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Q: TOP PSYCHOLOGISTS ( No Answer,   3 Comments )
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Subject: TOP PSYCHOLOGISTS
Category: Science
Asked by: peterslewisofchicago-ga
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Posted: 02 Nov 2005 21:11 PST
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Question ID: 588278
As measured by the number of citations in scientific journals, who
were the most important psychologists and psychiatrists of the last
hundred years?  In contrast, who does the educated public believe are
the 10 most important psychologists and psychiatrists of the last
hundred years -- or, indeed, all of human history?
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Subject: Re: TOP PSYCHOLOGISTS
From: pforcelli-ga on 03 Nov 2005 10:53 PST
 
Here are my top nine;

Wundt
James
Skinner
Watson
Freud
Hebb
Lashley
Thorndike
Titchener

I have a bias to more biological psychologists.
Subject: Re: TOP PSYCHOLOGISTS
From: iang-ga on 04 Nov 2005 02:11 PST
 
I think you'll need to pay at some point, but this might help -
http://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug02/studyranks.html

This link looked intersting, but it wasn't working when I tried it!
http://www.clt.astate.edu/stevenh/ms.htm

Ian G.
Subject: Re: TOP PSYCHOLOGISTS
From: tigger71-ga on 09 Nov 2005 17:15 PST
 
I think pforcelli got it right.  The only names I would add for
further consideration, not necessarily due to their genius, but
because of the sheer number of times they get mentioned would be
Pavlov, Jung, and Maslow...

-Rob

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