Research Interests: Social Psychology, Organizational psychology, Human resource management. Social cognition. Decision-making. Organization of health care. History and philosophy of psychology.
Research Facilities: Laboratory rooms for experiments, audio and video recording equipment, computing facilities.
Bursztajn, H., Chanowitz, B., Kaplan, E., Gutheil, T.G., Hamm, R., & Alexander, V. (1991). Medical and judicial perceptions of risk associated with use of antipsychotic medicine. Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, 19, 271-275.
Gurian, B., & Chanowitz, B. (1987). Barriers to the implementation of a public/private model geropsychiatric nursing home. The Gerontologist, 27, 761-765.
Chanowitz, B., & Langer, E. (1981). Premature cognitive commitment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 41, 1051-1063.
Langer, E., Blank, A., & Chanowitz, B. (1978). The mindlessness of ostensibly thoughtful action: The role of "placebic" information in interpersonal interaction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 36, 635-642.