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Born January 12, 1896 • Romania
Died May 2, 1981 (aged 85) • New York City • New York
Subjects Of Study Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale • Wechsler–Bellevue Intelligence Scale • Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence • human intelligence • measurement
Edward L. Thorndike
American psychologist
Lewis Terman
Lewis Terman
American psychologist
Sir Cyril Burt
British psychologist
Alfred Binet
Alfred Binet
French psychologist
Hermann Ebbinghaus.
Hermann Ebbinghaus
German psychologist
Harry F. Harlow
American psychologist
John Money
American psychologist
William Moulton Marston
American psychologist
Eleanor Glueck
American criminologist
Sheldon Glueck
American criminologist
William James
William James
American psychologist and philosopher
Leon Festinger
American psychologist
Stanley Milgram
Stanley Milgram
American social psychologist
Timothy Leary
Timothy Leary
American psychologist
Albert Bandura
Albert Bandura
American psychologist
Karen Horney
Karen Horney
German psychoanalyst
George A. Miller
American psychologist
Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker
Canadian-American psychologist
G. Stanley Hall.
G. Stanley Hall
American psychologist
Lawrence Kohlberg
American psychologist