PSYCHOLOGY 5e by Wortman, Loftus & Weaver
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Camille B. Wortman is professor of psychology and Director of the Social/Health Psychology Training Program at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. A social psychologist, her major research interests include reactions to undesirable events, causal attribution, and reactions to stress and victimization. Wortman graduated summa cum laude from Duke University in 1969 and received her Ph.D. from Duke in 1972.. Wortman has published numerous articles in every major journal in her field. In recognition of her research, Wortman received the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology.

Elizabeth F. Loftus is professor of psychology at the University of Washington, Seattle. A specialist in learning and memory, she has been nationally recognized for her research on eyewitness testimony. Her first book on the subject, Eyewitness Testimony, was published by Harvard University Press in 1979 and won an APA National Media Award, Distinguished Contribution, in 1980. Loftus received her B.A. with highest honors in mathematics and psychology from UCLA in 1966, and an M.A. (1967) and Ph.D. (1970) in psychology from Stanford University. Loftus is on the board of directors of the APS and serves on the governing board of the Psychonomics Society. In 1991 she was elected an Honorary Fellow (conferring lifetime membership) of the British Psychological Society.

Charles A. Weaver, III, is Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, and Director of the Ph. D. Program in Neuroscience at Baylor University, Waco, TX. Weaver received a B. S. in Psychology, magna cum laude, from Baylor University in 1984, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He received his MA (1986) and Ph. D. (1988) from the University of Colorado. His research interests include flashbulb memory, eyewitness memory, metacognition, language comprehension and reading. He has published numerous scientific articles and book chapters, and served as lead editor of Discourse Comprehension: Essays in Honor of Walter Kintsch (Erlbaum, 1995). He has been selected the Outstanding Psychology Professor at Baylor University three different years.