on the person when we are observers, although other explanations have been advanced for the actor-observer bias. In popular culture In an interview with The New York Times, Malcolm Gladwell said, "The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world." Books and significant papers Nisbett, R. and T. Wilson (1977). "Telling more than we can know: Verbal reports on mental processes." Psychological Review 84(3): 231–259. Ross, L and Nisbett, R.E. The Person and the Situation. McGraw Hill, 1991. Reissued with new foreword by Malcolm Gladwell and afterword by the authors, 2011. Culture of Honor: The Psychology of Violence in the South (Westview Press, 1996) The Geography of Thought (Free Press, 2003) Intelligence and How to Get It: Why Schools and Cultures Count (Norton, 2009) Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking (FSG, 2015) Awards Donald T. Campbell Award for Distinguished Research in Social Psychology, awarded by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 1982. Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association, 1991. Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1992. Distinguished Senior Scientist Award, Society for Experimental Social Psychology, 1995 Wei Lun Visiting Professor of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. William James Fellow Award for Distinguished Scientific Achievements, American Psychological Society, 1996. Elected to the National Academy of Sciences, 2002 Oswald-Külpe-Award of the University of Würzburg, Germany, 2007 Notes External links Nisbett's Home Page Nisbett's Faculty Profile The Edge Annual Question — 2006 Biography in Contemporary Authors (2009) 1941 births 20th-century American psychologists American psychology writers 21st-century American psychologists Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Living people Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences People from Littlefield, Texas Race and intelligence controversy Social psychologists Teachers College, Columbia University alumni University of Michigan faculty Writers from Texas