psychology: Quick Facts

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Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
Austrian neurologist
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Harry F. Harlow
American psychologist
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Otto Klineberg
psychologist
William James, 1880
William James
American psychologist and philosopher
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Leon Festinger
American psychologist
Dr. William Moulton Marston, seated at right, checks the pulse and blood pressure of James A Frye using a lie detector, with three other men observing in a courtroom setting.
William Moulton Marston
American psychologist
Stanley Milgram
Stanley Milgram
American social psychologist
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Henri Tajfel
Polish-born British social psychologist
Black and white portrait of Timothy F. Leary with white hair and beard, wearing a striped shirt, looking slightly to the side with a thoughtful expression.
Timothy Leary
American psychologist and author
Jean Piaget
Jean Piaget
Swiss psychologist
Geoffrey Hinton
Geoffrey Hinton
British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist
Albert Bandura
Albert Bandura
Canadian-born American psychologist
Karen Horney
Karen Horney
German-born American psychoanalyst
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George A. Miller
American psychologist
William Masters and Virginia Johnson standing next to each other, looking at the camera.
Masters and Johnson
American research team
Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker
Canadian-born American psychologist
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Max Wertheimer
Czech-born psychologist
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Edward L. Thorndike
American psychologist
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Wilhelm Reich
Viennese psychiatrist
G. Stanley Hall.
G. Stanley Hall
American psychologist