Top 10 Most Famous Psychologists in History
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❰ Previous Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Next Page ❱ 2 John B. Watson Full name: John Broadus Watson Born: January 9, 1878 Died: September 25, 1958 (aged 80) Nationality: American What Watson was known for: When Pavlov jump-started the field of psychology by recognizing the role of learned responses, he also Read more
10 Carl Rogers Full name: Carl Ransom Rogers Born: January 8, 1902 Died: February 4, 1987 (aged 85) Nationality: American What Rogers was known for: Rogers was also very influential in the development of humanistic psychology, but perhaps his greatest contribution was in counseling and therapy. Instead of the Freudian-style psychoanalysis that was popular at the time, Rogers developed a Read more
5 Carl Jung Full name: Carl Gustav Jung Born: 26 July 1875 Died: 6 June 1961 (aged 85) Nationality: Swiss Awards: Zurich’s literature prize (1932), elected honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine in England (1938) What Jung was known for: Jung is another of the influential early psychologists. He worked with and was influenced by Freud, but eventually developed Read more
8 Jean Piaget Full name: Jean William Fritz Piaget Born: 9 August 1896 Died: 16 September 1980 (aged 84) Nationality: Swiss What Piaget was known for: Like Erikson, Piaget theorized that children developed in stages. Whereas Erikson’s stages focused on identity, however, Piaget studied children’s cognitive abilities. He was one of the first psychologists to acknowledge that children think differently Read more
4 Sigmund Freud Full name: Sigismund Schlomo Freud Born: 6 May 1856 Died: 23 September 1939 (aged 83) Nationality: Austrian What Sigmund Freud was known for: What list of psychologists would be complete without Sigmund Freud’s name? Freud may be somewhat mocked today for his apparent preoccupation with sex, but his theories of psychoanalysis were extremely influential on the field. Read more
9 Abraham Maslow Full name: Abraham Harold Maslow Born: April 1, 1908 Died: June 8, 1970 (aged 62) Nationality: American What Maslow was known for: Maslow’s theories provided a sharp contrast to those of Watson, Skinner, and the other behaviorists. His emphasis on positive psychology resulted in the creation of a very different field of study, known as humanistic psychology. Read more
7 Erik Erikson Full name: Erik Homburger Erikson Born: 15 June 1902 Died: 12 May 1988 (aged 85) Nationality: Danish What Erikson was known for: Another pioneer in child psychology, Erik Erikson studied with Anna Freud and later went on to form his own theories about the development of identity throughout the lifespan — childhood, adulthood, and old age. Doubt Read more
6 Anna Freud Full name: Anna Freud Born: 3 December 1895 Died: 9 October 1982 (aged 86) Nationality: Austrian What Anna Freud was known for: Often the only Freud remembered is Sigmund Freud, but his daughter Anna was also a highly influential psychologist. She was a pioneer in child psychology, adapting her father’s theories of psychoanalysis for use with children, Read more

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