Arthur Aron

Arthur Aron
Born (1945-07-02) July 2, 1945
Residence Stony Brook, New York, United States
Citizenship United States
Fields Psychology of interpersonal relationships,
social psychology
Institutions State University of New York at Stony Brook
Education BA, MA (University of California at Berkeley),
PhD (University of Toronto)
Alma mater University of California at Berkeley,
University of Toronto
Doctoral advisor A. J. Arrowood
Known for Self-expansion model of motivation in interpersonal relationships
Spouse Elaine Aron
Website
www.psychology.stonybrook.edu/aronlab-/

Arthur Aron (born July 2, 1945) is a professor of psychology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is best known for his work on intimacy in interpersonal relationships, and development of the self-expansion model of motivation in close relationships.

Life and work

Arthur Aron received a bachelor's degree in psychology and philosophy in 1967 and a master's degree in social psychology in 1968, both from the University of California at Berkeley. He earned a PhD in social psychology from the University of Toronto in 1970.

Aron's work focuses on the role, creation, and maintenance of friendship and intimacy in interpersonal relationships. He developed the self-expansion model of close relationships; it posits that one of the motivations humans have for forming close relationships is self-expansion, i.e., "expansion of the self", or personal growth and development.

Aron is married to Elaine Aron, also a psychologist.

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/9/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.