| John Glenn Adair | |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Fields: | Social psychology |
| Workplaces: | University of Manitoba |
| Alma Mater: | University of Iowa |
| Thesis Title: | The effects of magnitude of reward and punishment on behavior in a temporal conflict situation |
| Thesis Url: | https://search.lib.uiowa.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=TN_cdi_proquest_journals_302180915&context=PC&vid=01IOWA&lang=en_US&search_scope=default_scope&adaptor=primo_central_multiple_fe&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,John%20Adair&offset=0 |
| Thesis Year: | 1965 |
John G. Adair is a Canadian psychologist whose work was concerned with the social nature and ethics of psychological research.
Adair obtained his PhD in social psychology from the University of Iowa in 1965. He then obtained a faculty position at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg where he stayed for the remainder of his academic career retiring as Emeritus Professor of Psychology in 1999.[1]
He was an active member of regional, national and international psychological associations.
Adair's research considered such issues as the social nature of human research methodology, the ethics of research withhuman subjects, social science research policy, indigenization and development of the discipline in developing countries, and the internationalization of psychology.[2]