- Shelley Taylor
Shelley Taylor is a professor of psychology at the
University of California, Los Angeles . She received her Ph.D. fromYale University , and was formerly on the faculty atHarvard University .A prolific author of books and scholarly journal articles, Taylor has long been a leading figure in two subfields related to her primary discipline of
social psychology . These subfields aresocial cognition andhealth psychology .Among her professional honors, Taylor received the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the
American Psychological Association in 1996.Her books include [http://www.henryholt.com/holt/tendinginstinct.htm "The Tending Instinct"] and [http://catalogs.mhhe.com/mhhe/viewProductDetails.do?isbn=0070211914 "Social Cognition"] , the latter by
Susan Fiske and Shelley Taylor.Quote from Taylor: "Rather than perceiving themselves, the world, and the future accurately, most people regard themselves, their circumstances, and the future as considerably more positive than is objectively likely.... These illusions are not merely characteristic of human thought; they appear actually to be adaptive, promoting rather than undermining good mental health." (PSYCHOLOGY: Themes and Variations, 2004, Sixth Edition by Wayne Weiten. page 533)
External links
* [http://www.psych.ucla.edu/Faculty/faculty.php?id=89&area=7 Shelley Taylor website] via UCLA
* [http://www.apa.org/archives/adsc.html American Psychological Association winners of Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award]
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