Background
Riecken, Henry William was born on November 11, 1917 in Brooklyn. Son of Henry William and Lilian Antoinette (Nieber) Riecken.
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This is a Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group that Predicted the Destruction of the World.
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2012 reprint of 1956 First edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. When Prophecy Fails 1956 is a classic text in social psychology authored by Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, and Stanley Schachter. It chronicles the experience of a UFO cult that believed the end of the world was at hand. In effect, it is a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world, and the adjustments made when the prediction failed to materialize. "The authors have done something as laudable as it is unusual for social psychologists. They espied a fleeting social movement important to a line of research they were interested in and took after it. They recruited a team of observers, joined the movement, and watched it from within under great difficulties until its crisis came and went. Their report is of interest as much for the method as for the substance."-Everett C. Hughes, The American Journal of Sociology.
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medical researcher psychologist
Riecken, Henry William was born on November 11, 1917 in Brooklyn. Son of Henry William and Lilian Antoinette (Nieber) Riecken.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1939; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1950; Master of Arts, University Connecticut, 1941.
Social science analyst, Department Agriculture, 1941-1946;
lecturer social psychology, research associate clinical psychology, Harvard University, 1949-1954;
associate professor then professor, senior member laboratory research social relations, University of Minnesota, 1954-1958;
program director social science research, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1958-1959;
head, Office Social Science, Washington, 1959-1960;
assistant director social science, Office Social Science, Washington, 1960-1964;
associate director science education, Office Social Science, Washington, 1964-1966;
vice president, Social Science Research Council, New York City, 1966-1969;
president, Social Science Research Council, 1969-1971;
professor behavioral science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1972-1985;
professor emeritus, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1985-1987;
associate director for planning, National Library Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland., 1985-1987. Fellow Center Advanced Study Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, 1971-1972. Paterson Memorial lecturer University of Minnesota, 1970.
Jensen lecturer Duke U., 1973;member of advisory commission to director National Institutes of Health, 1966-1970, chairman international centers committee, 1968-1973. President American Psychological Foundation, 1971-1973. Vice chairman, Chairman of Commission national.needs for biomedical and behavioral research personnel National Research Council, 1975-1980.
Member of commission sociotechnical systems National Academy Sciences, 1976-1979. Adjunct Professor psychiatry University Texas Medical Branch, since 1988.
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(This is a Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Grou...)
(2009 reprint of 1956 First edition. When Prophecy Fails 1...)
(2012 reprint of 1956 First edition. Full facsimile of the...)
Board directors Foundation Child Development (formerly Association Aid Crippled Children), New York, 1962-2003. Trustee W.T. Grant Foundation, New York, 1979-1996. Served with United States Army Air Corps, 1943-1945.
Fellow American Psychological Association (Harold M. Hildreth award 1971), American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Association Public Opinion Research, Sociological Research Association (president 1966), National Academy of Sciences, Institute Medicine (charter member, Adam Yarmolinsky medal 2005), Harvard Club (New York City), Cosmos Club (Washington).
Married Frances Ruth Manson, August 7, 1955. Children— Mary Susan, Gilson, Anne.