How does a boy from a financially and intellectually impoverished background grow up to become a Harvard researcher, win international acclaim for his groundbreaking work, and catch fire as a pioneering psychologist? As the only person in the history of the American Psychological Association to have won all three of its highest honorsfor distinguished research, teaching, and writing Elliot Aronson is living proof that humans are capable of capturing the power of the situation and conquering the prison of personality. A personal and compelling look into Aronson’s profound contributions to the field of social psychology, Not by Chance Alone is a lifelong story of human potential and the power of social change.

埃利奧特·阿倫森Elliot Aronson

●當代最傑齣的社會心理學傢，美國藝術與科學學院院士。

●美國心理協會120年曆史上唯一一位獲得所有三項大奬的心理學傢：傑齣研究奬、傑齣教學奬和傑齣著作奬。

●師從馬斯洛、麥剋萊蘭和費斯廷格三位大師級導師，在認知失調、個人吸引力等多個領域取得影響整個心理學界的重大研究成果。

●他所著的《社會性動物》被譽為“美國社會心理學的《聖經》”，已更新至第11版，被翻譯成14種語言。

●晚年雙目失明，依然堅持心理學寫作和教學工作，將畢生奉獻給社會心理學事業。