Dr. Joyce Brothers was a famous psychologist and multimedia personality known for dispensing frank advice on relationships, intimacy, sexuality and self-worth.
1927-2013
Psychologist and educator Kenneth Bancroft Clark was the first black president of the American Psychological Association.
1914-2005
1913-2007
Personality development, in Erik H. Erikson's view, occurs through a series of identity crises that occur in stages that must be overcome and internalized.
1902-1994
Psychiatrist Anna Freud, daughter of Sigmund Freud, pioneered the field of child psychoanalysis and further defined the function of the ego in psychology.
1895-1982
American psychologist G. Stanley Hall was a trailblazer in his field. He established the concept of child psychology and founded Clark University.
1844-1924
1885-1952
Psychologist Clark L. Hull performed a study and produced the dominant learning theory of the 1940s and 1950s, that learning was based on “habit strength."
1884-1952
The writings of psychologist and philosopher William James had a major impact on the way we look at the mind, the body, and the world.
1842-1910
1875-1961
Jerome Kagan is a professor of psychology at Harvard University and is regarded as key pioneer in the field of developmental psychology.
1929-
Julia Kristeva is a psychoanalyst, critic and novelist, known for her writings in structuralist linguistics, psychoanalysis and philosophical feminism.
1941-
1887-1967
Timothy Leary was an American psychologist and author who was a leading advocate for the use of LSD and other psychoactive drugs.
1920-1996
U.S. Psychologist Abraham Maslow was a practitioner of humanistic psychology. He is known for his theory of “self-actualization.”
1908-1970
Psychologist Jean Piaget identified stages of mental development, called Schema, and established the fields of cognitive theory and developmental psychology.
1896-1980
Educational psychologist E.L. Thorndike pioneered the fields of animal learning and behavioral psychology with his theory of connectionism.
1874-1949
1878-1958