Bernard Weiner
Professor Bernard Weiner has research interests in attribution theory, emotions, responsibility judgments, impression management, help giving, achievement motivation, reactions to stigmatized, and theories of punishment. His Ph. D. was at the University of Michigan, 1963 and he has been at U.C. L.A. since 1965, where he currently is Distinguished Professor of Psychology. His awards include the Distinguished Scientist Award for SESP, the E. L. Thorndike Lifetime Achievement Award from Division 15 (Educational Psychology) of APA, and the Donald Campbell Research Award from Division 8 of APA. He holds honorary degrees from the University of Bielefeld, Germany; Turku University, Finland; and the University of Manitoba, Canada. He also is a member of the National Academy of Education.
Primary Interests:
- Causal Attribution
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Helping, Prosocial Behavior
- Interpersonal Processes
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Law and Public Policy
- Motivation, Goal Setting
- Social Cognition
Books:
- Weiner, B. (2006). Social motivation, justice, and the moral emotions: An attributional approach. Mahway, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Weiner, B. (1995). Judgments of responsibility: A foundation for a theory of social conduct. New York: Guilford Press.
- Weiner, B. (1986). An attributional theory of motivation and emotion. New York : Springer-Verlag.
Courses Taught:
- Attribution Theory
- Human Motivation
Bernard Weiner
Department of Psychology
Franz Hall, UCLA
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Los Angeles, California 90095-1563
United States of America
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