Gordon W. Allport

(1897-1967)

Noted for: Personality Trait Theory, research on prejudice and discrimination

Gordon Willard Allport spent nearly his entire

Edwin G. Boring

(1886-1968)

Noted for: the first major history of psychology, visual perception research

Edwin Garrigues “Gary” Boring was an

Roger Brown

(1925-1997)

Noted for: the modern science of language acquisition; word learning; language and thought; power and solidarity in language; the “tip of the

Jerome Bruner

(1915 - 2016)

Noted for: the “Cognitive Revolution,” the “new look” in perception; “A Study of Thinking;" research on children’s cognitive development and

Mary Whiton Calkins

(1863-1930)

Noted for: Paired-associate learning paradigm in memory research; first female president of the American

Raymond Cattell

(1905-1998)

Noted for: factor analysis of personality; models of the factorial structure of personality and intelligence; “fluid” versus “

Erik Erikson

(1902-1994)

Noted for: Psychosocial theory of human development; “the identity crisis”; psychobiography.

Erik Erikson’s

Richard J Herrnstein

(1930-1994)

Noted for: The “Matching Law” of the allocation of behavior; the training of complex visual concepts in pigeons; intelligence and class

William James

(1842-1910), at Harvard 1872-1907

William James, philosopher and psychologist, was instrumental in establishing Harvard's psychology department, which at its inception was tied to the

Karl Lashley

(1890-1958)

Noted for: The search for the “engram”; representation and processing in the mammalian cerebral cortex; localization and mass action in the

Timothy Leary

(1920-1996)

Noted for: the effects of psychotropic drugs; the 1960s counterculture

One of the stranger claims to fame of the

Eleanor Maccoby

(1917- )

Noted for: Research in child development and family dynamics; the first comprehensive empirical survey of gender differences.

David McClelland

(1917-1998)

Noted for: Human achievement and motivation research; “Need for Achievement” motive.

An expert in human motivation, David

Stanley Milgram

(1933-1984)

Noted for: Obedience to authority; social networks; the “small world” effect; “six degrees of separation”).

In 1954

George Miller

(1920 - )

Noted for: The Cognitive Revolution; helping to found the fields of cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, and cognitive neuroscience;

Department of Psychology

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