Thomas Gilovich

Thomas Gilovich
Nationality	American
Fields	Psychology
Institutions	Cornell University
Alma mater	University of California, Santa Barbara Stanford University
Known for	heuristics & biases
Influences	Amos Tversky, Daniel Kahneman, Lee Ross, Mark Lepper
Influenced	cognitive psychology, social psychology

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 is married with two daughters.

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.