Thomas D. Gilovich (born 1954) is a professor of psychology at Cornell University who has researched decision making and behavioral economics and has written popular books on said subjects. He has collaborated with Daniel Kahneman, Lee Ross and Amos Tversky.
Gilovich earned his B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara and his Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University in 1981.
He and his wife, Karen Dashiff Gilovich, have two children: daughters Ilana and Rebecca.
Notable contributions
- bias blind spot
- clustering illusion
- negative perception of the color black
- self-handicapping
- spotlight effect
- regret
- anchoring
- egocentrism
Books
- Gilovich, T., Keltner, D., & Nisbett, R.E. "Social Psychology." New York: W.W. Norton. ISBN 0-393-97875-3
- Gilovich, T., Griffin, D. W. & Kahneman, D. (Eds.). (2002). Heuristics and Biases : The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-79679-2
- Belsky, G., & Gilovich, T. (1999). Why smart people make big money mistakes-and how to correct them: Lessons from the new science of behavioral economics. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-684-85938-6
- Gilovich, T. (1991). How we know what isn't so: The fallibility of human reason in everyday life. New York: The Free Press. ISBN 0-02-911706-2. Summary.
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