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psychologist

Noun

A scientist trained in psychology (synset 110508450)
is a type of: scientist - a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences
subtypes:
- behaviorist, behaviourist - a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism
- hypnotiser, hypnotist, hypnotizer, mesmerist, mesmerizer - a person who induces hypnosis
- parapsychologist - someone who studies the evidence for such psychological phenomena as psychokinesis and telepathy and clairvoyance
- psycholinguist - a person (usually a psychologist but sometimes a linguist) who studies the psychological basis of human language
- psychophysicist - a psychologist trained in psychophysics
specific instances:
- alfred binet, binet - French psychologist remembered for his studies of the intellectual development of children (1857-1911)
- burt, cyril burt, cyril lodowic burt - English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971)
- cattell, james mckeen cattell - American psychologist and editor (1860-1944)
- cattell, r. b. cattell, ray cattell, raymond b. cattell, raymond bernard cattell - American psychologist (born in England) who developed a broad theory of human behavior based on multivariate research (1905-1998)
- clark, kenneth bancroft clark, kenneth clark - United States psychologist (born in Panama) whose research persuaded the Supreme Court that segregated schools were discriminatory (1914-2005)
- eysenck, h. j. eysenck, hans eysenck, hans jurgen eysenck - a British psychologist (born in Germany) noted for his theories of intelligence and personality and for his strong criticism of Freudian psychoanalysis
- arnold gesell, arnold lucius gesell, gesell - United States psychologist noted for his work in child development (1880-1961)
- g. stanley hall, granville stanley hall, hall - United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924)
- james, william james - United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910)
- carl gustav jung, carl jung, jung - Swiss psychologist (1875-1961)
- leary, tim leary, timothy francis leary, timothy leary - United States psychologist who experimented with psychoactive drugs (including LSD) and became a well-known advocate of their use (1920-1996)
- c. k. ogden, charles kay ogden, ogden - English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957)
- jean piaget, piaget - Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies of cognitive development in children (1896-1980)
- carl rogers, rogers - United States psychologist who developed client-centered therapy (1902-1987)
- herb simon, herbert a. simon, herbert alexander simon, simon - United States economist and psychologist who pioneered in the development of cognitive science (1916-2001)
- b. f. skinner, burrhus frederic skinner, fred skinner, skinner - United States psychologist and a leading proponent of behaviorism (1904-1990)
- edward lee thorndike, thorndike - United States educational psychologist (1874-1949)
- john broadus watson, watson - United States psychologist considered the founder of behavioristic psychology (1878-1958)
- robert m. yerkes, robert mearns yerkes, yerkes - United States psychologist who studied the intelligence of primates (1876-1956)

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