds.), Handbook of Perception, Vol. 2. New York: Academic Press, 1973.
Anderson, N. H. Information Integration Theory: A Brief Survey. In D.H. Krantz, R.C. Atkinson, R.D. Luce, &P. Suppes (Eds.), Contemporary Developments in Mathematical Psychology, San Francisco: Freeman, 1974