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Ralph H. Turner

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PhD Sociology University of Chicago
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Bachelors Sociology University of Chicago

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According to Wikipedia, Ralph Herbert Turner was an American sociologist who researched collective behavior and social movements. He served as president of the American Sociological Association and editor of Sociometry and the Annual Review of Sociology. He was the recipient of both a Fulbright grant and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

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Sponsored and Contest Mobility and the School System (1960) (683)
The Role and the Person (1978) (614)
Social Behavior: Its Elementary Forms. (1961) (589)
The Real Self: From Institution to Impulse (1976) (468)
Role-Taking, Role Standpoint, and Reference-Group Behavior (1956) (386)
Annual Review of Sociology (1975) (282)
Waiting for Disaster: Earthquake Watch in California (1986) (277)
The social context of ambition (1964) (161)
On social control and collective behavior : selected papers (1967) (153)
The Self-Conception in Social Interaction (1968) (146)
The public perception of protest. (1969) (138)
The theme of contemporary social movements. (1969) (132)
Collective behavior, 3rd ed. (1987) (122)
Psychology. 3rd ed. (1976) (111)
Some Aspects of Women's Ambition (1964) (87)
3 spoNsored aNd CoNTesT mobiliTy aNd The sChool sysTem (82)
The Quest for Universals in Sociological Research (1953) (74)
Robert E. Park on Social Control and Collective Behavior. (1969) (70)
Personality in society: Social psychology's contribution to sociology. (1988) (56)
Types of Solidarity in the Reconstituting of Groups (1967) (54)
Self-ideal congruence as an index of adjustment. (1958) (53)
Social Psychology: Sociological Perspectives (2017) (49)
Zoot-Suiters and Mexicans: Symbols in Crowd Behavior (1956) (49)
THE TRUE SELF METHOD FOR STUDYING THE SELF-CONCEPTION* (1981) (44)
Waiting for Disaster: Chancing Reactions to Earthquake Forecasts in Southern California (1983) (40)
Massive steroid therapy in severe fat embolism. (1971) (40)
The self–society dynamic: The social contexts of self-feeling (1991) (39)
The Navy Disbursing Officer as a Bureaucrat (1947) (38)
Deviance Avowal as Neutralization of Commitment (1972) (35)
RELATIONS IN PUBLIC: MICROSTUDIES OF THE PUBLIC ORDER. By Erving Goffman. New York: Basic Books, 1971. 396 pp. $7.95 (1973) (35)
Is There a Quest for Identity (1975) (29)
Psychology: The Science of Mental Life. (1974) (29)
Earthquake prediction and public policy - Distillations from a National Academy of Sciences report (1976) (26)
The Public Perception of the Watts Riot as Social Protest (1971) (25)
Introduction to Psychology. (3rd. ed.). (1974) (25)
New Theoretical Frameworks (1964) (25)
The Relative Position of the Negro Male in the Labor Force of Large American Cities (1951) (24)
Reference Groups of Future-Oriented Men (1955) (23)
The Moral Issue in Collective Behavior and Collective Action (1996) (22)
Social Psychology: The Study of Human Interaction (2015) (21)
Some family determinants of ambition. (1962) (21)
Ambiguity and Interchangeability in Role Attribution: The Effect of Alter's Response (1976) (20)
FIGURE AND GROUND IN THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS (1983) (19)
Confronting Identity: The Community College Instructor. (1972) (19)
The use and misuse of rational models in collective behavior and social psychology (1991) (17)
The Many Faces of American Sociology (1990) (17)
Some Contributions of Muzafer Sherif to Sociology (1990) (15)
The social context of ambition : a study of high-school seniors in Los Angeles (1965) (15)
Race Riots Past and Present: A Cultural‐Collective Behavior Approach (1994) (15)
Basic psychology. 3rd Ed. (1975) (14)
A simple technique for examining fresh, frozen, biological specimens in the scanning electron microscope (1974) (14)
Introduction to psychology 5th Ed. (1975) (13)
Psychology and life. 9th Ed. (1975) (13)
Foci of Discrimination in the Employment of Nonwhites (1952) (12)
Psychology: An introduction to Behavior Science. (1974) (11)
Media in crisis: Blowing hot and cold (1982) (11)
Psychology: An introduction. 2nd ed. (1976) (11)
Acceptance of Irregular Mobility in Britain and the United States (1966) (10)
Preoccupation with Competitiveness and Social Acceptance Among American and English College Students (1960) (9)
Life Situation and Subculture: A Comparison of Merited Prestige Judgments by Three Occupational Classes in Britain (1958) (9)
Facilitating student learning: An introduction to educational psychology. (1976) (8)
Occupational Patterns of Inequality (1954) (8)
A brief introduction to psychology 2nd ed. (1977) (8)
Self, collective behavior and society : essays honoring the contributions of Ralph H. Turner (1994) (8)
Psychology: Its principles and meanings. 2nd ed. (1976) (7)
Class and Conformity: A Study in Values. 2d ed., with a Reassessment, 1977.Melvin L. Kohn (1980) (7)
Collective behavior / by Ralph H. Turner and Lewis M. Killian (1957) (7)
Psychology, the hybrid science. 2nd Ed. (1975) (6)
Unresponsiveness as a Social Sanction (1973) (6)
Migration to a medium sized American city; attitudes, motives, and personal characteristics revealed by open-end interview methodology. (1949) (6)
Self and Other in Moral Judgment (1954) (6)
Reflections on the past and Future of Social Research on Earthquake Warnings (1993) (5)
Negro Job Status and Education (1953) (5)
Psychology and life Brief 9th ed. (1976) (5)
Blackout looting! : New York City, July 13, 1977 (1980) (5)
Moral Judgment: A Study in Roles (1952) (5)
The effect of noncondensable gas on laminar film condensation of liquid metals. (1973) (5)
Taxonomy as an Approach to Theory Development? (1989) (5)
Comment on Ralph Turner's "The Real Self: from Institution to Impulse" (1977) (4)
Psychology as a behavioral science. (1975) (4)
Upward Mobility and Class Values (1964) (4)
Integrative beliefs in group crises (1972) (4)
The Expected-Cases Method Applied to the Nonwhite Male Labor Force (1949) (4)
Psychology: An introduction. 3rd ed. (1976) (4)
Campus Peace: Harmony or Uneasy Truce?. (1972) (3)
Socioeconomic Background and Educational Performance. (1974) (3)
Group relations at the crossroads : the University of Oklahoma lectures in social psychology (1954) (3)
The Nonwhite Female in the Labor Force (1951) (3)
Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 6. (1981) (3)
The Problems of Social Dimensions in Personality (1961) (3)
Human behavior: An introduction to psychology. (1975) (3)
Psychology: Making sense. (1977) (2)
Basic psychology: Brief version. (1977) (2)
Psychology and education: A science for instruction. (1976) (2)
Getting acquainted with psychology. (1975) (2)
Feeling Unfree on a University Campus. (1975) (2)
Collective Behavior without Guile (1988) (2)
The Pattern of Upward Mobility in Australia (1975) (2)
SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND AND EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE. By Robert Mason Hauser. Washington: American Sociological Association, Rose Monograph Series, 1972. 166 pp. $2.75 (ASA members); $5.00 (non-members) (1974) (2)
Book Review:Mass Persuasion: The Social Psychology of a War Bond Drive. Robert K. Merton, Marjorie Fiske, Alberta Curtis (1947) (2)
Psychology: Personal and social adjustment. (1977) (2)
Psychology: An introduction to a behavioral science. 4th Ed. (1975) (2)
Psychology: Traditions and perspectives. (1977) (2)
The Forgotten Paradigm?@@@The Last Half-Century: Societal Change and Politics in America. (1980) (2)
A textbook of general psychology. (1975) (2)
The psychology primer. (1975) (2)
Looking at ourselves: An invitation to psychology. (1977) (2)
Foundations of psychology. (1976) (2)
Review of A Preface to Psychology. 2nd ed. (1973) (2)
Psychology: Explorations in behavior and experience. (1975) (1)
Readings in Social Psychology Today. (1971) (1)
36 Aids to successful proofreading (1979) (1)
A textbook of human psychology. (1977) (1)
Explorations in Human Behavior. (1972) (1)
Book Review:Homicides and Suicides in Finland and Their Dependence on National Character. Veli Verkko (1952) (1)
Steroid therapy of severe fat embolism. (1970) (1)
The psychology of human behavior. 4th ed. (1977) (1)
Book Review:The Study of Behavior: Q-Technique and Its Methodology. William Stephenson (1955) (1)
Selected Studies of Negro Employment in the South, Case Study No. 1: Negro Employment in Three Southern Plants of International Harvester Company.John Hope II (1955) (1)
Role Change: A Resocialization Perspective.By Melvyn L Fein. Praeger. 1990. 203 pp. $42.95 (1991) (1)
Review of Psychology: A scientific study of human behavior. 4th Ed. (1975) (1)
Ethnic Identity and Personal Identity. (1985) (1)
A Meld of Compatibles. (1965) (1)
Psychology Applied to Teaching; Study Guide to Accompany Psychology Applied to Teaching; and Instructor's Manual to Accompany Psychology Applied to Teaching. (1971) (1)
The Riddle of Man: An Introduction to Psychology. (1974) (1)
You and your behavior. (1975) (1)
Introduction to psychology: Problems, procedures, and principles. (1977) (1)
Panorama of Psychology. (1974) (1)
The Nonwhite Male in the Labor Force (1949) (1)
Retirement Practices in Selected Colleges and Universities (1956) (1)
On the Diversity of Morals. Morris Ginsberg (1959) (1)
Advanced General Psychology: A Review of Concepts, Principles, Theories, Issues, and Methodology. (1974) (0)
Annual Review of Sociology, Volume 4, 1978. (1978) (0)
Man in Adaptation: The Institutional Framework and Teachers Manual for Man in Adaptation. (1972) (0)
Psychology: The exploration of human behavior. (1976) (0)
Drafting instrument or the like (1952) (0)
Psychology: Understanding behavior. (1977) (0)
Fundamentals of psychology. (1975) (0)
American Indian and White Children: A Sociopsychological Investigation.Robert J. Havighurst , Bernice L. Neugarten (1956) (0)
Book Review:Violence in America: Historical and Comparative Perspectives. Hugh Davis Graham, Ted Robert Gurr (1970) (0)
Psychology. 2nd Ed. (1975) (0)
The Social Meaning of an Earthquake Threat@@@Waiting for Disaster: Earthquake Watch in California (1987) (0)
Review: Brink of Life (Nära Livet) by Ingmar Bergman, Svensk Filmindustri (1960) (0)
Review of Introductory psychology. (1975) (0)
Psychology: Its Principles and Meanings. (1974) (0)
Book Review:Insight and Personality Adjustment: A Study of the Psychological Effects of War. Therese Benedek (1947) (0)
The challenge of earthquake prediction (1978) (0)
Industrialization and Labor: Social Aspects of Economic Development.Wilbert E. Moore (1952) (0)
Mate Selection: A Study of Complementary Needs. By Robert F. Winch. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1958. 349 pp. $5.00 (1958) (0)
A Microsociological Alternative to Parsons and Weber@@@A Theory of Social Interaction. (1989) (0)
Its All In Your Mind: Understanding Psychology. (1974) (0)
Annual Review of Sociology. Volume 8, 1982. (1981) (0)
Book Review:Children Who Hate: The Disorganization and Breakdown of Behavior Controls. Fritz Redl, David Wineman (1953) (0)
Understanding Human Behavior. (1975) (0)
An introduction to psychology. (1975) (0)
The Los Angeles Riots: A Socio-Psychological Study.Nathan CohenInstitutional Racism in America.Louis L. Knowles , Kenneth PrewittRacial Violence in the United States.Allen D. Grimshaw (1971) (0)
Marriages and Families of University Graduates.W. A. AndersonMarriages and Families of University Graduates (Statistical Supplement).W. A. Anderson (1952) (0)
Psychology: Man in Perspective. (1974) (0)
Historical Introduction to Modern Psychology.Gardner Murphy (1950) (0)
A Response to Mullins and Wilson@@@Annual Review of Sociology, vol 1.@@@Annual Review of Sociology, vol 2.@@@Annual Review of Sociology, vol 3. (1979) (0)
Book Review:Madness in Society: Chapters in the Historical Sociology of Mental Illness. George Rosen (1969) (0)
Psychology I: An experimental approach. (1977) (0)
New Uses for the Oscilloscope as an Instrument of Research and Demonstration (1959) (0)
Latin Americans in Texas.Pauline R. Kibbe (1947) (0)
Pollbooks: How Victorians Voted.J. R. Vincent (1968) (0)
Your self: An introduction to psychology. (1976) (0)
Introduction to the science of psychology. (1977) (0)
Self-Instructional Program in Psychology and Effective Behavior. (1974) (0)
Book Review:Radio Listening in America: The People Look at Radio-Again. Paul F. Lazarsfeld, Patricia L. Kendall (1950) (0)
The dynamics of a central illusion. (1979) (0)
Parapsychology: A Topic Illustrating Basic Concepts in Psychology (1970) (0)
Living psychology: Research in action. 2nd ed. (1977) (0)
Reason and Experience in Ethics. Morris Ginsberg (1959) (0)
Review: The Cousins (Les Cousins) by Claude Chabrol (1960) (0)
Behind the Mask: Our Psychological World. (1974) (0)
Book Review:Ernest W. Burgess on Community, Family, and Delinquency: Selected Writings. Leonard S. Cottrell, Jr., Albert Hunter, James F. Short, Jr. (1976) (0)
Toward Uniting Social Psychology@@@Social Psychology: Sociological Perspectives. (1983) (0)
Psychology and human experience and Workbook to accompany Psychology and human experience. (1975) (0)
Essay Review: The Social Context of Ambition (2016) (0)
Psychology encyclopedia, 73/74. (1974) (0)
Book Review:Religion and Race: Barriers to College? A. C. Ivy, Irwin Ross (1950) (0)
Psychology: A new perspective. (1975) (0)
The study of psychology. (1975) (0)
Psychology: The basic principles. (1977) (0)
The Stepchild.William Carlson Smith (1953) (0)
Book Review: Promoting Risk: Constructing the Earthquake Threat (1996) (0)
Psychology: Its Principles and Applications Sixth Edition. (1974) (0)
Sponsored and Contest Mobility in America and England: A Rejoinder to Ralph H. Turner (2019) (0)
Book Review:Social Psychology: An Analysis of Human Behavior. Leonard W. Doob (1953) (0)
Giving Psychology Away. (1974) (0)
Review of Psychological Sciences: A Review of Modern Psychology. (1974) (0)
Book Review:Race and Nationality: As Factors in American Life. Henry Pratt Fairchild (1948) (0)
Talent and Performance@@@The Social Context of Ambition (1965) (0)
Psychology: A story of a search. 2nd Ed. (1975) (0)
Book Review:Race, Community, and Conflict: A Study of Sparkbrook. John Rex, Robert Moore, Alan Shuttleworth, Jennifer Williams (1968) (0)
Two Decades of Sociology, Volume 4@@@Annual Review of Sociology, Volume 4. (1980) (0)
Review: Four Screenplays of Ingmar Bergman by Lars Malmstrom, David Kushner (1961) (0)
Book Review:Dynamics of Prejudice: A Psychological and Sociological Study of Veterans. Bruno Bettelheim, Morris Janowitz (1952) (0)
Report and discussion on Trends in operational research (1965) (0)
Investigating behavior: Principles of psychology. (1977) (0)
Review of Principles of general psychology. (1975) (0)
Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 5. (1981) (0)
A Primer in Theory Construction. (1972) (0)
Social Psychology is Alive and Well and Living in Sociology@@@Social Psychology: Sociological Perspectives. (1983) (0)
Principles of Sociology: A Text with Readings.Ronald Freedman , Amos H. Hawley , Werner S. Landecker , Horace M. Miner , Guy E. Swanson (1953) (0)
Review: Macario by Roberto Gavaldon (1960) (0)
Book Review:Unity and Difference in American Life: A Series of Addresses and Discussions. R. M. MacIver (1948) (0)
Reply (1961) (0)
The Semiotic Self, by Norbert Wiley (1996) (0)
The Hidden Society. By Vilhelm Aubert. Totowa, New Jersey: The Bedminster Press, 1965. 351 pp. $7.50 (1966) (0)
Book Review:Elements of Sociology. Don Martindale, Elio D. Monachesi (1952) (0)
Psychology: A life-centered approach. (1975) (0)
The Reconstruction of Failure. (1972) (0)
Two Roads to Introductory Psychology. (1971) (0)
Being Human: The Psychology of Experience. (1974) (0)
Introduction to contemporary psychology. (1975) (0)
A Brief Introduction to Psychology. (1974) (0)
Primary and Secondary Group Moral Responsibility Roles (1962) (0)
: Four Screenplays of Ingmar Bergman . Lars Malmstrom, David Kushner. (1961) (0)
Review of Psychology: Core Concepts and Special Topics; Study Guide for Beach: Psychology: Core Concepts and Special Topics. (1974) (0)
Psychology: An introduction to human behavior. (1975) (0)
A Nonpartisan Social Psychology@@@Social Psychology: Sociological Perspectives. (1983) (0)
An introduction to the social sciences (0)
Review of Elements of psychology 3rd Ed. (1975) (0)
Book Review:The Development of Human Behavior. Richard Dewey, W. J. Humber (1952) (0)

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