Robert P. Abelson
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American psychologist and political scientist (1928–2005)
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Robert P. Abelson was an American political scientist, psychologist, statistician, and university teacher. Born in New York City in 1928, he was educated at the Bronx High School of Science, Princeton University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He served as a faculty member at Yale University and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Abelson authored fourteen works, including *Knowledge Structures*, *Scripts, Plans, Goals, and Understanding*, and *Experiments with people*. His doctoral students included Leland Wilkinson and George Loewenstein, and his advisors were Silvan Tomkins and John Tukey. He died in 2005 from natural causes due to Parkinson's disease.
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- Works
- 14
Top works
- Knowledge Structures
- Spectral analysis and the study of individual differences in the performance of routine, repetitive tasks
- Scripts, Plans, Goals, and Understanding
- Experiments with people
- Attitude organization and change
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- political scientist
- Educated at
- Bronx High School of Science
- Employer
- Yale University
- Doctoral advisor
- John Tukey
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- date of birth
- 1928-09-12
- date of death
- 2005-07-13
- medical condition
- Parkinson's disease
- cause of death
- Parkinson's disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
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