William Revelle Explained

William Revelle
Father:	Roger Revelle
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Professor
Module:	Embed: yes Field: Personality psychology, Differential psychology Work Institution: Northwestern University Thesis Title: Introversion/extraversion, Skin Conductance And Performance Under Stress Thesis Year: 1973 Thesis Url: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/127387

William Roger Revelle (born c. 1944) is a psychology professor at Northwestern University working in personality psychology. Revelle studies the biological basis of personality and motivation, psychometric theory, the structure of daily mood, and models of attention and memory.

Early life and education

Revelle was raised in La Jolla, California. His father, Roger Revelle, was an early theorist in global warming.^[1]

Revelle graduated from Pomona College in 1965, abandoning a mathematics major in favor of psychology. He spent two years in Sarawak, Malaysia, as a volunteer in the Peace Corps before earning his PhD in psychology from the University of Michigan in 1973.^[2] He became a member of the Northwestern Faculty in 1973.

Career

Revelle has previously served as the President (2005–2009) of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID),^[3] the President (2008–2009) of the Association for Research in Personality (ARP), and the President (1984) of the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP).^[4]

Currently, he is vice-chair of the Governing Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, having previously served as Chair (2009–2012).^[5] He also serves as the President (2018–present) of the International Society for Intelligence Research (ISIR).^[6]

Additionally, he is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS; 1996–present),^[7] the Association for Psychological Science (APS; 1994–present),^[8] the American Psychological Association (APA Division 5; 2011–present),^[9] and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP; 2015–present).^[10]

He resides in Evanston, Illinois.^[2]

Bibliography

Selected publications

• 10.1016/j.jrp.2014.12.006 . Revelle . William . Condon . David M. . 2015 . A model for personality at three levels . Journal of Research in Personality . 56 . 70–81 . free .
• 10.1016/j.intell.2014.01.004 . Condon . David M. . Revelle . William . 2014 . The International Cognitive Ability Resource: Development and initial validation of a public domain measure . Intelligence . 43 . 52–64 .
• Zinbarg. Richard E.. Revelle. William. Yovel. Iftah. Li. Wen. Cronbach's α, Revelle's β, and Mcdonald's ωH: their relations with each other and two alternative conceptualizations of reliability. Psychometrika. 70. 1. 2005. 123–133. 0033-3123. 10.1007/s11336-003-0974-7. 18206472.
• Revelle. W. Personality Processes. Annual Review of Psychology. 46. 1. 1995. 295–328. 0066-4308. 10.1146/annurev.ps.46.020195.001455.
• 10.1037/0033-295X.91.2.153 . 6571423 . Personality, motivation, and performance: a theory of the relationship between individual differences and information processing . Psychological Review . 91 . 2 . 153–84 . 1984 . Humphreys . Michael S. . Revelle . William .
• Revelle. William. Humphreys. Michael S.. Simon. Lisa. Gilliland. Kirby. The interactive effect of personality, time of day, and caffeine: A test of the arousal model.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 109. 1. 1980. 1–31. 1939-2222. 10.1037/0096-3445.109.1.1. 6445402. 10.1.1.307.5468.
• Revelle. William. Hierarchical Cluster Analysis And The Internal Structure Of Tests. Multivariate Behavioral Research. 14. 1. 1979. 57–74. 0027-3171. 10.1207/s15327906mbr1401_4. 26766619.
• Revelle. William. Rocklin. Thomas. Very Simple Structure: An Alternative Procedure For Estimating The Optimal Number Of Interpretable Factors. Multivariate Behavioral Research. 14. 4. 1979. 403–414. 0027-3171. 10.1207/s15327906mbr1404_2. 26804437.
• Revelle. W. Amaral. P. Turriff. S. Introversion/extroversion, time stress, and caffeine: effect on verbal performance. Science. 192. 4235. 1976. 149–150. 0036-8075. 10.1126/science.1257762. 1257762. 1976Sci...192..149R.

Software

• Book: Revelle, William. psych: Procedures for Psychological, Psychometric, and Personality Research. Evanston, Illinois. 2018 .

External links

• Home page
• Lab website
• Faculty Profile at Northwestern University
• Social Psychology Network Profile

Notes and References

1. News: Roger Revelle, 82, Early Theorist In Global Warming and Geology. Walter. Sullivan. The New York Times . 17 July 1991 .
2. Web site: Revelle. William. William Revelle - Northwestern University. 14 October 2013.
3. Web site: ISSID The International Society for the Study of Individual Differences. 2 December 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140701182703/http://www.issid.org/officers/default.html. 1 July 2014. dmy-all.
4. Web site: Past Presidents of SMEP. 2 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121010134632/http://www.smep.org/general-information/Administration/past-presidents-smep. 10 October 2012. dead. dmy-all.
5. Web site: Governing Board - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 2 December 2012.
6. Web site: Intelligence | ISIR Officers . 2018-09-07.
7. Web site: AAAS Elected Fellows . 7 September 2018.
8. Web site: Association for Psychological Science: APS Fellows . 2018-09-07.
9. Web site: Fellows of the Division of Quantitative and Qualitative Methods . 2018-09-07.
10. Web site: Fellowship SPSP . 7 September 2018 .