Curated category
20th-century American psychologists
- Edward ThorndikeEdward Lee Thorndike was born in Williamsburg, Massachusetts. His father Edward R Thorndike served as a Methodist minister in Lowell, Massachusetts.
- Leon FestingerLeon Festinger was born on the 8th of May 1919 in Brooklyn, New York. His parents were Russian-Jewish immigrants named Alex and Sara Solomon Festinger.
- William JamesWilliam James entered the world on the 11th of January 1842 at the Astor House in New York City. His father Henry James Sr held an independently wealthy…
- Allen NewellAllen Newell stood at Stanford University in 1949 holding a bachelor's degree in physics. He moved to Princeton University that same year to study…
- Herbert A. SimonHerbert Alexander Simon was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the 15th of June 1916. His father Arthur Simon arrived from Germany in 1903 after earning an…
- Walter PittsWalter Harry Pitts Jr. was born in Detroit, Michigan, on the 23rd of April 1923. He taught himself logic and mathematics as a child without formal schooling.
- Daniel KahnemanDaniel Kahneman was born in Tel Aviv on the 5th of March 1934 while his mother Rachel visited her family. His parents were Lithuanian Jews who had moved to…
- Timothy LearyTimothy Francis Leary was born on the 22nd of October 1920 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He grew up as an only child in a strict Irish Catholic household.
- B. F. SkinnerBurrhus Frederic Skinner was born on the 20th of March 1904 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania. His father William Skinner worked as a lawyer while his mother…
- Rollo MayRollo Reece May entered the world on the 21st of April 1909 in Ada, Ohio. He was the first son and second eldest of six children born to Matie Boughton and…
- Ernest BeckerErnest Becker was born on the 27th of September 1924 in Springfield, Massachusetts. His parents were Jewish immigrants who raised him before he joined the…
- Amos TverskyAmos Tversky was born in Haifa, British Palestine on the 16th of March 1937. His father Yosef worked as a veterinarian while his mother Jenia served as a…
- Erich FrommErich Seligmann Fromm was born on the 23rd of March 1900 in Frankfurt am Main. He grew up as the only child of Rosa and Naphtali Fromm.
- Wilhelm ReichWilhelm Reich was born on the 24th of March 1897 in Dobzau, Galicia. He grew up as the first son of Leon Reich and Cäcilie Roniger.
- Frank RosenblattFrank Rosenblatt was born on the 11th of July 1928 in New Rochelle, New York. He grew up as the son of Dr. Frank and Katherine Rosenblatt within a Jewish…