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

Gordon Willard Allport spent nearly his...

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

Edwin Garrigues “Gary” Boring was an...

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

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

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

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

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

Erik Erikson’s...

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

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

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

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

 
One of the stranger claims to fame of the...

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

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

An expert in human motivation, David...

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

In 1954...

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