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Also Known As Edward Chace Tolman
Born April 14, 1886 • Massachusetts
Died November 19, 1959 (aged 73) • Berkeley • California • (Anniversary in 7 days)
Notable Works “Purposive Behavior in Animals and Men”
Subjects Of Study purposive behaviourism
Clark L. Hull
American psychologist
B.F. Skinner
B.F. Skinner
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John B. Watson
American psychologist
Edwin Ray Guthrie
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Neal E. Miller
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Harry F. Harlow
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John Money
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Sheldon Glueck
American criminologist
Eleanor Glueck
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William James
William James
American psychologist and philosopher
Leon Festinger
American psychologist
Stanley Milgram
Stanley Milgram
American social psychologist
Timothy Leary
Timothy Leary
American psychologist
Albert Bandura
Albert Bandura
American psychologist
Karen Horney
Karen Horney
German psychoanalyst
George A. Miller
American psychologist
Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker
Canadian-American psychologist
Edward L. Thorndike
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G. Stanley Hall.
G. Stanley Hall
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Lawrence Kohlberg
American psychologist