Craig A. Anderson is a Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences in the Department of Psychology at Iowa State University, in Ames, Iowa. He currently is Director of Iowa State University’s Center for the Study of Violence and a Past President of the International Society for Research on Aggression. He serves as an Associate Editor for the journals Aggressive Behavior and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. He also serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Psychology of Violence, and the Journal of Adolescence.
Early Life and Educational Background
Anderson was born in northern Indiana in 1952. He grew up on a small family farm and graduated from North Liberty High School in 1971. While in high school, he earned varsity letters in baseball, basketball, and golf and was one of four co-valedictorians. The South Bend Kiwanis Club named him Athlete of the Year for the 8-school district.
Anderson began his college career at the...
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Anderson, C. A. (2016). Human aggression and violence. In R. J. Sternberg, S. T. Fiske, & D. J. Foss (Eds.), Scientists making a difference: One hundred eminent behavioral and brain scientists talk about their most important contributions (pp. 327–331). New York: Cambridge University Press.
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Anderson, C. A., & DeLisi, M. (2011). Implications of global climate change for violence in developed and developing countries. In J. Forgas, A. Kruglanski, & K. Williams (Eds.), The psychology of social conflict and aggression (pp. 249–265). New York: Psychology Press.
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Bartholow, B. D., Anderson, C. A., Carnagey, N. L., & Benjamin, A. J. (2005). Interactive effects of life experience and situational cues on aggression: The weapons priming effect in hunters and nonhunters. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 41, 48–60.
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Saleem, M., & Anderson, C. A. (2013). Arabs as terrorists: Effects of stereotypes within violent contexts on attitudes, perceptions and affect. Psychology of Violence, 3, 84–99.
Saleem, M., Anderson, C. A., & Barlett, C. P. (2015). Assessing helping and hurting behaviors through the Tangram help/hurt task. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41, 1345–1362.
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Anderson, C.A. (2020). Anderson, Craig A.. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24612-3_360
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