Famous psychologists 21st century
- Famous psychologists and their theories
- 40 psychologist and their contribution
- Famous psychology books
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Ivan Pavlov (1849–1936)
Ivan Pavlov was educated in natural sciences in St Petersburg, Russia. He was mostly interested in physiology, and while researching the digestive system in dogs he made his most famous discovery – that dogs salivate before the delivery of food.
Pavlov rang a bell when feeding the dogs and they soon learned to associate the sound with food. After some time the dogs salivated in response to the bell alone. Named Pavlovian or classical conditioning, this discovery has a number of real-life applications including in the treatment of phobias and for aversion therapy.
Sigmund Freud (1856–1939)
Considered a founding father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud first qualified as a doctor of medicine at the University of Vienna. He went on to work in cerebral anatomy and his fascination with the brain developed from there.
Freud died in 1939 but his legacy lives on, with many of his theories forming the basis for modern clinical psychology.
Carl Jung (1875–1961)
Like many on our list, Carl Jung studied medicine, at the University of Basel. His interest in spirit
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Many famous experiments studying human behavior have impacted our fundamental understanding of psychology. Though some could not be repeated today due to breaches in ethical boundaries, that does not diminish the significance of those psychological studies. Some of these important findings include a greater awareness of depression and its symptoms, how people learn behaviors through the process of association and how individuals conform to a group.
Below, we take a look at seven famous psychological experiments that greatly influenced the field of psychology and our understanding of human behavior.
The Little Albert Experiment, 1920
A John’s Hopkins University professor, Dr. John B. Watson, and a graduate student wanted to test a learning process called classical conditioning. Classical conditioning involves learning involuntary or automatic behaviors by association, and Dr. Watson thought it formed the bedrock of human psychology.
A nine-month-old toddler, dubbed “Albert B,” was volunteered for Dr. Watson and Rosalie Rayner‘s experiment. Albert p
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List of psychologists
This list includes notable psychologists and contributors to psychology, some of whom may not have thought of themselves primarily as psychologists but are included here because of their important contributions to the discipline.
Specialized lists of psychologists can be found at the articles on comparative psychology, list of clinical psychologists, list of developmental psychologists, list of educational psychologists, list of evolutionary psychologists, list of social psychologists, and list of cognitive scientists. Many psychologists included in those lists are also listed below:
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- Alfred Adler (Founder of the school of individual psychology)
- Mary Ainsworth
- Estefania Aldaba-Lim
- George Albee
- Joseph P. Allen
- Jüri Allik
- Lauren Alloy
- Gordon Allport, personality psychology
- Adelbert Ames, Jr.
- Marie Anaut
- Harlene Anderson
- John R. Anderson
- Ernst Angel
- Heinz Ansbacher
- Edgar Anstey
- Michael Apter, reversal theory
- Michael Argyle, social psychology, discourse analysis
- Robert Arkin, social psychology
- Magda B. Arnold
- Solomon Asch (As
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