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<html> <head> <title>American Psychological Association</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>American Psychological Association</b></font><p> <font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION</b></font><p> <p>Founded 1892, present membership over 150,000.<p> <b>Official Website:</b><br><a href="http://www.apa.org/">http://www.apa.org/</a><p> <b>Founding Date:</b><br>1892<p><table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/009/000117655/"><font size=-1>Gordon W. Allport</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Psychologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Nov-1897</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Oct-1967</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Personality: A Psychological Interpretation</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/084/000241358/"><font size=-1>Dan Ariely</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Economist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Apr-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Upside of Irrationality</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/691/000269881/"><font size=-1>Albert Bandura</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Psychologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Dec-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Bobo doll experiments</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/929/000115584/"><font size=-1>Bruno Bettelheim</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Psychologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Aug-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Mar-1990</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Fraudulent child psychologist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/931/000117580/"><font size=-1>Edwin G. Boring</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Psychologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Oct-1886</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Jul-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>A History of Experimental Psychology</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/991/000165496/"><font size=-1>Robert H. Bruininks</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Educator</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Feb-1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President, University of Minnesota</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/313/000165815/"><font size=-1>James McKeen Cattell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Psychologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-May-1860</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Jan-1944</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Academic freedom</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/613/000395425/"><font size=-1>Robert Cialdini</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Psychologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Apr-1945</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Influence</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/883/000115538/"><font size=-1>Kenneth B. Clark</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Psychologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jul-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-May-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Studied the effects of prejudice on children</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/447/000159967/"><font size=-1>Albert Ellis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Psychologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Sep-1913</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Jul-2007</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Rational emotive behavior therapy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/684/000355616/"><font size=-1>Harry Harlow</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Psychologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Oct-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Dec-1981</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Comparative psychologist, studied isolation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/744/000270931/"><font size=-1>Lawrence Kohlberg</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Psychologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Oct-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jan-1987</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Stages of moral development</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/145/000165647/"><font size=-1>Lester A. Lefton</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Educator</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1947</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President, Kent State University</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/910/000164418/"><font size=-1>Carl Rogers</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Psychologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1902</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Feb-1987</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Non-directive theory of psychology</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/478/000165980/"><font size=-1>Lewis Terman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Psychologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jan-1877</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Dec-1956</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Intelligence tests</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/958/000164466/"><font size=-1>Edward Titchener</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Psychologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Jan-1867</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Aug-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Structural psychology</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/201/000164706/"><font size=-1>Margaret Floy Washburn</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Psychologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Jul-1871</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Oct-1939</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>First female American psychologist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/078/000030985/"><font size=-1>John Watson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Psychologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Jan-1878</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Sep-1958</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Founder of Behaviorism</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/241/000165743/"><font size=-1>Jerry Wind</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Educator</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1939</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Director, SEI Center, Wharton</td> </tr> </table> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=115537" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2016 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><b class="b1f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b4f"></b><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a><br><br><a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/085/000001082/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/85/1082/s1082.jpg" width=128><br><font size="-1" face="trebuchet ms">Atlanta Corridors of Power</font></a><br><br><font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font></center></div><b class="b4f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b1f"></b><br clear=left><b class="b1f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b4f"></b><div class="contentf"><center><b class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">Bibliographies</b><p>NNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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