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- For those interested in the history of psychology, as a means accessing the subject as a  science, or for general interest the following links are highly recommended.

History of Psychology

    Abraham Maslow - ABRAHAM MASLOW 1908-1970 Dr. C. George Boeree Biography Abraham Harold Maslow was born April 1, 1908 in Brooklyn, New York.
Alfred Adler - The core of Adler's integrated complex of philosophy, theory, and practice was a vigorously optimistic, humanistic view of life.
Alfred Adler - Presented by Behavior Online Conversations: Henry Stein 
Albert Bandura - 1925 to Present.

Alfred Binet - Biography of - Refer also to: Alfred Binet - Information on Binet

Alice Miller - Includes several articles and a bibliography.
Anna Freud - (1895-1982) by Jenn Bumb of Webster University (St. Louis, MO)
Anselm L. Strauss - Sociologist Anselm Strauss, 79, died on the 5th September in San Francisco of a heart attack. Professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Francisco.
Carl Rogers - (1890-1947) Carl R. Rogers is known as the father of client-centered therapy
Charles Edward Spearman (1863-1945) - Name is almost synonymous with the term 'general intelligence' (otherwise known as psychometric 'g').
  Charlotte Malachowski Buhler - Charlotte Malachowski was born in Germany in 1893.

Classical Rorschach - Devoted to the presentation and promotion of the Rorschach method, concentrating on the way it has been practiced within the classical European tradition - from Hermann Rorschach himself in 1921, via Ewald Bohm in the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's, and to the contemporary workers in the Rorschach-Bohm tradition.
David Hume (1711-1776)
Durkhim, Emile - Over 70 Durkheim quotes on various subjects
Edward Thorndike - Edward Thorndike [thôrn´dIk] was an American educator and psychologist born in Williamsburg, Mass. He was a graduate from from Wesleyan University (1895) and Harvard (1896) and received his Ph.D. in 1898 from Columbia.
E. Thorndike - Connectionism - The learning theory of Thorndike represents the original S-R framework of behavioral psychology: Learning is the result of associations forming between stimuli and responses.
Edward C. Tolman (1886 - 1959) - Compiled by Lora VanderZwaag
Elizabeth Loftus - (1944 - ) Dr. Elizabeth F. Loftus, a professor of psychology and expert researcher on the malleability and reliability of repressed memories,
Franz Anton Mesmer - Founder of Mesmerism- (1734 - 1815).
Frank Beech - (1911-1988)An American psychologist renowned for his research contributions in comparative psychology such as his studies of psychobiological brain functions, sexual behavior in mammals, and endocrinology
Frederick Perls -- A Life Chronology
Frederic Wertham Biography - Profiles the child psychologist whose research and writings contributed to the development of the regulatory Comics Code Authority.
George Herbert Meade - George's Page is a web-based repository for documents by, about and related to the work of American pragmatist philosopher and social psychologist.
Gilligan Carol - Proposes a stage theory of moral development for women

Hans J. Eysenck  - Refer also to:

Hans Eysenck - HANS EYSENCK (1916 - 1997) (AND OTHER TEMPERAMENT THEORISTS) Dr. C. George Boeree The issue of personality types, including temperament, is as old as psychology. In fact, it is a good deal older.
Hans J Eysenck's approach to personality - H. J. Eysenck approaches to personality this century method is factor analysis. In his origin model (EPI) Eysenck measured two dimensions of personality Intoversion-extraversion and neuroticsim (stability - instability) - Hans Eysenck Links - Effects of Psychotherapy: Eysenck's classic review paper An Online Introversion-Extraversion, epq rTest.
The H. J. Eysenck Official Home Page
- The H. J. Eysenck Official Home Page Professor Hans Eysenck Ph.D. D.Sc. 4th March 1916 - 4th September 1997 The H. J. Eysenck Memorial Fund Annual Scholarships Personality Investigations Publications and Services H. J. Eysenck Book List Anecdotes Symposia.

Harry Harlow - 1905 - 1981 Harry Harlow received his BA and PhD (1930) in psychology from Stanford University.
Harry Harlow - Notes on; (1905-1981)
Harry Harlow Key Theorists/Theories in Psychology - Was an American Psychologist who provided a new understanding of human behavior and development through studies of social behavior
Hugo Munsterberg - (1863 - 1916) Hugo Munsterberg is a pioneer in the field of Industrial Psychology (I/O) and offered many findings in the fields of experimental psychology, behaviorism, and challenged the effectiveness of eye witness testimonies
Hugo Münsterberg (1908/1925) - Classics in the History of Psychology
Jakob Friedrich Fries - Part of the 19th century German background of modern psychology.
James Braid - (1795-1860) by Dylan Morgan (UK)
James McKeen Cattell - 1860-1944) James McKeen Cattell was very influential in psychology as an organizer, executive, and administrator of psychological science and practice, and as a vocal link between psychology and the larger scientific community
Judith Rich Harris - Is a writer and developmental psychologist; co-author of The Child: A Contemporary View Of Development; winner of the 1997 George A. Miller Award
Judith Rich Harris - Judith Rich Harris was born February 10, 1938, and spent the first part of her childhood moving around with her family from one part of the country to another. Her parents eventually settled in Tucson, Arizona.
Karl and Charlotte Bühler - Bühlers Kolloquium Website.
Karl Popper - (1902-1994) Shaped the Modern Philosophy of Science
Karen Horney - Born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1885
Kinsey - The Kinsey Institute Web site supports interdisciplinary research and the study of human sexuality. The Institute was founded by Dr. Alfred Kinsey (1894-1956) in 1947.
Konrad Lorenz - An Austrian zoologist and ethologist. He received medical training at the Univ. of Vienna and spent two years at the medical school of Columbia Univ. He received a Ph.D. (1936).  Lorenz, Konrad (Zacharias) (1903-1989) Zoologist and ethologist, born in Vienna. He studied medicine at Vienna, and became professor at the Albertus University in Königsberg --The KLI and its aims The Konrad Lorenz Institute is a non-profit institution fostering research in Theoretical Biology, with an emphasis on the evolutionary and cognitive sciences.
K.S. Lashley (1890-1958) - Born and educated in the United States, Lashley began to collaborate with Shepherd J. Franz in the study of intelligence and the role of the frontal lobes.
Kurt Lewin - (1890-1947) Kurt Lewin is universally recognized as the founder of modern social psychology 

Jacques Lacan - Explication of his theories. Refer also to: Lacan dot com - Offers essays and exhibits inspired by Lacan. Publishes the periodical "lacanian ink" Comprehensive annotated list, including organisations, bibliographies, journals, papers, and other resources;
Lacan describes reality as involving three registers which exist partly as a developmental scheme and partly as a description of the structure of reality.

Louis Leon Thurstone (1887 -1955)- Renaissance man turned psychometrician -- this is perhaps the best way to encapsulate Thurstone's career. He is considered by many the quintessential American psychometrician.
Maria Montessori - A Brief Biography
Mary Whiton Calkins - (1863-1930) by Jenn Bumb of Webster University (St. Louis, MO)
Melanie Klein - By Robert M. Young
Milgram, Stanley - Biography of a pioneer in psychology who is well remembered for his work with obedience to authority.
Noam Chomsky - From Philosophy. 
Otto Rank - Psychologist and Philosopher 1884 Vienna - 1939 New York
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov -  Winner of the 1904 Nobel Prize in Medicine 
Plato - Plato Born: 427 BC in Athens, Greece Died: 347 BC in Athens, Greece
Rollo May -1909 - 1994 - Biography by Dr. C. George Boeree.
Rorschach - Hermann Rorschach. 
Rotter - Kulian B.- The Social Learning Theory of:
Sir Cyril Burt - (1883-1971) Cyril Burt was a very well known British psychologist and a leader in the development of methods of data analysis
Socrates (???-399BCE)
Stanley Milgram - Stanley Milgram is a pioneer in psychology who is well remembered for his work with obedience to authority

Thurstone, L. L.  - L.L. Thurstone(1887-1955) Psychometrician.
William James Refer also to:
A Biographical Sketch of William James
Information on James
Self-Perception - Following William James (1884) original proposal, self-perception theory argues that common sense has the sequence of events exactly. An Article with references.
Short Biography on William James
William James  - Essays, excerpts, letters, and reviews.
William James - He refers to psychology as a "nasty little subject" that exclude everything one would want to know.
William James Lectures - The varieties of Religious Experience - RELIGION AND NEUROLOGY - CIRCUMSCRIPTION OF THE TOPIC - THE REALITY OF THE UNSEEN - THE RELIGION OF HEALTHY MINDEDNESS - THE SICK SOUL - THE DIVIDED SELF, AND THE PROCESS OF ITS UNIFICATION - CONVERSION - CONVERSION-Concluded - SAINTLINESS - THE VALUE OF SAINTLINESS - MYSTICISM - PHILOSOPHY - OTHER CHARACTERISTICS - CONCLUSIONS
Wundt - Wilhelm (1832-1920) - Born and educated in Germany.  See Also Welcome to the Wundt Connection.
Winnicott - Donald W. (1896-1971)
Fairbairn Bibliography - W R D Fairbairn bibliography and related readings.
Zimbardo's  Philip - Home Page - Not a biography site.
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