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Education
B.A., M.A., Southern Illinois University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Rhode Island
"My most important advice for students: Ask questions. There are few certainties in life, and the only way to separate information from misinformation is to probe the logic and evidence behind the things you hear."
- Stuart Vyse
Stuart Vyse
Professor of Psychology
Joined Connecticut College: 1986
Specialization:
- Psychology of irrational behavior, superstition and belief in the paranormal
- Human operant behavior
- Theories of choice
- Decision-making
- Behavior analysis
- Developmental disabilities
Stuart Vyse is a professor of psychology at Connecticut College.
He is the author of Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition, (Oxford University Press, 1997) which has been published in Japanese and German and received the 1999 William James Book Award. Read a review of this work.
Vyse’s latest book Going Broke: Why Americans Can’t Hold On To Their Money (Oxford, 2008) is an analysis of the current epidemic of personal debt.
Visit Stuart Vyse's personal Web site and blog,
http://www.stuartvyse.com/
Visit the psychology department web site.