Gerald C.

Davison (born 1939) is Professor of Psychology and Gerontology and former dean of
the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at the University of Southern California.[1] He has
authored more than 150 publications dealing with topics such as experimental analysis of
psychopathology, therapeutic change and the links between cognition and a variety of behavioral
and emotional problems.[citation needed] Davison has co-authored the textbooks Abnormal
Psychology,[2] Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology[3] and Clinical Behavior Therapy.[4] Among
his many honors is the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003 from the Association for Behavioral
and Cognitive Therapies.

References
1.
University of Southern California (2007). Campus directory.
Kring, A. M., Johnson, S. L., Davison, G. C., Neale, J. M., (2012). Abnormal psychology
(12th edition). Wiley.
Oltmanns, T. F., Martin, M. T., Neale, J. M., & Davison, G. C. (2012). Case studies in
abnormal psychology (9th edition). Wiley.
1.

Goldfried, M. R., & Davison, G. C. (1994). Clinical behavior therapy.

Expanded edition. Wiley.

See also

Applied Behavior Analysis

GERALD C. DAVISON (B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard, 1961; Fulbright
Scholar, University of Freiburg, West Germany, 19611962; Ph.D., Stanford, 1965) is Professor
of Psychology and Gerontology at the University of Southern California. Previously he was
Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at USC (19841990 and