English > psychologist: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A scientist trained in psychology. |
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| Instances | Binet, Alfred Binet | French psychologist remembered for his studies / studies of the intellectual development of children (1857-1911) |
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| Burt, Cyril Burt, Cyril Lodowic Burt | English psychologist whose studies / studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971) |
| Cattell, James McKeen Cattell | American psychologist and editor (1860-1944) |
| Cattell, Ray Cattell, R. B. 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 Clark, Kenneth Bancroft Clark | United States psychologist (born in Panama) whose research persuaded the Supreme Court that segregated schools were discriminatory (1914-2005) |
| Eysenck, Hans Eysenck, H. J. 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 |
| Gesell, Arnold Gesell, Arnold Lucius Gesell | United States psychologist noted for his work in child development (1880-1961) |
| Hall, G. Stanley Hall, Granville Stanley 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) |
| Jung, Carl Jung, Carl Gustav Jung | Swiss psychologist (1875-1961) |
| Leary, Tim Leary, Timothy Leary, Timothy Francis Leary | United States psychologist who experimented with psychoactive drugs (including LSD) and became a well-known advocate of their use (1920-1996) |
| Ogden, C. K. Ogden, Charles Kay Ogden | English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957) |
| Piaget, Jean Piaget | Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies / studies of cognitive development in children (1896-1980) |
| Rogers, Carl Rogers | United States psychologist who developed client-centered therapy (1902-1987) |
| Simon, Herb Simon, Herbert A. Simon, Herbert Alexander Simon | United States economist and psychologist who pioneered in the development of cognitive science (1916-2001) |
| Skinner, Fred Skinner, B. F. Skinner, Burrhus Frederic Skinner | United States psychologist and a leading proponent of behaviorism (1904-1990) |
| Thorndike, Edward Lee Thorndike | United States educational psychologist (1874-1949) |
| Watson, John Broadus Watson | United States psychologist considered the founder of behavioristic psychology (1878-1958) |
| Yerkes, Robert M. Yerkes, Robert Mearns Yerkes | United States psychologist who studied the intelligence of primates (1876-1956) |
| Narrower | behaviorist, behaviourist | A psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism |
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| hypnotist, hypnotizer, hypnotiser, 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 |
| Broader | scientist | A person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences |
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| Spanish | psicóloga, psicólogo, sicóloga, sicólogo |
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| Catalan | psicòleg |
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| Nouns | psychology | the science of mental life |
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