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CURRICULUM VITAE
ARNOLD H. BUSS

Department of Psychology 4.212 Seay Building

108. E. Dean Keaton
Born: August 7, 1924 The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas 78712-1189
B.A., New York University, 1947 e-mail: buss@psy.utexas.edu
Ph.D., Indiana University, 1952 Tel: 512-475-8492

Instructor, University of Iowa, 1951-1952

Chief Psychologist, Carter Hospital (Indianapolis), 1952-1957
Associate to Full Professor, University of Pittsburgh, 1957-1965
Professor, Rutgers University, 1965-1969
Professor, University of Texas, 1969-

Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, 1956

Award: Freshman Teacher of the Year, University of Texas, Austin, 1978-79
Head of Personality Graduate Program, University of Texas, 1969-1986
Director of Clinical Training, University of Texas, 1990-1992

Editiorial board of Aggression and Violent Behavior

Editiorial board of Journal of Research in Personality
Occasional reviewer for several journals and granting agencies

In the year 2000 the psychology department decided each year to honor the.most
outstanding former graduate student. I was the mentor of the students selected in the
first two years, and six of the 10 nominees were my students.

PUBLICATIONS: Books

(1961) The Psychology of Aggression. New York: Wiley.

(1966) Psychopathology. New York: Wiley.
(1969) Theories of Schizophrenia. New York: Atherton (edited)
(1973) Psychology--Man in Perspective. New York: Wiley.
(1975) A Temperament Theory of Personalitv Development. New York:
Wiley-Interscience (with Robert Plomin).
(1978) Psychology--Behavior in Perspective. New York: Wiley.
(1980) Self-Consciousness and Social Anxiety. San Francisco: Freeman.
(1984) Temperament: Early Developing Personality Traits. Hillsdale, N.J.: Eribaum
(with Robert Plomin).
(1986) Social Behavior and Personality. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
(1988) Personality: Evolutionary Heritage and Human Distinctiveness. Hillsdale, N J:
Erlbaum.
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(1995) Personality: Temperament, Social Behavior, and the Self. Needham Heights,
MA: Allyn & Bacon.
(2000) The Aggression Questionnaire. Los Angeles, CA: Western Psychological
Services.
(with W. Louise Warren)
(2001) Psychological Dimensions of the Self. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS (co-authors not mentioned)

1. (1950) A study of concept formation as a function of reinforcement and stimulation

stimulus generalization. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 40, 494-503.
2. (1952) Some determinants of rigidity in discrimination learning. Journal of
Experimental Psvchology, 44, 222-227.
3. (1953) Rigidity as a function of reversal and non-reversal shifts in the leaming of
successive discriminations. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 45, 75-81.
4. (1953) Rigidity as a function of absolute and relational shifts in the learning of
successive discriminations. Journal of Experimental Psvchology, 45, 153-
156.
5. (1954) Stimulus generalization as a function of verbal reinforcement combinations.
Journal of Experimental Psychology, 48, 433-436.
6. (1955) Stimulus generalization as a function of clinical anxiety and direction of
generalization. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 50, 271-273.
7. (1955) The measurement of anxiety in clinical situations. Journal of Consulting
Psychology, 19, 125-18.
8. (1955) A follow-up item analysis of the Taylor Anxiety Scale. Journal of Clinical
Psychology, 11, 409-410.
9. (1956) The measurement of hostility in clinical situations. Journal of Abnormal and
Social Psychology, 52, 84-86.
10. (1956) Reversal and non-reversal shifts in concept formation with partial
reinforcement eliminated. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 52, 162-166.
11. (1956) Acquisition with partial reinforcement elnriinated. Journal of Experimental
Psychology, 52, 288-295.
12. (1956) The effect of verbal reinforcement combinations conceptual learning. Journal
of Experimental Psychology, 52, 283-287.
13. (1957) An inventory for assessing different kinds of hostility. Journal of Consulting
Psychology, 21, 343-349.
14. (1957) The scaling of adjectives descriptive of personality. Journal of Consulting
Psychology, 21, 366-371.
15. (1957) The association of animals with familial figures. Journal of Projective
Techniques, 21 366-371.
16. (1958) Verbal conditioning and extinction with verbal and non-verbal reinforcers.
Journal of Experimental Psvchology. 56, 139-145.
17. (1958) Verbal conditioning and anxiety. Journal of Abnormal and Social
Psvchology, 57, 249-250.
18. (1958) Conditioning of hostile verbalizations in a situation resembling a clinical
interview. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 22 415-418.
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19. (1959) Supplementary Report: Acquisition, extinction, and counter-conditioning with
different verbal reinforcement combinations. Journal of Experimental
Psychology, 58, 94-95.
20. (1959) The effect of item style on social desirability and frequency of endorsement.
Journal of Consulting Psvchologv, 23, 510-513.
21. (1959) Supplementary Report: Maintenance of previously-learned concept as a
function of partial reinforcement. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 58,
414-415.
22. (1960) Conditioning of hostile verbs in relation to experimenter and subject
characteristics. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 24, 324-327.23. (1960)
Perceptual defense and precognition responsivity in relation to hostility,
anxiety and impulsivity. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 16, 45-50.
24. (1961) Stimulus generalization and aggressive stimuli. Journal of Experimental
Psychology, 61, 469-473.
25. (1962) Stimulus generalization with aggressive verbal stimuli: A new paradigm,
Journal of Psychology. 53, 417-424.
26. (1962) Aggression and hostility in psychiatric patients. Journal of Consulting
Psychology, 26, 84-89.
27. (1962) Generalization of non-verbal response to aggressive verbal stimuli. Journal of
Experimental Psychology, 63, 413-414.
28. (1962) Dissonance, aggression, and evaluation of pain. Journal of Abnormal and
Social Psychology, 65, 197-202.
29. (1962) Two anxiety factors in psychiatric patients. Journal of Abnormal and Social
Psychology, 65, 426-427.
30. (1963) Regression and guilt in relation to aggression. Journal of Abnormal and
Social Psvchology, 66, 435-450.
31. (1963) Physical aggression in relation to different frustrations. Journal of Abnormal
and Social Psychology, 67, 1-7.
32. (1963) Mediated stimulus generalization and words connoting mood. Journal of
Abnormal and Social Psvchology, 67, 586-593.
33. (1964) Effects of justification for aggression and communication with the victim on
post aggression dissonance. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 68,
403-412.
34. (1964) Response intensity and stimulus generalization with neutral verbal stimuli.
Psychological Reports, 15, 651-661.
35. (1965) Psychological deficit in schizophrenia. I: Affect, reinforcement and concept
attainment. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 70, 2-24.
36. (1965) Psychological deficit in schizophrenia. II: Interference and activation. Journal
of Abnormal Psychology, 70, 77-106.
37. (1965) Activity level and words connecting mood. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 21
684-686.
38. (1966) Instrumentality of aggression, feedback, and frustration as determinants of
physical aggression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 3 153-
162.
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39. (1966) The effect of harm on subsequent aggression. Journal of Experimental

Research in Personality, 1 249-255.
40. (1966) Stimulus generalization with words connoting anxiety. Journal of Personality
and Social Psychology. 4 707-710.
41. (1967) Stimulus generalization and schizophrenia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology,
72, 50-53.
42. (1967) Pain tolerance and group identification. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 6 105-109.
43. (1967) Stimulus generalization and the Matching Principle. Psychological Review,
74, 40-50.
44. (1968) Stimulus generalization and fear of snakes. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 10,134-141.
45. (1969) Ethanol and human physical aggression. Ouarterly Journal of Studies on
Alcohol, 30, 870-876.
46. (1971) Aggression pays. In J.L. Singer (Ed.), The Control of Aggression and
Violence. New York: Academic Press. pp. 7-18.
47. (1972) Firing a weapon and aggression. Journal of Personality and Social
.Psychology, 22, 296-302
48. (1973) Delay of frustration and aggression. Psychological Reports, 32, 1074.
49. (1973) Reflection-impulsivity and intelligence. Psychological Reports, 33, 726.50.
50. (1973) The inheritance of temperament. Journal of Personality, 41, 514-523.
51. (1974) Self-awareness and physical aggression. Journal of Experimental Social .
52. (1974) Association and affect as determinants of displaced aggression. Journal of
Research in Personality, 7 306-313.
53. (1975) Public and private self-consciousness: Assessment and Theory. Journal of
Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 43 522-527.
54. (1978) Self-consciousness, self-report of aggressiveness, and aggression. Journal of
Research in Personalitv, 12, 133-140.
55. (1979) The development of embarrassment. Journal of Psychology, 103, 227-230.
56. (1980) An analysis of the Self-Monitoring Scale. Journal of Personalitv and Social
Psychology, 38 679-686.
57. (1981) Shyness and sociability. Journal of Personalitv and Social Psychologv, 41,
330-339.
58. (1981) Consciousness of body: Private and public. Journal of Personalitv and Social
Psychology, 41 397-406.
59. (1983) Social rewards and personality. Journal of Personalitv and Social Psvchology,
44, 553-563.
60. (1983) Audience anxiety. Communication, 12, 27-35.
61. (1984) A conception of shyness. In J. Daly & J. McCroskey (Eds.), Avoiding
Communication. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage, pp.39-49.
62. (1984) The transitory causes of audience anxiety. In J. Daly & J. McCroskey (eds.),
Avoiding Communication, Beverly Hills, CA: Sage, pp.67-78.63. (1984)
63. (1984) Misattribution and speech anxiety. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 47, 396-402.
64. (1984) Drama and the self in social interaction. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 47, 1310-1324.
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65. (1985) Two kinds of shyness. In R. Schwarzer (Ed.), Self-Related Cognitions in
Anxietv and Motivation. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
66. (1985) Self-consciousness and appearance. In J.A. Graham & A.M. Kligman (Eds.),
The Psychology of Cosmetic Treatments. New York: Praeger, pp.125-130.
67. (1986) A theory of shyness. In W.H. Jones, J.M. Cheek, & S.R. Briggs (Eds.), A
Sourcebook On Shyness. New York: Plenum.
68. (1986) The EAS approach to temperament. In R. Plomin & J. Dunn (Eds.), The
Study of Temperament: Changes. Continuities and Challenges. Hillsdale, NJ:
Eribaum, pp. 67-80.
69. (1987) Classification of personality traits. Journal of Personalitv and Social
Psvchologv, 52, pp.432-444.
70. (1987) Roundtable: What is temperament: Four approaches. Child Development, 58,
pp.505-529.
71. (1987) Personality: Primate heritage and human distinctiveness. In J. Aronoff, A. I.
Rabin, & R. A. Zucker (Eds.), The Emergence of Personality. New York:
Springer Verlag, pp.13-48.
72. (1989) Temperaments as personality traits. In G. A. Kohnstamm, 3. E. Bates, & M.
K. Rothbart (Eds.). Handbook of Temperament in Childhood. New York:
Wiley, pp. 49-58.
73. (1989) Personality as traits. American Psychologist, 44, 1378-1388.
74. (1990) Activity as a tempermental trait: Relationship to physique and energy
expenditure in young adults. In G. Beunen, J. Ghesquire, T. Reybrouck & A.
L. Classens (Eds.), Children and Exercise. Stuttgart, Germany: Ferdinand
EnkeVerlag. pp. 170-176.
75. (1991) The EAS theory of temperament. In J. Strelau & A. Angleitner (Eds.).
Explorations in Temperament New York: Plenum. pp. 43-60.
76. (1992) The Aggression Questionnaire. Journal of Personality and Social Psychologv,
63, 452-459.
77. (1997) Evolutionary trends in personality traits. In R. Hogan, J.Johnson &
S. Briggs (eds). Handbook of Personality Psvchology. New York: Academic
Press. pp. 345-366.
78. (1997) A dual conception of shyness. in J.A.Daly, J.C. McCroskey, J. Ayres,
T. Hopf, & D.M. Ayres (eds.). Avoiding Communication: Shyness,
Reticence, and Communication Apprehension. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton.
pp. 109-127.
79. (2002) Pathways. Journal of Personality Assessment. 79, 383-398.
80. (2004) Anger, frustration, and aversiveness. Emotion, 4, 131-132.
81. (In press) Anxious and self-conscious shyness. In J.Ayres (Ed.) Avoiding
Communication, III.
82. (in press) Pathways. In (Ed.) Pioneers of Personality Science: Autobiographical
Perspectives. Springer
[Total citations in journals (1975-2000): 6202]