Karl Scheibe
Professor Scheibe is a social psychologist whose current teaching and writing is about the psychology of self and identity and the relationships between psychology and theater. His current research interests also include problems of substance abuse and other excessive appetites. Scheibe is also a licensed clinical psychologist and carries on a modest private practice. He is on the Board of Directors of the Interamerican Society of Psychology.
Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Attitudes and Beliefs
- Health Psychology
- Self and Identity
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3:12 Why Social Science Matters
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15:59 The Arbitrary Becomes Essential: Notes on the Fateful Accidents of Personal Formation
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4:45 How Social Science Has Changed
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5:40 Challenges to Social Science
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3:44 Research and Its Applications
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Books:
- Allen, V. L., & Scheibe, K. E. (Eds.). (1982). The social context of conduct: Psychological writings of Theodore Sarbin. Westport, CT: Praeger.
- Scheibe, K. E. (2000). The drama of everyday life. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
- Scheibe, K. E. (1995). Self studies: The psychology of self and identity. Westport, CT: Praeger.
- Scheibe, K. E. (1979). Mirrors, masks, lies, and secrets: The limits of human predictability. New York: Praeger.
Journal Articles:
- Goebel, A. E., Scheibe, K. E., Grahling, S. C., & Striegel-Moore, R. H. (1995). Disordered eating in female alcohol-dependent inpatients: Prevalence and associated psychopathology. Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment & Prevention, 3(1), 37-46.
- Horner, B. R., & Scheibe, K. E. (1997). Prevalence and implications of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder among adolescents in treatment for substance abuse. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 36(1), 30-36.
- Horner, B., Scheibe, K., & Stine, S. (1996). Cocaine abuse and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: Implications of adult symptomatology. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 10(1), 55-60.
- Kroger, R. O., & Scheibe, K. E.(1990). A reappraisal of Wundt's influence on social psychology. Canadian Psychology, 31(3), 220-228.
- Scheibe, K. E. (2006). Theodore R. Sarbin (1911-2005). American Psychologist, 61(3), 249-250.
- Scheibe, K. E. (1995). On a certain emotional blindness in human beings. Journal of Narrative & Life History, 5(3), 239-245.
- Scheibe, K. E., & Comfort, W. W. (2005). Forming all pairs in a minimal number of steps. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 49(2), 155-159.
Courses Taught:
- Foundations of Contemporary Psychology
- Research Methods in Social Psychology
- Seminar in Psychology and Sociology
- The Dramaturgical Approach in Psychology
Karl Scheibe
Department of Psychology
Wesleyan University
207 High Street
Middletown, Connecticut 06459
United States of America
- Phone: (860) 685-2273
- Fax: (860) 685-2761