Barry Schwartz

Professor of Social Theory and Social Action at Haas School of Business

Schools

  • Haas School of Business

Expertise

Links

Haas School of Business

Education

  • Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 1971
  • M.A. in Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 1969
  • B.S., New York University, 1968

Positions Held

  • 2016 – present, Lecturer, Haas School of Business
  • Spring 2014, Visiting Professor, Stern School of Business, New York University
  • 1994 – present, Dorwin P. Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and Social Action, Swarthmore College

    • Chair, Department of Psychology, 2012-13
    • Associate Provost, 1996-1999
    • Chair, Department of Psychology, 1995-1996
  • 1983 – 1994, Professor of Psychology, Swarthmore College

  • 1984 – 1985, Professor of Psychology (Resigned Post), University of Pennsylvania

  • 1978 – 1983, Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania

  • 1976 – 1983, Associate Professor of Psychology, Swarthmore College

    • Department Chair 1979-1986
  • 1971 – 1976, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Swarthmore College

Current Research and Interests

  • Work satisfaction
  • Choice
  • Practical wisdom
  • Relation between economics and psychology
  • Decision making

Selected Papers and Publications

  • What does it mean to be a rational decision maker?  Journal of Marketing Behavior, 1, 113-146.
  • Multiple types of motives don’t multiply the motivation of West Point cadets.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111, 10990-10995 [On line June 30]. (With Amy Wrzesniewski, Xiangyu Cong, Michael Kane, Audrey Omar, and Thomas Kolditz).
  • Too much of a good thing: The challenge and opportunity of the inverted-U.  Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6, 61-76. (with A. M. Grant).
  • Maximizing versus satisficing: Happiness is a matter of choice.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 1178-1197. (With A. Ward, J. Monterosso, S. Lyubomirsky, K. White, & D.R. Lehman).

Books

  • The Battle for Human Nature (1986)
  • The Costs of Living (1994)
  • The Paradox of Choice (2004)
  • Practical Wisdom 2010)
  • Why We Work (2015)

Teaching

  • Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making
  • Practical Wisdom
  • Psychology of Happiness
  • Work, Wisdom, and Happiness

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