- Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud, born Sigismund Schlomo Freud (May 6 1856 - September 23 1939), was a Jewish-Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who co-founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. Freud is best known for his theories of the unconscious mind, especially involving the mechanism of repression; his redefinition of sexual desire as mobile and directed towards a wide variety of objects; and his therapeutic techniques, …
- Carl Jung
Carl Gustav Jung (July 26, 1875, Kesswil – June 6, 1961, Küsnacht) was a Swiss psychiatrist, influential thinker, and founder of analytical psychology. Jung's unique and broadly influential approach to psychology has emphasized understanding the psyche through exploring the worlds of dreams, art, mythology, world religion and philosophy. Although he was a theoretical psychologist and practicing clinician for most of his life, …
- B. F. Skinner
Burrhus Frederic "Fred" Skinner (March 20, 1904 - August 18, 1990), Ph.D. was a highly influential American psychologist, author, inventor, advocate for social reform and poet. He was the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until retirement in 1974. He invented the operant conditioning chamber, innovated his own philosophy of science called "Radical Behaviorism", …
- Carl Rogers
Carl Ransom Rogers was an influential American psychologist, who was among the founders of the humanist approach to psychology. Rogers is considered to be one of the founding fathers of psychotherapy research and would be honored for his pioneering research with the Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions by the American Psychological Association in 1956. The Person-centered approach, his own unique approach to understanding personality and human relationships, …
- Philip Zimbardo
Hi my name is Philip Zimbardo and i teach Psychology at Stanford Univerity.
- Wilhelm Wundt
Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt was a German physiologist and psychologist. Generally acknowledged as a founder of experimental psychology and cognitive psychology, he is less commonly recognized as a founding figure of social psychology; the later years of Wundt's life were spent working on "Völkerpsychologie", which he understood as a study into the social basis of higher mental functioning.
- Ivan Pavlov
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (September 14, 1849 - February 27, 1936) was a Russian physiologist, psychologist, and physician. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1904 for research pertaining to the digestive system. Pavlov is widely known for first describing the phenomenon now known as classical conditioning in his experiments with dogs.
- Ray Jackendoff
Ray Jackendoff (born January 23, 1945) is an influential contemporary linguist who has always straddled the boundary between generative linguistics and cognitive linguistics, committed as he is both to the existence of an innate Universal Grammar (an important thesis of generative linguistics) and to giving an account of language that meshes well with the current understanding of the human mind and cognition (the main purpose of cognitive linguistics).
- Roy Baumeister
Roy F. Baumeister is the Francis Eppes Professor of Psychology at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. He is an eminent social psychologist known for his work on the self, social rejection, belongingness, sexuality, self-control, self-esteem, self-defeating behaviors, motivation, and aggression. He has authored nearly 300 publications and has written 15 books including his most recent work, "The Cultural Animal".
- Tim Kasser
Tim Kasser (August 1, 1966) is an American psychologist and book author known for his work on materialism and well-being. After receiving his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Rochester in 1994, Tim Kasser accepted a position at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, where he is currently an associate professor of psychology. He has authored numerous scientific articles and book chapters on materialism, values, and goals, among other topics.
- Diane F. Halpern
Halpern comes to CMC from California State University, San Bernardino, where she has been professor of psychology since 1981. While at CSUSB, Halpern served as chair of the psychology department for three years [1996-99], as well as assistant dean of undergraduate studies [1984-86], and interim dean of undergraduate studies [1986-87]. She also revised the psychology department's master's degree program, while serving as program coordinator.
- David F. Bjorklund
David F. Bjorklund is a professor of psychology at Florida Atlantic University. His areas of research interest include cognitive development and evolutionary developmental psychology. His works include co-authoring "Origins of Human Nature: Evolutionary Developmental Psychology" and co-editting, "Origins of the social mind: Evolutionary psychology and child development".
- Dan Ariely
Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Behavioural Economics at Duke University and a visiting Professor at MIT's Media Lab. He is an expert on how people actually act (irrationally)-and why they act-in all kinds of business and economic environments, and what this means for business innovation, strategy and marketing. Ariely is the author of the New York Times Best Seller Predictably Irrational . Few heavy thinkers are as funny or as engaging as he is.
- Clark McCauley
Clark Richard McCauley is an American psychologist. He currently is a professor of psychology at Bryn Mawr College. McCauley received his Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Providence College in 1965, his Master of Arts degree in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1967, and his Ph.D in social psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1970. He has worked a a psychology professor at Bryn Mawr College since 1970, …
- Doreen Granpeesheh
Doreen Granpeesheh , PhD, Founder and Executive Director of The Center for Autism and Related Disorders, has dedicated over 25 years to the study and treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Through her research, curriculum development and treatment implementation Dr. Granpeesheh helped demonstrate the effectiveness of intensive, early Applied Behavior Analysis intervention.
- Kent Norman
Kent L. Norman is an American cognitive psychologist and an expert on Computer Rage. He graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1969 and earned a Ph.D. in experimental psychology from the University of Iowa in 1973. In 1983, Norman co-founded the Laboratory for Automation Psychology and Decision Processes (LAPDP) as an affiliate of the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory (HCIL) and the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS).
- Robert Gifford
Robert Gifford is a Psychology Professor at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He is an Environmental Psychologist whose main research interests are environmental psychology, social psychology, and personality psychology. He has written one book: "Environmental Psychology: Principles and Practice" (3rd ed., 2002). He has taught environmental psychology for over 25 years.
- Michael Hasselmo
Michael Hasselmo is a neuroscientist at Boston University. He is known for his work on neuromodulators, particularly acetylcholine, and for his computational modelling work on the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex, especially regarding the functional role of theta rhythm. He is on the editorial board of a number of scientific journals, including Hippocampus, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, and Neural Networks.
- Stewart Donaldson
Stewart Donaldson is Professor and Chair of Psychology, Director of the Institute of Organizational and Program Evaluation Research, and Dean of the School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences (SBOS), Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. He has taught numerous courses and published widely on the topics of organizational psychology, organization and career development, health promotion and disease prevention, program evaluation, …
- Jenny Redo
President of Selby Education Foundation, Woodland School Board,Atherton Civic Interest League Board,mother,tennis player
- Kathy Pezdek
Kathy Pezdek is Professor and Associate Dean of the School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences (SBOS), Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. Dr. Pezdek is a cognitive psychologist specializing in the study of eyewitness memory. She frequently serves as an expert witness in the area of eyewitness identification and has testified on this topic in Federal, State and Superior Court cases.
- Nigel Benson
Nigel C. Benson (born January 15, 1955) is a British author and illustrator. Nigel Benson was born in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, son of Ralph H. Benson, a fine artist specializing in oils and pastels, and Heather M. Benson. He grew up in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, and was educated at Dunstable Grammar School (where film star Gary Cooper and other notables were taught).
- Susana Urbina
Susana Urbina (born 1946) is an American psychologist. She received her Ph.D. in Psychometrics from Fordham University in 1972 and was licensed in Florida in 1976. She currently teaches at University of North Florida, where her principal areas of teaching and research are psychological testing and assessment. Urbina is a fellow of Division 5 (Evaluation, Measurement, …
- Ruth Westheimer
Dr. Ruth Westheimer is a psychosexual therapist who helped to pioneer the field of media psychology with her radio program, Sexually Speaking. It began in September of 1980 as a fifteen minute, taped show that aired Sundays after midnight on WYNY-FM (NBC) in New York. One year later it became a live, one-hour show airing at 10 PM on which Dr. Ruth, as she became known, answered call-in questions from listeners.
- Dr. Peter James
Dr. Peter James aka Boffin1157 born in the late 1950's in the United Kingdom. I currently live, work, and tutor in Northern Romania. I am engaged to Dr. Cristina Felea, teacher, translator and daughter of Romanian Poet & Writer: Victor Felea (1923-1993).Among my numerous qualifications to-date are a degree in Psychology and a 2nd in Forensic Psychology, the latter is my speciality.
- Dr. Irene M. Pepperberg
Dr. Irene Pepperberg (born April 1, 1949, Brooklyn, New York) is a scientist noted for her studies in animal cognition, particularly in relation to parrots. She is an adjunct professor of psychology at Brandeis University and a lecturer at Harvard University. She is well known for her comparative studies into the cognitive fundamentals of language and communication, …
- Lisa Debruine
Lisa DeBruine is a psychologist who studies facial resemblance, kin recognition and face perception. She is currently a lecturer at the University of Aberdeen. She received her PhD in 2004 from McMaster University, where she studied evolutionary psychology with Margo Wilson and Martin Daly. Lisa's work is on the effects of facial resemblance on attitudes towards others.
- Tami Eggleston
Tami Eggleston is a psychology professor at McKendree College. Her research interests include sport psychology. She writes a monthly column for the popular Drag Racing Magazine, Drag News Magazine, and is a contributor on the "Racing Secrets" website. Her specific sport psychology interests include drag racing and all forms of auto racing. In addition to writing monthly articles, she also presents to groups of athletes, and does one on one consulting.
- Daniel Levitin
"This Is Your Brain on Music" official website.
- Victor Vroom
Professor Vroom is an authority on the psychological analysis of behavior in organizations, particularly on leadership and decision making. His 1964 book, Work and Motivation , is regarded as landmark in that field, and his books dealing with leadership, Leadership and Decision Making and The New Leadership , are widely cited as breakthroughs in the study of organizational behavior.
- Lera Boroditsky
Lera Boroditsky is an Assistant Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Symbolic Systems at Stanford University. Dr. Boroditsky grew up in Minsk in the former Soviet Union. After earning (well, receiving anyway) a Ph.D. in Psychology from Stanford University in 2001, Boroditsky served on the faculty at MIT in the Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences. In 2004 she returned to California and took a faculty position at Stanford.
- James C Kaufman
James C. Kaufman (1974-) is an assistant professor at the California State University at San Bernardino, where he is the director of the Learning Research Institute. He received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of Southern California, where he worked with John Horn. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in Cognitive Psychology, where he worked with Robert J. Sternberg.
- Jay McGraw
Jay McGraw , 28, is President and CEO of Stage 29 Productions in Los Angeles. He has served as Executive Producer on several prime time specials and has a number of projects in development. He most recently was host of Renovate My Family , a prime time series on Fox. Since he was 19, Jay has been in the forefront of teen authorities, taking his father's philosophies and translating them into language teens can understand and enjoy.
- Holly Horton
Holly Horton joined SportsCentre as Toronto anchor and reporter for the network's flagship news and information program on July 16, 2004. A native of Scarborough, Ontario, Horton's responsibilities include anchoring the 2 a.m. ET weekend editions of the program, as well as reporting on sports stories from around the Toronto area. Prior to joining TSN, Horton spent two years as sports director and sports anchor for Global Television in Lethbridge, Alta. (2002-2004).
- Zulmira Agueda
Working for Biz-Boosters : boosting businesses. CM for Portugal and Spain.Responsible for the Sales Force Network in Europe and contacts for partnerships and join ventures in and outside Europe.
- Daniel Reisberg
Daniel Reisberg (pronounced with a long 'e') is a professor and chair of the Psychology Department at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. His specialties are in cognitive psychology, especially issues of memory (particularly its relationship to emotion), judgement, and imagery. Reisberg earned his B.A. in psychology and philosophy from Swarthmore College in 1975, before attending the University of Pennsylvania where he obtained an M.A. in 1976 and his Ph.D. in 1980.
- Jason Calacanis
Jason McCabe Calacanis is CEO and co-founder of Weblogs Inc., a network of close to 100 widely read blogs including Engadget, Joystiq, Luxist, Gadling and Blogging Baby. Weblogs, Inc. was founded in January of 2004 and spurred the growth of blogs. The company a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL in November of 2005. Calacanis, who was appointed a senior vice president of the AOL, maintains editorial supervision of Weblogs.
- Gordon Moskowitz
Gordon Blaine Moskowitz (born October 6, 1963) is a social psychologist working in the field of social cognition. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Lehigh University. His primary research interests are in examining: 1) social inferences which occur with neither the intention of forming an impression nor the awareness that one has done so (i.e., the extent to which social inferences, especially stereotypes, …
- David J. Skorton
David J. Skorton became Cornell University's 12th president on July 1, 2006 and was formally inaugurated in ceremonies on Cornell's Ithaca campus on September 7, 2006. President Skorton holds faculty appointments in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Weill-Cornell Medical College (WCMC) in New York City and in Biomedical Engineering at the College of Engineering on Cornell's Ithaca campus. Cornell University President David J. Skorton
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is the Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences at Claremont Graduate University and Co-Director of the Quality of Life Research Center. He is also Emeritus Professor of Human Development at the University of Chicago, where he chaired the department of psychology. Dr. Csikszentmihalyi is one of the world's leading authorities on the psychology of creativity.