I need to know where i can go to find reaserch n the ten most influential psy chologist. for example; who where they?, where are they from? what did they do? how did they change psychology and etc.
2006-07-23 18:23:17 · 2 answers · asked by R30695 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
There are lots of books out there. But here is good list for starters:
1. Wilhelm Wundt: Founded the field in 1879.
2. Gustav Theodor Fechner: Founded Psychophysics
3. B.F. Skinner: Operant conditioning.
4. S. Freud: Pseudo-Psychologist, but very popular.
5. G. Miller: Pioneered short term memory
6. Ebbinghaus: Pioneered memory itself
7. Pavlov: Classical conditioning
8. Zimbardo: Very popular among the commons
9. S. Kosslyn: Mental imagery
10. David Bradley: The current master. Studies vision.
2006-07-23 18:30:03 · answer #1 · answered by Ejsenstejn 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
1. Skinner
2. Freud
3. Bandura
4. Piaget
5. Rogers
6. James
7. Erikson
8. Pavlov
9. Lewin
10. Your choice
This web site will give you more info on them:
http://psychology.about.com/od/historyofpsychology/p/topten.htm
http://psychology.about.com/b/a/257158.htm
2006-07-24 01:40:23 · answer #2 · answered by ilse72 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋