Michael A Wallach, Professor

Michael A Wallach

Professor
PhD, Harvard University, 1958
mailing address: 306 Soc-Psych Durham, NC 27708
office: 306 Soc-Psych
phone: 919-660-5730, 919-660-5713

research interests | research | publications

Research Summary:
 Michael A. Wallach received his B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1954, and he received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1958. His doctoral dissertation was on categorizing and conceptualization. He taught at Harvard University, MIT, and the University of Chicago. He has also served for ten years (1963-1972) as Editor of the Journal of Personality. He currently is Editor of a book series on Alternatives in Psychology, published by State University of New York Press. Dr. Wallach's research spans a wide range of topics. His books and articles cover such areas as personality, social psychology, and cognitive processes. In recent years his research has focused on the learning processes of gifted and disadvantaged children. His recent research has also concerned the value implications of psychology for defining goals of human conduct. He has also recently pursued work on egoism, altruism, and ethics; on mental patients, institutions, and homelessness; and on processes of knowing in psychology--experimentation that does and does not contribute to psychological knowledge.

Representative Publications:   (More Publications)

  1. Drake, R.E., Wallach, M.A., Alverson, H.S., and Mueser, K.T. (2002). Psychosocial Aspects of Substance Abuse by Clients with Severe Mental Illness. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 190, 100-106.
  2. Mueser, K.T., Drake, R.E., and Wallach, M.A. "Komorbiditat von psychotischen Storungen und Substanzstorungen." Doppeldiagnosen: Kornorbiditat psychischer Storungen und Sucht. Ed. F. Moggi Bern: Verlag Hans Huber, 2002: 92-122.
  3. Wallach, L., & Wallach, M.A. (2001). Experiments in Social Psychology: Science or Self-Deception?. Theory and Psychology, 11, 451-473.
  4. Wallach, L., & Wallach, M.A. (2001). A Response on Concepts, Laws and Measurement in Social Psychology. Theory and Psychology, 11, 489-494.
  5. Drake, R.E., and Wallach, M.A. (2000). Dual Diagnosis: 15 Years of Progress. Psychiatric Services, 51, 1126-1129.