Daniel M. Oppenheimer

Daniel M. Oppenheimer is a professor of psychology at Carnegie Mellon University in the Department of Social and Decision Sciences. Previously, he was a professor at the UCLA Anderson School of Management.^[1] From 2004 to 2012, he worked at Princeton University's Department of Psychology.

Primarily interested in cognitive psychology, he researches causal discounting, charitable giving, perceptual fluency, and people's perceptions of randomness.^[2] He won the 2006 Ig Nobel Prize in Literature for his paper "Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly", which argues that simple writing makes authors appear more intelligent than complex writing.^[3][4] In 2012, he co-authored a book with political scientist Mike Edwards on political psychology and democracy, Democracy Despite Itself: Why A System That Shouldn't Work at All Works So Well.^[5]

Oppenheimer earned his BA at Rice University and his MA and PhD from Stanford University.^[1]

Books

• Oppenheimer, Danny; Edwards, Mike (2012), Democracy Despite Itself: Why a System That Shouldn't Work at All Works So Well, MIT Press, p. 256, ISBN 978-0-262-01723-7
• Oppenheimer, Danny; Klein, Grady (2018), Psychologix : toute la psychologie expliquée en BD, Les Arènes BD, p. 224, ISBN 978-2-35204-725-4

Notes

1. "Oppenheimer". UCLA Anderson School of Management. 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
2. Princeton University (2004). Princeton University Department of Psychology: Danny Oppenheimer Archived 2007-07-09 at the Wayback Machine Princeton.edu. Retrieved on 2007-07-27.
3. Improbable Research Editors (2006). Winners of the Ig Noble Prize Archived 2011-02-25 at the Wayback Machine. Improb.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-27.
4. Oppenheimer, D.M. (2006). Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity: Problems with using long words needlessly. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 20 (2): 139–156.
5. "Democracy Despite Itself". The MIT Press. Retrieved 2021-09-06.