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1. Noam Chomsky

1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned Helplessness1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language1898-1977; Field: Personality; Contributions: Theory That Linked Personality To Physique On The Grounds That Both Are Governed By Genetic Endowment: Endomorphic (Large) - Mesomorphic (Average) - And Ectomorphic (Skinny)

2. Philip Zimbardo

1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned Helplessness1898-1977; Field: Personality; Contributions: Theory That Linked Personality To Physique On The Grounds That Both Are Governed By Genetic Endowment: Endomorphic (Large) - Mesomorphic (Average) - And Ectomorphic (Skinny)1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior

3. Martin Seligman

1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned Helplessness1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior1898-1977; Field: Personality; Contributions: Theory That Linked Personality To Physique On The Grounds That Both Are Governed By Genetic Endowment: Endomorphic (Large) - Mesomorphic (Average) - And Ectomorphic (Skinny)1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language

4. William Sheldon

1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned Helplessness1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language1898-1977; Field: Personality; Contributions: Theory That Linked Personality To Physique On The Grounds That Both Are Governed By Genetic Endowment: Endomorphic (Large) - Mesomorphic (Average) - And Ectomorphic (Skinny)1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior

5. Carol Gilligan

1936-pres; Field: Cognition; Contributions: Maintained That Köhlberg's Work Was Developed By Only Observing Boys And Overlooked Potential Differences Between The Habitual Moral Judgments Of Boys And Girls; Girls Focus More On Relationships Than Laws And Principles1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned Helplessness1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language

6. Lev Vygotsky

1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned Helplessness1896-1934; Field: Child Development; Contributions: Investigated How Culture & Interpersonal Communication Guide Development - Zone Of Proximal Development; Play Research

7. Gustav Fechner

1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior1801-1887; Field: Perception; Contributions: Stated That The Magnitude Of A Sensory Experience Is Proportionate To The # Of Jnd's That The Stimulus Causing The Experiences Above The Absolute Threshold1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned Helplessness1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language

8. Robert Yerkes

1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned Helplessness187601956; Field: Intelligence - Comparative; Contributions: Social Behavior Of Gorillas/Chimps - Yerkes-dodson Law-level Of Arousal As Related To Performance1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior

9. Stanley Schachter

1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned Helplessness1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language1922-present; Field: Emotion; Contributions: Stated That In Order To Experience Emotions A Person Must Be Physically Aroused And Know The Emotion Before You Experience It1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior

10. Gustav Fechner

1801-1887; Field: Perception; Contributions: Stated That The Magnitude Of A Sensory Experience Is Proportionate To The # Of Jnd's That The Stimulus Causing The Experiences Above The Absolute Threshold1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned Helplessness1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language

11. Harry Harlow

1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned Helplessness1905-1981; Field: Development; Contributions: Realized That Touch Is Preferred In Development; Studies: Rhesus Monkeys - Studied Attachment Of Infant Monkeys (Wire Mothers V. Cloth Mothers)

12. Kenneth Clark

1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned Helplessness1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language1914-2005; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Research Evidence Of Internalized Racism Caused By Stigmatization; Studies: Doll Experiments-black Children Chose White Dolls

13. Bf Skinner

1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language1904-1990; Field: Behavioral; Contributions: Created Techniques To Manipulate The Consequences Of An Organism's Behavior In Order To Observe The Effects Of Subsequent Behavior; Studies: Skinner Box1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned Helplessness1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior

14. Mary Whiton Calkins

1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned HelplessnessFirst Woman President Of The American Psychological Association. Should Have Earned A Phd From Harvard In 1895 But Was Denied Because She Was A Woman.1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior

15. William James

1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned Helplessness1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language1842-1910; Field: Functionalism; Contributions: Studied How Humans Use Perception To Function In Our Environment; Studies: Pragmatism - The Meaning Of Truth1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior

16. Elizabeth Kübler-ross

1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned Helplessness1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language1926-2004; Field: Development; Contributions: 5 Stages The Terminally Ill Go Through When Facing Death (1. Death - 2. Anger/Resentment - 3. Bargaining With God - 4. Depression - 5. Acceptance)

17. Hj Eysenck

1916-1997; Field: Personality; Contributions: Asserted That Personality Is Largely Determined By Genes - Used Introversion/Extroversion1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned Helplessness

18. William James

1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language1842-1910; Field: Functionalism; Contributions: Studied How Humans Use Perception To Function In Our Environment; Studies: Pragmatism - The Meaning Of Truth1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned Helplessness

19. Anna Freud

1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned Helplessness1895-1982; Field: Psychoanalysis; Contributions: Focused On Child Psychoanalysis - Fully Developed Defense Mechanisms - Emphasized Importance Of The Ego And Its Constant Struggle

20. Henry Murray

1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned Helplessness1893-1988; Field: Intelligence - Testing; Contributions: Devised The Thematic Apperception Test (Tat) With Christina Morgan - Stated That The Need To Achieve Varied In Strength In Different People And Influenced Their Tendency To Approach And Evaluate Their Own Performances

21. Harry Stack Sullivan

1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language1892-1949; Field: Psychoanalysis; Contributions: Groundwork For Enmeshed Relationships - Developed The Self-system-a Configuration Of Personality Traits1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned Helplessness

22. Howard Gardner

1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned Helplessness1943-present; Field: Intelligence; Contributions: Devised The Theory Of Multiple Intelligences (Logical-mathematic - Spatial - Bodily-kinesthetic - Intrapersonal - Linguistic - Musical - Interpersonal - Naturalistic)

23. Charles Darwin

1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned Helplessness1809-1882; Field: Geology - Biology; Contributions: Transmutation Of Species - Natural Selection - Evolution By Common Descent; Studies: "The Origin Of Species" Catalogs His Voyage On The Beagle1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language

24. Alfred Binet

1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned Helplessness1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior1857-1911; Field: Testing; Contributions: General Iq Tests - Designed Test To Identify Slow Learners In Need Of Remediation-not Applicable In The U.S. Because Too Culture-bound (French)

25. Charles Darwin

1809-1882; Field: Geology - Biology; Contributions: Transmutation Of Species - Natural Selection - Evolution By Common Descent; Studies: "The Origin Of Species" Catalogs His Voyage On The Beagle1942-present; Field: Learning; Contributions: Positive Psychology - Learned Helplessness; Studies: Dogs Demonstrating Learned Helplessness1933-present; Field: Social Psychology; Contributions: Proved That Peoples Behavior Depends To A Large Extent On The Roles They Are Asked To Play; Studies: Stanford Prison Study-studied Power Of Social Roles To Influence People's Behavior1928-present; Field: Language; Contributions: Disagreed With Skinner About Language Acquisition - Stated There Is An Infinite # Of Sentences In A Language - Humans Have An Inborn Native Ability To Develop Language

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