Discovering Psychology: The Science of Mind (3rd Edition) – Cacioppo, Freberg – Test Bank

About The Author

John T. Cacioppo

Dr. John T. Cacioppo is the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor and Director of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at the University of Chicago. Dr. John is a past President of several scientific societies, including the Society for Social Neuroscience, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Association for Psychological Science, and the Society for Psychophysiological Research, and a past Chair of the Psychology Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Among the many awards he has received are the Troland Award from the National Academy of Sciences, the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association, the Scientific Impact Award from the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, a MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Health, the Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions from the Society for Psychophysiological Research, and the Campbell Award and the Theoretical Innovation Prize from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Dr. Cacioppo is also a Member of the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science; the Chair of the Board of Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences at the National Research Council and a Member of the National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate.

Laura Freberg

Dr. Laura A. Freberg (Ph.D., UCLA) is a Professor of Psychology at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where she teaches courses in Biological Psychology, Introductory Psychology, and Sensation and Perception. Laura's teaching career began when she taught her first college course at Pasadena City College at the age of 23. To better understand the needs of the online education community, she also teaches a variety of psychology courses for Argosy University Online. Dr. Freberg has received Faculty Member of the Year recognition from Cal Poly Disabilities Resource Center many for her work with college students with disabilities. She enjoys using social media and technology in the classroom and is a Google Glass Explorer.