Frederick Gibbons
American psychologist
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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]
AlmamaterUniversity of Texas at Austin
FieldsSocial psychology
InstitutionsUniversity of Connecticut, Dartmouth College, Iowa State University
Thesis Self-focused attention and the enhancement of response awareness (1976)
Frederick X. Gibbons | |
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| 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 |
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]
