S. No. | Psychologists | Country | Who They Were | What They Did | Awards |
1 | Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920) | Germany | Founder of experimental psychology | "Principles of Physiological Psychology", "Outlines of Psychology" | - |
2 | Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) | Austria | Founder of psychoanalysis | "The Interpretation of Dreams", "Civilization and Its Discontents", "The Ego and the Id" | APA Award for Lifetime Contributions to Psychology |
3 | Mary Whiton Calkins (1863-1930) | USA | First woman president of the APA | Contributions to self-psychology, "The Psychology of the Unconscious" | - |
4 | Kurt Lewin (1890-1947) | Germany | Pioneer in social psychology | Field theory and group dynamics, "A Dynamic Theory of Personality" | - |
5 | Jean Piaget (1896-1980) | Switzerland | Pioneer in child cognitive development | Theory of cognitive development, "The Psychology of Intelligence" | APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology |
6 | Carl Jung (1875-1961) | Switzerland | Founder of analytical psychology | "Psychological Types", "The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious", "Man and His Symbols" | Kurt Koffka Medal, Mind & Brain Prize |
7 | John B. Watson (1878-1958) | USA | Founder of behaviorism | Little Albert experiment, "Behaviorism", "Psychological Care of Infant and Child" | - |
8 | William James (1842-1910) | USA | Father of American psychology | "The Principles of Psychology", "The Varieties of Religious Experience" | - |
9 | Albert Bandura (1925-present) | Canada | Social cognitive theory | Bobo doll experiment, "Social Learning Theory", "Aggression: A Social Learning Analysis" | - |
10 | Erik Erikson (1902-1994) | Germany | Psychosocial development theory | "Childhood and Society", "The Life Cycle Completed" | - |
11 | Ulric Neisser (1928-2012) | USA | Pioneer in cognitive psychology | "Cognitive Psychology", "Cognitive Psychology: A Study of Mental Processes" | - |
12 | Aaron Beck (1921-2021) | USA | Cognitive therapy | Beck Depression Inventory, "Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders" | - |
13 | Albert Ellis (1913-2007) | USA | Rational emotive behavior therapy | "A Guide to Rational Living", "How to Live with a Neurotic" | - |
14 | Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) | Russia | Classical conditioning | Pavlov's dogs experiment, "Conditioned Reflexes" | - |
15 | G. Stanley Hall (1844-1924) | USA | First American psychologist | Founded the first U.S. psychology lab, "The Contents of Children's Minds" | - |
16 | Mary Ainsworth (1913-1999) | USA | Attachment theory | "Strange Situation" experiment, "Patterns of Attachment" | - |
17 | Jerome Kagan (1929-2021) | USA | Developmental psychology | Temperament research, "The Nature of the Child" | - |
18 | Carol Dweck (1946-present) | USA | Growth mindset theory | "Mindset: The New Psychology of Success", "The Growth Mindset" | - |
19 | Daniel Gilbert (1957-present) | USA | Affective forecasting | "Stumbling on Happiness", "The Science of Happiness" | - |
20 | Lisa Feldman Barrett (1963-present) | USA | Constructed emotion theory | "How Emotions Are Made", "The Emotional Brain" | - |
21 | Alison Gopnik (1955-present) | USA | Developmental psychology | "The Scientist in the Crib", "The Philosophical Baby" | - |
22 | Jonathan Haidt (1963-present) | USA | Moral foundations theory | "The Righteous Mind", "The Happiness Hypothesis" | - |
23 | Burrhus F. Skinner (1904-1990) | USA | Operant conditioning | "Beyond Freedom and Dignity", "Walden Two" | - |
24 | Steven Pinker (1954-present) | Canada | Cognitive psychology | "The Language Instinct", "The Blank Slate" | - |
25 | Susan Fiske (1952-present) | USA | Social cognition | "Social Beings", "Envy Up, Scorn Down" | - |
26 | Christopher French (1960-present) | UK | Psychology of paranormal beliefs | "Anomalistic Psychology", "The Psychology of the Paranormal" | - |
27 | Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) | Austria | Logotherapy | "Man's Search for Meaning", "The Doctor and the Soul" | - |
28 | Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) | USA | Humanistic psychology | "A Theory of Human Motivation", "Toward a Psychology of Being" | - |
29 | Alfred Adler (1870-1937) | Austria | Individual psychology | "Understanding Human Nature", "What Life Should Mean to You" | - |
30 | Hans Jürgen Eysenck (1916-1997) | Germany | Personality psychology | "The Psychology of Individual Differences", "The Structure of Human Personality" | - |
31 | Aaron T. Beck (1921-2021) | USA | Cognitive therapy | Beck Depression Inventory, "Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders" | - |
32 | David McClelland (1917-1998) | USA | Human motivation | "The Achieving Society", "The Human Side of Enterprise" | - |
33 | Albert Ellis (1913-2007) | USA | Rational emotive behavior therapy | "A Guide to Rational Living", "How to Live with a Neurotic" | - |
34 | John Bowlby (1907-1990) | UK | Attachment theory | "Attachment and Loss", "Separation Anxiety" | - |
35 | Gordon Allport (1897-1967) | USA | Personality psychology | "Personality: A Psychological Interpretation", "The Nature of Prejudice" | - |
36 | Jerome Bruner (1915-2006) | USA | Cognitive psychology | "On Knowing: Essays for the Left Hand", "Acts of Meaning" | - |
37 | Elizabeth Loftus (1944-present) | USA | Memory and cognition | "Eyewitness Testimony", "The Myth of Repressed Memory" | - |
38 | George Miller (1920-2012) | USA | Cognitive psychology | "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two", "Plans and the Structure of Behavior" | - |
39 | Walter Mischel (1930-2018) | USA | Self-control and personality | "The Marshmallow Test", "Theories of Personality" | - |
40 | Philip Zimbardo (1933-present) | USA | Social psychology | Stanford prison experiment, "The Lucifer Effect" | - |
41 | Martin Seligman (1942-present) | USA | Positive psychology | "Learned Helplessness", "Authentic Happiness" | - |
42 | Daniel Kahneman (1934-present) | USA | Behavioral economics | "Thinking, Fast and Slow", "Prospect Theory" | Nobel Prize in Economics |
43 | Amos Tversky (1937-1996) | Israel | Judgment and decision-making | "Prospect Theory", "The Framing of Decisions" | - |
44 | Carol Tavris (1944-present) | USA | Social psychology | "Anger: The Misunderstood Emotion", "Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)" | - |
45 | Philip Brickman (1946-1982) | USA | Positive psychology | "Hedonic Treadmill", "The Psychology of Happiness" | - |
46 | Martin Fishbein (1936-2009) | USA | Attitudes and behavior | "Theory of Reasoned Action", "The Role of Attitudes in the Prediction of Behavior" | - |
47 | Elliot Aronson (1932-2022) | USA | Social psychology | "The Jigsaw Classroom", "The Social Animal" | - |
48 | Leon Festinger (1919-1989) | USA | Cognitive dissonance | "A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance", "Conflict, Decision, and Dissonance" | - |
49 | Kurt Lewin (1890-1947) | Germany | Social psychology | Field theory and group dynamics, "A Dynamic Theory of Personality" | - |
50 | Muzafer Sherif (1906-1988) | Turkey | Group dynamics | Robbers Cave experiment, "Group Conflict and Cooperation" | - |
51 | Melanie Klein (1882-1960) | Austria | Object relations theory | "The Psycho-Analysis of Children", "Love, Guilt and Reparation" | - |
52 | Anna Freud (1895-1982) | Austria | Child psychoanalysis | "The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense", "The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child" | - |
53 | Karen Horney (1885-1952) | Germany | Psychoanalytic theory | "The Neurotic Personality of Our Time", "Feminine Psychology" | - |
54 | Harry Harlow (1905-1981) | USA | Attachment theory | "Contact Comfort", "The Nature of Love" | - |
55 | Mary Ainsworth (1913-1999) | USA | Attachment theory | "Strange Situation" experiment, "Patterns of Attachment" | - |
56 | John Watson (1878-1958) | USA | Behaviorism | Little Albert experiment, "Behaviorism", "Psychological Care of Infant and Child" | - |
57 | Edward Tolman (1886-1959) | USA | Cognitive psychology | "Cognitive Maps", "Theories of Learning" | - |
58 | Clark Hull (1884-1952) | USA | Learning theory | "Principles of Behavior", "A Behavior System" | - |
59 | Neal Miller (1909-2002) | USA | Biofeedback | "Biofeedback and the Brain", "The Interaction of Psychology and Physiology" | - |
60 | Donald Hebb (1904-1985) | Canada | Cognitive psychology | "The Organization of Behavior", "The Hebb Synapse" | - |
61 | Roger Sperry (1913-1994) | USA | Neuroscience | Split-brain research, "The Split Brain" | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
62 | Michael Posner (1936-present) | USA | Cognitive neuroscience | "Attention and the Brain", "The Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention" | - |
63 | Richard Lazarus (1922-2002) | USA | Emotion and cognition | "Emotion and Adaptation", "The Psychology of Emotion" | - |
64 | Shelley Taylor (1946-present) | USA | Social psychology | "Positive Illusions", "The Social Psychology of Happiness" | - |
65 | Louis Leon Thurstone (1887-1955) | USA | Intelligence and cognition | "The Theory of Mental Measurement", "The Measurement of Intelligence" | - |
66 | Margaret Floy Washburn (1871-1939) | USA | Animal behavior | "The Animal Mind", "The Psychology of the Unconscious" | - |
67 | Robert Sessions Woodworth (1869-1962) | USA | Personality and cognition | "The Psychology of the Unconscious", "The Theory of Personality" | - |
68 | Edwin Garrigues "Gary" Boring (1886-1968) | USA | History of psychology | "A History of Experimental Psychology", "The Psychology of the Unconscious" | - |
69 | John Dewey (1859-1952) | USA | Education and psychology | "The Psychology of Learning", "The School and Society" | - |
70 | Carl Ransom Rogers (1902-1987) | USA | Humanistic psychology | "Client-Centered Therapy", "On Becoming a Person" | - |
Top Psychologists of last 200 years
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