Gian V. Caprara#
| Membership Number: | 1993 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | THE HUMAN MIND AND ITS COMPLEXITY |
| Elected: | 2000 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Homepage(s): | http://dippsi.psi.uniroma1.it/users/caprara-gian-vittorio |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1969-1970 Instructor of Psychometry, School for advisors in vocational guidance, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milano
- 1970-1973 Director of the School for teachers of mentally handicapped, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Torino
- 1970-1973 Instructor of Psychology and Social Psychology, School for teachers of mentally handicapped Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano
- 1972-1973 Assistant of Political Science, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano
- 1973-1974 Instructor of Theory and techniques in vocational guidance, Specialization School in Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano
- 1973-1974 Associate Professor of Theory and techniques of testing, Course of Laurea degree in Psychology, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"
- 1974-1980 Associate Professor of Personality Theories, Course of Laurea Degree in Psychology, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"
- 1978-1980 Professor of Social Psychology, Specialization School in Sociology and Social Research Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"
- 1980-1984 Full professor of Personality Theories, Course of Laurea degree in Psychology, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"
- 1980-1983 Director of the Institute of Psychology, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"
- 1983-1984 Director of the Department of Psychology, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"
- 1986-1990 Coordinator of Ph.D. program in cognitive Psychology, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza"
- 1986-1990 Visiting Professor of Personality Psychology and Social Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles
- 1990 Visiting professor of Personality Psychology at the University of Stanford
- 1991-2007 Director of the Inter-University Center for the Research on the Origin of Prosocial and Antisocial Motivations
- 2007-2010 Dean of Psychology 2
- 2010 Presidente of Ateneo Federato delle Scienze Umanistiche Giuridiche ed Economiche ( President of Federate Faculties of Arts, Law and Economics)
- 2011 Director of the Inter-University Center for the Research on the Origin of Prosocial and Antisocial Motivations.
Fields of Scholarship
- Organizational psychology
- Personality Individual differences and aggressive behavior
- Self-efficacy beliefs and adjustments across ages
- Personal determinats of political preferences and choices
- Personal determinants and outcomes of prosocial behavior
- The contribution of positive orienation toward life to health and adjustment
Honours and Awards
- 1970 Canada Council Fellowship at the Universitè de Montreal
- 1975 Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles and at the New York University *1986 Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles
- 1990 MASUA Distinguished Foreign Scholar
- 1991 Honorary member of the Italian Society of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy
- 1996-1997 NIAS Golestan Fellow
- 2000 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 2001-2002 SCASS Fellow in residence
