Richard E. Petty is university professor of psychology at

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p. 513 (2005) ()(bio paragraph) He received his Ph.D. in social psychology from Ohio State in 1977. After graduation Richard E. Petty went on to start his academic career as the assistant professor of

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at the

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, and in 1985 he was named the Frederick A. Middlebush Professor of Psychology. In 1987 he returned to Ohio State University for an appointment as a professor of psychology and director of the Social Psychology Doctoral Program and has been a distinguished university professor since 1998. He served as chair of the Psychology Department from 1998 to 2002 and again from 2008 to the present. Petty’s research focuses on the situational and individual differences factors responsible for changes in beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors. More specifically, his current work examines the

Elaboration Likelihood Model The elaboration likelihood model (ELM) of persuasion is a dual process theory describing the change of attitudes. The ELM was developed by Richard E. Petty and John Cacioppo in 1980. The model aims to explain different ways of processing stimuli ...

of persuasion. This model is used to understand prejudice, consumer choice, political and legal decisions, and health behaviors. He has been a consultant and panelist for the

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Committee on Dietary Guidelines Implementation to Improve the Health of Americans and the Committee for a Social Psychology of Aging, the

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panel on Using Persuasive Communication to Prevent Drug Abuse, and the

National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National I ...

panel on the Human Dimensions of Global Change.

Awards and honors

In 1999, he was named as distinguished scientist-lecturer for the

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. In 2000 Petty received the award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Consumer Psychology from the Society for Consumer Psychology. In 2001 he received the Donald T. Campbell Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Social Psychology from the

Society for Personality and Social Psychology The Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) is an academic society for personality and social psychologists focused on promoting scientific research that explores how people think, behave and interact. It is the largest organization o ...

. Petty is a fellow in the

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, and the

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. Petty served as editor of the SPSP journal, ''

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin ''Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin'' is a scientific journal published monthly published by SAGE Publications for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP). The journal's senior editorial team include: Editor Michael D. Rob ...

'', and as associate editor for the APA journal, ''Emotion'', and on the editorial boards of the ''

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology The ''Journal of Personality and Social Psychology'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Psychological Association that was established in 1965. It covers the fields of social and personality psychology. The edi ...

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Journal of Experimental Social Psychology A journal, from the Old French ''journal'' (meaning "daily"), may refer to: *Bullet journal, a method of personal organization *Diary, a record of what happened over the course of a day or other period *Daybook, also known as a general journal, a ...

'', the ''

Personality and Social Psychology Review ''Personality and Social Psychology Review'' is a journal published by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP). It publishes review and meta analytic articles on subjects like social cognition, attitudes, group processes, social i ...

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Journal of Consumer Psychology The ''Journal of Consumer Psychology'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering psychology as it relates to consumer behavior. It was established in 1992 and is published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the Society for Consumer Psy ...

'', and ''Media Psychology''. In 2002 Petty served as president of the Midwestern Psychological Association and in 2009 he served as president of the

References

External links

Ohio State University web page
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