William Dean Crano (born 1942) is an American

psychologist A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and interpretation of how indi ...

. He is the Oskamp Distinguished Professor of Psychology in the Division of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences (DBOS),

Claremont Graduate University The Claremont Graduate University (CGU) is a private, all-graduate research university in Claremont, California. Founded in 1925, CGU is a member of the Claremont Colleges which includes five undergraduate (Pomona College, Claremont McKenna Co ...

. He has also written almost 200

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journal articles, in journals including

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 ...

, Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Psychological Inquiry, Journal of Social Psychology, and AIDS Education and Prevention, and is the co-author of an article in ''

Annual Review of Psychology The ''Annual Review of Psychology'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes review articles about psychology. First published in 1950, its longest-serving editors have been Mark Rosenzweig (1969–1994) and Susan Fiske (2000– ...

'', Volume 57, 2006. He is a Fellow of the

American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with over 133,000 members, including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. It ha ...

(APA) and

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(APS).

Bibliography

* Crano, W. D. (2012). ''The Rules of Influence: Winning When You're in the Minority'' St. Martin's Press. * Ramirez, J.R., Crano, W.D., Quist, R. Burgoon, M., Alvaro, E.M. and Grandpre, J. (2004). "Acculturation, Familism, Parental Monitoring, and Knowledge as Predictors of Marijuana and Inhalant Use in Adolescents." ''Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 18(1)'', pp. 3–11. * Dawson, E. J., Burgoon, M., & Crano, W. D. (2003). "Parents' and their children's beliefs and knowledge of HIV/AIDS in a multicultural Hispanic/Anglo population." In L. K. Fuller (Ed.), ''Media-Mediated AIDS'' (pp. 175–202). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press. * Crano, W. D. (2003). "Theory driven evaluation and construct validity." In S. Donaldson & M. Scriven (Eds.), ''Evaluating Social Programs and Problems: Visions for the New Millennium'' (pp. 145–157). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. * Crano, W. D. (2003). "Conformity." In K. Christensen & D. Levinson (Eds.), ''Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World'' (Vol. 1, pp. 327–329). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. * Crano, W. D., & Brewer, M. B. (2002). ''Principles and Methods of Social Research'' (2nd Ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. * Crano, W. D., & Burgoon, M. (2002). ''Mass Media and Drug Prevention: Classic and Contemporary Theories and Research.'' Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. * Crano, W. D. (2001). "Directed Social Influence." In J. P. Forgas, K. D. Williams, & L. Wheeler (Eds.), ''The Social Mind: Cognitive and Motivational Perspectives on Social Behaviour'' (pp. 389–405) New York: Cambridge. * Crano, W. D. (2001). "Social influence, social identity, and ingroup leniency." In C. K. W. De Dreu and N. K. De Vries (Eds.), ''Group Consensus and Minority Influence: Implications for Innovation'' (pp. 122–143). Oxford, UK: Blackwell. * Crano, W. D., & Burgoon, M. (2001). "Vested interest theory and AIDS: Self-interest, social influence, and disease prevention." In F. Butera & G. Mugny (Eds.), ''Social Influence in Social Reality: Promoting Individual and Social Change'' (pp. 277–289). Seattle, WA: Hogrefe & Huber.

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