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Born May 8, 1919 • New York City • New York
Died February 11, 1989 (aged 69) • New York City • New York
Subjects Of Study cognitive dissonance • cognitive psychology • collective behaviour • human behaviour • thought
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Stanley Milgram
American social psychologist
George A. Miller
American psychologist
Jerome Bruner
American psychologist
Howard Gardner
Howard Gardner
American psychologist
Kenneth Wartinbee Spence
American psychologist
Geoffrey Hinton
Geoffrey Hinton
British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist
Oswald Külpe
German psychologist and philosopher
Karl Bühler
German psychiatrist
Harry F. Harlow
American psychologist
Sheldon Glueck
American criminologist
John Money
American psychologist
Eleanor Glueck
American criminologist
William James
William James
American psychologist and philosopher
William Moulton Marston, a pioneer in developing the lie detector
William Moulton Marston
American psychologist
Timothy Leary
Timothy Leary
American psychologist
Albert Bandura
Albert Bandura
American psychologist
Karen Horney
Karen Horney
German psychoanalyst
Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker
Canadian-American psychologist
Edward L. Thorndike
American psychologist
Marshall B. Clinard
American sociologist and criminologist