This book introduces the life, thought, work and impact of fifty of the most influential figures who have shaped and developed psychology, including: - Sigmund Freud - Noam Chomsky - William James - Carl Jung - Ivan Pavlov - Jean Piaget - Anne Anastasi - Abraham Maslow - Konrad Lorenz - Hans Eysenck Accessibly written, with full cross-referencing and helpful pointers to further reading, this fascinating and informative guide is an invaluable resource for those studying, working in, or who simply want to find out more about psychology.

Table of Contents

Gordon Allport; Anne Anastasi; John R. Anderson; Solomon Asch; Alan Baddeley; Albert Bandura; Frederic Bartlett; Alfred Binet; John Bowlby; Donald E. Broadbent; Jerome Bruner; Walter B. Cannon; Raymond Cattell; Noam Chomsky; Erik Erikson; Hans Eysenck; Sigmund Freud; Francis Galton; James J. Gibson; Richard Gregory; Donald O. Hebb; Hermann von Helmholtz; William James; Carl G. Jung; Lawrence Kohlberg; Kurt Lewin; Konrad Lorenz; Duncan R. Luce; Aleksandr R. Luria; Eleanor E. Maccoby; Abraham Maslow; David C. McClelland; Stanley Milgram; Ulric Neisser; Ivan Pavlov; Jean Piaget; Karl Pribram; Carl Rogers; Herbert Simon; Burrhus F. Skinner; Charles Spearman; Roger W. Sperry; Edward L. Thorndike; Edward B. Titchener; Endel Tulving; Lev Vygotskii; John B. Watson; Max Wertheimer; Wilhelm Wundt; Philip Zimardo.

About the Author

Noel Sheehy is a Professor and Reader in Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University and was formerly Chair of the School of Psychology at Queen's University Belfast. His research interests are in risk perception and risk communication. He is also co-author of Understanding Suicidal Behaviour and Applied Social Psychology.