He graduated with a BA (Hons) and an MA in Psychology from the University of Cape Town and a PhD from Rhodes University. He is Professor of Psychology at the University of Leicester and a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Colman is the author of A Dictionary of Psychology (4th edn).

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