Jack Williams Brehm

Background

Brehm, Jack Williams was born on January 16, 1928 in Rockwell City, Iowa, United States. Son of Carl and Charlotte (Williams) Brehm.

Education

AB, Harvard College, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1955.

Career

Research assistant, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1955-1957; assistant professor, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1957-1958; assistant to professor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1958-1975; professor, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1975-1996; professor emeritus, U. Kansas, Lawrence, since 1996. Member Executive Committee Society Experimental Social Psychology, 1975-1979, chair Executive Committee, 1977-1978.

Achievements

• Jack Williams Brehm has been listed as a noteworthy Social psychologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Perspectives on Cognitive Dissonance (Complex human behavior)

    (First published in 1976. Routledge is an imprint of Taylo...)

  • Theory of Psychological Reactance. Social Psychology: A Series of Monographs, Treatises, and Texts
  • Theory of Psychological Reactance
  • Explorations in Cognitive Dissonance

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association, American Psychological Society, Society for Experimental Social Psychology (Distinguished award 1998).

Connections

Father:

Carl Brehm

Mother:

Charlotte (Williams) Brehm