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Also Known As Louis Leon Thurstone
Born May 29, 1887 • Chicago • Illinois
Died September 29, 1955 (aged 68) • Chapel Hill • North Carolina
Notable Works “Multiple-Factor Analysis” • “The Reliability and Validity of Tests” • “The Vectors of Mind”
Subjects Of Study psychological testing
Joy Paul Guilford
American psychologist
Sir Cyril Burt
British psychologist
James McKeen Cattell
James McKeen Cattell
American psychologist
Robert M. Yerkes
American psychologist
John Money
American psychologist
Harry F. Harlow
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
Edward L. Thorndike
American psychologist
G. Stanley Hall.
G. Stanley Hall
American psychologist
Lawrence Kohlberg
American psychologist
Arnold Gesell
American psychologist