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6 unusual facts about Lee Ross


Attitude polarization

In 1979, Charles Lord, Lee Ross and Mark Lepper carried out important research on attitude polarization.

False-consensus effect

The false-consensus effect, as defined by Ross, Greene, and House in 1977, came to be the culmination of the many related theories that preceded it.

Hostile media effect

The phenomenon was first proposed and studied experimentally by Robert Vallone, Lee Ross and Mark Lepper.

Jami-Lee Ross

Upon his swearing into Parliament Ross became the youngest Member of Parliament, taking the title of Baby of the House from Gareth Hughes, a Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand List MP.

He attended Dilworth School, a boarding school for pupils from difficult backgrounds, then Pakuranga College, but left without formal qualifications.

Lifespring

Studies commissioned by Lifespring in the 1980s by researchers at Berkeley, Stanford, and UCSF, including Lee Ross, Morton Lieberman, and Irvin Yalom, found that an overwhelming majority of participants in this training called it either "extremely valuable" or "valuable" (around 90%).



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