Richard Edward Petty

Background

Petty, Richard Edward was born on May 22, 1951 in Garden City, New York, United States. Son of Edmund and Josephine (Serzo) Petty.

Education

Bachelor, University of Virginia, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1977.

Career

Assistant professor psychology, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1977-1980; associate professor psychology, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1981-1983; Middlebush professor psychology, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1984-1985; visiting fellow, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1986; professor psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus, since 1987. Visiting professor Princeton University, 1995. Advisor commission on dietary guidelines implementation NAS, 1989-1991.

Chair National Institute of Mental Health Social and Group Processes Panel, Ohio State University, since 1998.

Achievements

• Richard Edward Petty has been listed as a noteworthy Psychologist, educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Attitudes And Persuasion: Classic And Contemporary Approaches

    ( This classic text surveys a number of different theoret...)

  • Communication and Persuasion: Central and Peripheral Routes to Attitude Change (Springer Series in Social Psychology) by Richard Petty (1986-09-10)
  • Attitudes and Persuasion--Classic and Contemporary Approaches by Richard E. Petty (1981-06-03)

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, APA, American Psychological Society.

Connections

Married Virginia Lynn Oliver, August 29,1978.

Father:

Edmund Petty

Mother:

Josephine (Serzo) Petty

Spouse:

Virginia Lynn Oliver