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Sigmund Freud
Developed the psychoanalytic theory of personality which posits that human behavior is the result of the interactions among three component parts of the mind: the id, ego, and superego.
Carl Jung
Founded analytical psychology, emphasizing the collective unconscious and archetypes, and the process of individuation.
Alfred Adler
Created the school of individual psychology, where he proposed the concept of the inferiority complex and stressed the importance of striving for superiority.
Erik Erikson
His psychosocial theory of development includes eight stages, each characterized by a different psychological crisis that must be resolved.
B.F. Skinner
A behaviorist who developed the theory of operant conditioning, believing that behavior is determined by its consequences, reinforcements, or punishments, which make it more or less likely to occur.
Carl Rogers
Developed person-centered theory, often called Rogerian therapy, which focuses on an individual's self-concept and the concept of unconditional positive regard.
Abraham Maslow
Best known for creating Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority, culminating in self-actualization.
Hans Eysenck
Proposed a theory of personality based on three dimensions: extraversion-introversion, neuroticism-stability, and psychoticism-normality.
Raymond Cattell
Developed the 16 Personality Factor (16PF) questionnaire and the theory of fluid and crystallized intelligence.
Gordon Allport
One of the first psychologists to focus on the study of the personality, and developed a theory of the personality that emphasized the uniqueness of the individual and the internal cognitive and motivational processes that influence behavior.
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