Background

Fishbein, Martin was born on March 2, 1936 in New York City. Son of Sydney and Gloria (Nadelstein) Fishbein.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1961.

Career

Member faculty University Illinois, Urbana, 1961—1997, professor psychology, 1970—1997, head social-orgnl.-industrial division, 1979-1987, also research professor Institute Communications Research, 1970—1997, executive committee Survey Research Laboratory, 1964-1972, 81-86, associate member Center Advanced Studies, 1974-1975, 88-89, professor emeritus, 1997—2009. Distinguished professor communications Annenberg School for Communications, University Pennsylvania, 1997—2009. Director health communications area Annenberg Public Policy Center, 1997—2009.

Director theory and methods core Center of Excellence in Cancer Communications Research, University Pennsylvania, 2003—2008. Visiting scholar London School of Economics and Political Science, 1967-1968, 74-75. Consultant National Institute of Mental Health Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research Program, 1988-1989, member of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome advisory subcommittee, 1987-1990, National Academy of Sciences, Board Behavioral, Cognitive and Sensory Sciences, since 2006.

Guest researcher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1992-1997, acting chief behavioral intervention and research branch division STD prevention, 1994-1995.

Achievements

• Martin Fishbein has been listed as a noteworthy Psychologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Understanding Attitudes and Predicting Social Behavior

    ( Core text in attitude courses. Explains "theory and re...)

  • Belief, Attitude, Intention and Behavior: An Introduction to Theory and Research (Addison-Wesley series in social psychology)

    (Book by Martin Fishbein, I. Ajzen)

  • Understanding Attitudes and Predicting Social Behavior by Icek Ajzen (1980-03-17)
  • Understanding Attitudes and Predicting Social Behavior by Icek Ajzen (1980-03-17)
  • Belief, Attitude, Intention and Behavior: An Introduction to Theory and Research (Addison-Wesley series in social psychology) by Martin Fishbein I. Ajzen (1975-06-01) Hardcover
  • Understanding Attitudes and Predicting Social Behavior by Ajzen Icek Fishbein Martin (1980-03-17) Paperback
  • Belief, Attitude, Intention and Behavior: An Introduction to Theory and Research (Addison-Wesley series in social psychology) Hardcover June, 1975

Membership

Fellow American Psychological Association, Society Consumer Psychology (president 1991-1992), American Psychological Society. Member American Public Health Association, National Communications Association, American Sociological Association, Psychonomic Society, Interam. Psychological Society (president 1993-1995), International Communications Association, National Communications Association, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Impact (international board directors since 1992).

Connections

Married Deborah Louise Kaplan, December 26, 1959.

Father:

Sydney Fishbein

Mother:

Gloria (Nadelstein) Fishbein

Spouse:

Deborah Louise Kaplan