Some Influential Psychologists. . .
Beck, Aaron: is known as the father of cognitive therapy and inventor of the widely used Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Hopelessness Scale, and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI).
Binet, Alfred: was a French psychologist and developer of the first usableintelligence test, the basis of today's IQ test.
Chomsky, Noam: is credited with the creation of the theory of generative grammar, considered to be one of the most significant contributions to the field of theoretical linguistics made in the 20th century.
Ellis, Albert: is an American cognitive behavioral therapist who developed Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT).
Erikson, Erik: was a developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst known for his theory on social development of human beings, and for coining the phrase identity crisis.
Erickson, Milton: is considered the father of modern hypnotherapy. The therapy he engendered, Ericksonian hypnotherapy, is one of the fastest growing and influential branches of hypnotherapy today. His methods inspired NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming).
Freud, Sigmund: is the father of psychoanalysis, and is generally recognized as one of the most influential and authoritative thinkers of the twentieth century.
Fromm, Erich: was an internationally renowned social psychologist and humanistic philosopher.
Jung, Carl: was a Swiss psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology.
Lovaas, Ivar: a clinical psychologist considered one of the fathers of applied behaviour analysis therapy for autism through his development of the Lovaas technique, and the first to provide evidence that the behaviour of children with autism can be modified through teaching.
Maslow, Abraham: Abraham Masolw one of the founders of humanistic psychology and is often best recognized for developing the theory of human motivation now known as Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
Piaget, Jean: Jean Piaget spent much of his professional life listening to children, watching children and in the area of developmental psychology.
Pavlov, Ivan: Ivan Pavlov is widely known for first describing the phenomenon now known as classical conditioning in his experiments with dogs.
Rogers, Carl: Carl Rogers was instrumental in the development of non-directive psychotherapy, which he initially termed Client-centered therapy and he is known as the father of client-centered therapy.
Eric Schopler: was an American psychologist whose pioneering research into autism led to the foundation of the TEACCH program.
Skinner, B.F.: B. F. Skinner was one of the most influential of American psychologists. A behaviorist, he developed the theory of operant conditioning.
Wolpe, Joseph: Joseph Wolpe is best known for developing theories and experiments about what is now called systematic desensitization and assertiveness training.