Birth Name:

Elliot Aronson

Male

Birth Date:

Sat, Jan 09, 1932

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States

Age:

92

Zodiac Sign:

Capricorn

Astrology Data:

Sun

18°

Cap

14'

About Elliot Aronson

Elliot Aronson (born January 9, 1932) is an American psychologist who has carried out experiments on the theory of cognitive dissonance, and invented the Jigsaw Classroom, a cooperative teaching technique which facilitates learning while reducing interethnic hostility and prejudice. In his 1972 social psychology textbook, The Social Animal, he stated Aronson's First Law: "People who do crazy things are not necessarily crazy," thus asserting the importance of situational factors in bizarre behavior. He is the only person in the 120-year history of the American Psychological Association to have won all three of its major awards: for writing, for teaching, and for research. In 2007 he received the William James Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Association for Psychological Science, in which he was cited as the scientist who "fundamentally changed the way we look at everyday life.” A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Aronson as the 78th most cited psychologist of the 20th century. He officially retired in 1994 but continues to teach and write.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Aronson's home page

• Profile of Aronson on Social Psychology Network

• The Jigsaw Classroom: site created by Elliot Aronson and hosted by the Social Psychology Network

• Aronson interviewed by CNN's Newsroom about the Jigsaw Classroom, August 14, 2001 (transcript)

• Why It's Hard to Admit to Being Wrong: Interview with Aronson on National Public Radio, 20 July 2007 (audio and transcript)

• The Scientist and The Humanist: Elliot Aronson in conversation with Carol Tavris and Joshua Aronson, 2008 (video)

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Elliot Aronson: Sun 18 Capricorn, Moon 9 Aquarius, Mercury 24 Sagittarius, Venus 18 Aquarius, Mars 23 Capricorn, Jupiter 21 Leo, Saturn 24 Capricorn, Uranus 15 Aries, Neptune 7 Virgo, Pluto 21 Cancer, Sun Conjunct Mars, Sun Opposition Pluto, Sun Quincunx Jupiter, Sun Square Uranus, Sun Semi Sextile Venus, Sun Conjunct Saturn, Mercury Semi Sextile Mars, Mercury Trine Jupiter, Mercury Semi Sextile Saturn, Venus Opposition Jupiter, Venus Sextile Uranus, Venus Quincunx Pluto, Mars Quincunx Jupiter, Mars Conjunct Saturn, Mars Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Mars Opposition Pluto, Jupiter Semi Sextile Pluto, Saturn Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Saturn Opposition Pluto, Neptune Semi Square Pluto

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