See also: statistician Edward Jones

Edward E. Jones (1927-1993) was an influential social psychologist who worked at Duke University for most of his career, then moving to Princeton University in 1977. He earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Harvard University.

Much of Jones' work centered around the attribution process, co-developing his theory of correspondent inferences with Keith Davis . He was also an opponent of behaviorism.

Notable contributions

• actor-observer bias
• fundamental attribution error
• outgroup homogeneity bias
• self-handicapping
• self-presentation theory