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Born October 25, 1927 • New York
Died January 17, 1987 (aged 59) • Boston • Massachusetts
Subjects Of Study child development
G. Stanley Hall.
G. Stanley Hall
American psychologist
Arnold Gesell
American psychologist
Jerome Bruner
American psychologist
Louise Bates Ames
American psychologist
Jean Piaget
Jean Piaget
Swiss psychologist
E. Mavis Hetherington
Canadian-born developmental psychologist
Harry F. Harlow
American psychologist
John Money
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
George A. Miller
American psychologist
Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker
Canadian-American psychologist
Neil Postman
American educator, media theorist, and social critic
Edward L. Thorndike
American psychologist