Paul F. Secord

6.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
61 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Paul F. Secord is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul F. Secord has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Social Psychology and 6 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Paul F. Secord's work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (4 papers), Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (4 papers) and Social Representations and Identity (3 papers). Paul F. Secord is often cited by papers focused on Social and Intergroup Psychology (4 papers), Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (4 papers) and Social Representations and Identity (3 papers). Paul F. Secord collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Paul F. Secord's co-authors include Sidney M. Jourard, Rom Harré, Carl W. Backman, Marcia Guttentag, Peter T. Manicas, Susan A. McDaniel, Rom Harré, William Bevan, Alexis J. Walker and Michael Schwartz and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Paul F. Secord

58 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Explanation of Social Behaviour.

1973 875 citations Paul F. Secord et al. profile →
The appraisal of body-cathexis: body-cathexis and the self.

1953 781 citations Paul F. Secord, Sidney M. Jourard Journal of Consulting Psychology profile →
The Explanation of Social Behavior.

1973 414 citations Paul F. Secord et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul F. Secord United States	26	1.5k	1.2k	1.1k	795	540	61	4.6k
David Bakan United States	16	1.5k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	721 0.9×	775 1.4×	47	4.5k
J. Merrill Carlsmith United States	24	2.6k 1.7×	2.0k 1.6×	991 0.9×	635 0.8×	277 0.5×	30	5.9k
Albert H. Hastorf United States	20	2.0k 1.3×	1.7k 1.4×	1.2k 1.0×	525 0.7×	540 1.0×	34	5.1k
Robert F. Winch United States	23	1.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	509 0.6×	231 0.4×	42	3.8k
Sidney M. Jourard United States	23	1.4k 0.9×	2.1k 1.7×	1.9k 1.7×	556 0.7×	288 0.5×	61	4.9k
Robert R. Sears United States	15	898 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	400 0.5×	290 0.5×	38	3.5k
George H. Mead	16	2.4k 1.6×	1.2k 1.0×	640 0.6×	400 0.5×	384 0.7×	35	5.5k
Edward E. Sampson United States	24	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	710 0.6×	336 0.4×	200 0.4×	59	3.2k
Paul Mussen United States	30	1.0k 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	1.7k 1.5×	881 1.1×	433 0.8×	82	5.4k
Maurice Merleau-Ponty	15	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	908 0.8×	1.4k 1.8×	234 0.4×	64	6.8k

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Niemann, Yolanda Flores & Paul F. Secord. (1995). Social Ecology of Stereotyping. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour. 25(1). 1–13. 12 indexed citations

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Manicas, Peter T. & Paul F. Secord. (1983). Implications for psychology of the new philosophy of science.. American Psychologist. 38(4). 399–413. 328 indexed citations

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Secord, Paul F.. (1982). Explaining human behavior : consciousness, human action, and social structure. SAGE Publications eBooks. 12 indexed citations

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Secord, Paul F.. (1982). The behavior identity problem in generalizing from experiments.. American Psychologist. 37(12). 1408–1408. 2 indexed citations

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Backman, Carl W., et al.. (1972). Sozialpsychologie der Schule. Beltz eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Miles, Matthew B., Carl W. Backman, & Paul F. Secord. (1969). A Social Psychological View of Education.. American Sociological Review. 34(5). 783–783. 23 indexed citations

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Curtis, Jack H., Carl W. Backman, & Paul F. Secord. (1967). Problems in Social Psychology: Selected Readings.. Social Forces. 45(3). 473–473. 10 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Michael, Carl W. Backman, & Paul F. Secord. (1966). Problems in Social Psychology.. American Sociological Review. 31(5). 752–752. 74 indexed citations

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Kleiner, Robert J., Paul F. Secord, & Carl W. Backman. (1965). Social Psychology.. American Sociological Review. 30(4). 643–643. 1 indexed citations

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Secord, Paul F. & Carl W. Backman. (1964). Interpersonal Congruency, Perceived Similarity, and Friendship. Sociometry. 27(2). 115–115. 46 indexed citations

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Backman, Carl W. & Paul F. Secord. (1962). Liking, Selective Interaction, and Misperception in Congruent Interpersonal Relations. Sociometry. 25(4). 321–321. 41 indexed citations

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Secord, Paul F., et al.. (1962). Cue-Dominance in Person Perception as a Function of Strength of Perceiver-Need. The Journal of Social Psychology. 58(2). 305–313. 5 indexed citations

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Secord, Paul F., et al.. (1960). Identifying Jewish names: Does prejudice increase accuracy?. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology. 61(1). 144–145. 6 indexed citations

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Secord, Paul F., et al.. (1960). The Role of Metaphorical Generalization and Congruency in the Perception of Facial Characteristics. The Journal of Social Psychology. 52(2). 329–337. 3 indexed citations

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Backman, Carl W. & Paul F. Secord. (1959). The Effect of Perceived Liking on Interpersonal Attraction. Human Relations. 12(4). 379–384. 107 indexed citations

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Secord, Paul F., et al.. (1956). Interaction Effects in the Perception of Faces. Journal of Personality. 24(3). 272–284. 13 indexed citations

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Secord, Paul F. & Sidney M. Jourard. (1956). Mother-concepts and judgments of young women's faces.. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology. 52(2). 246–250. 10 indexed citations

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Jourard, Sidney M. & Paul F. Secord. (1955). Body-cathexis and the ideal female figure.. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology. 50(2). 243–246. 105 indexed citations

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Jourard, Sidney M. & Paul F. Secord. (1954). Body size and body-cathexis.. Journal of Consulting Psychology. 18(3). 184–184. 33 indexed citations

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Secord, Paul F.. (1953). An Analysis of Perceptual and Related Processes Occurring in Projective Testing. The Journal of General Psychology. 49(1). 65–85. 3 indexed citations

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