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Also Known As Eleanor Jack Gibson • Eleanor Jack
Born December 7, 1910 • Peoria • Illinois
Died December 30, 2002 (aged 92) • Columbia • South Carolina
Awards And Honors National Medal of Science (1992)
Notable Family Members spouse James J. Gibson
Subjects Of Study perceptual learning
George A. Miller
American psychologist
William K. Estes, undated photo.
William K. Estes
American psychologist
Roger Shepard
American psychologist and cognitive scientist
John Money
American psychologist
Harry F. Harlow
American psychologist
Sheldon Glueck
American criminologist
Eleanor 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
Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker
Canadian-American psychologist
Edward L. Thorndike
American psychologist
G. Stanley Hall.
G. Stanley Hall
American psychologist
Lawrence Kohlberg
American psychologist
Arnold Gesell
American psychologist
Clark L. Hull
American psychologist
Phil McGraw
American psychologist