Kelley received the B.A. and M.A. in psychology from the University of California at Berkeley, and. after serving in the Aviation Psychology Program, completed the Ph.D. (1948) in group psychology at the Research Center for Group Dynamics, MIT. He then taught and conducted research at the University of Michigan (1948-1950). Yale University 11950-1955). the University of Minnesota (1955-1961). and finally, at the University of California at Los Angeles, from which he retired in 1991.Kelley's major contributions, all in social psychology, have been to the theory of small groups (via a long collaboration with John
Thibaut. beginning with The social psychology of groups, 1959), to attribution theory dealing with the perception of causes of behavior, and to the
study of close relationships. He has served as president of the Division of Personality and Social Psychology of APA (1965), of the Western Psychological Association (1969), and of the International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships (1990). His awards include the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association (1971), the Distinguished Senior Scientist Award from the Society for Experimental Social Psychology (1981), and the Kurt Lewin Memorial Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (1990). He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and
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