Jean-Claude Abric (26 September 1941 – 13 September 2012) was a French psychologist, professor in

social psychology Social psychology is the methodical study of how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. Although studying many of the same substantive topics as its counterpart in the field ...

and the former head of the Social Psychology Laboratory at the University of Aix-Marseille. He had a major contribution to the theory of

social representation Social representations are a system of values, ideas, metaphors, beliefs, and practices that serve to establish social order, orient participants and enable communication among the members of groups and communities. Social representation theory is ...

identifying the structural elements of a social representation and distinguishing the core elements from the peripheral ones. His first study on social representations was based on craftsmen and the craft industry (Abric, 1984). In his book published in 1994, he gives a broader vision of his Central Nucleus Theory (Abric, 1994). He also published handbooks on the psychology of communication (Abric, 2008).

Key publications

* Abric, J.-C. (1984). "L'artisan et l'artisanat : analyse du contenu et de la structure d'une représentation sociale." ''Bulletin de psychologie'' 27: p. 861–876. * Abric, J.-C. (1994). ''Pratiques sociales et représentations'', Paris: PUF. * Abric, J.-C. (2008). ''Psychologie de la communication : théories et méthodes'', Paris: Armand Colin.

References

2012 deaths 1941 births French psychologists Scientists from Toulon Academic staff of Aix-Marseille University {{psychologist-stub