List of women psychologists

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The youngest daughter of Sigmund Freud, born in 1895 in Vienna, Austria, considered to be one of the founders of psychoanalytic child psychology.
The youngest daughter of Sigmund Freud, considered to be one of the founders of psychoanalytic child psychology.

This is a list of women psychologists.

Name Lifetime Nationality Comments Reference(s)
Mary Ainsworth 1913–1999 American-Canadian American-Canadian developmental psychologist known for her work in early emotional attachment with the Strange Situation design, as well as her work in the development of attachment theory. [1]
Jacqueline Andrade British British psychologist. She is a professor of psychology and associate head of the School for Research in the School of Psychology at Plymouth University, located in Plymouth, England. She finished BA(hons) Psychology from University of Cambridge in 1987 and PhD Psychology from University of Manchester in 1990. [2][3]
Magda Arnold 1903–2002 American American psychologist and the first contemporary theorist to develop appraisal theory of emotions, which moved the direction of emotion theory away from "feeling" theories (e.g. James-Lange theory) and "behaviorist" theories (e.g. Cannon-Bard theory) and toward the cognitive approach. [4][5]
Nancy Bayley 1899-1994 American An American psychologist most notable for her contributions toward the Berkeley Growth Study in which she studied the relation between the heights of adults and children, developing a tool that helped many pediatricians examine the abnormalities of their patients' heights. She received her PhD from the State University of Iowa and was a member of the American Psychological Association. [6]
Sandra Bem 1944–2014 American American psychologist known for her works in androgyny and gender studies. [7]
Mary Calkins 1863–1930 American American philosopher and psychologist, and the first woman to become president of the American Psychological Association (1905). Her career focused on self-psychology and the belief that the conscious self should be the foundation of psychological study. [8][9]
Mamie Phipps Clark 1917-1983 American An American psychologist who is most famous for her work with the gendered doll study that exposed the latent racism in young children. She was also used as an expert witness in the Brown v. Board of Education court case. [10]
Florence Denmark 1932- American American Psychologist and researcher of gender and women's roles. She was named the president of the American Psychological Association in 1980. [11]
Helene Deutsch 1884–1982 Austrian American Austrian-American psychoanalyst and colleague of Sigmund Freud, recognized as the first woman analyst to be analyzed by Freud. [12][13]
Anna Freud 1895–1982 Austrian The youngest daughter of Sigmund Freud, born in 1895 in Vienna, Austria, considered to be one of the founders of psychoanalytic child psychology. [14]
Eleanor J. Gibson 1910–2002 American American psychologist known for the study of perception in infants and toddlers and for the "visual cliff" experiment in which precocial animals, and crawling human infants, showed their ability to perceive depth by avoiding the deep side of a virtual cliff. [15][16][17]
Florence Goodenough 1886-1959 American American psychologist and former professor at the University of Minnesota Institute of Child Welfare. She wanted to scientifically study child development and its connections with the welfare of the child. [18]
Leta Hollingworth 1886–1939 American American psychologist who conducted pioneering work in the early 20th century, making significant contributions in three areas: psychology of women; clinical psychology; and educational psychology. She is best known for her work with exceptional children. [19][20]
Karen Horney 1885–1952 German German psychoanalyst who practiced in the United States during her later career. Her theories of sexuality and of the instinct orientation of psychoanalysis questioned some traditional Freudian views. She is credited with founding feminist psychology in response to Freud's theory of penis envy. [21][22]
Ruth Winifred Howard 1900-1997 American American psychologist whose main research focused on the development of triplets. She was one of the first women to earn a PhD in the area of psychology. She also earned a PhD in child development, as well. [23]
Ethel Dench Puffer Howes 1872-1950 American Despite being discriminated throughout her career because of her gender and being restricted to work outside of the home under her marriage, Howes dedicated most of her work researching about aesthetics. She is notable for publishing a book about her work titled, The Beauty of Psychology. She was one of the first women to receive a PhD from Harvard University. [24]
Jaqueline Jesus 1978- Brazilian Brazilian psychologist, writer, and activist.
Melanie Klein 1882–1960 Austrian-British Austrian-British psychoanalyst who developed the "play technique" in child psychoanalysis that is widely used in contemporary play therapy, and was instrumental in the science of child psychoanalysis. [25][26]
Christine Ladd-Franklin 1847-1930 American American psychologist who is most famous for her work with theories of color vision. [27]
Eleanor Maccoby 1917- American American Psychologist and current Stanford professor who studies various aspects of family psychology. She also researches a considerable amount on gender studies and gender discrimination. [28]
Brenda Milner 1918 British A British neuropsychologist who earned her bachelor's and master's degrees at Cambridge University and PhD from McGill University. Her career included researching about war effort, influenced by World War II at the time, and studying about epileptic patients. She continues to work today and is currently studying about the brain's hemispheres and its relationship. [29]
Maria Montessori 1870–1952 Italian Italian physician and educator best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name, and her writing on scientific pedagogy. [30]
Carolyn R. Payton 1925-2001 American A well-known professor of psychology and a very involved member of the American Psychological Association. She was also the first woman director, as well as the first African-American director, of the Peace Corps. [31]
Inez Prosser 1895–1934 American First African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Psychology, known for her studies involving the possible differences in the personality and self-esteem of African-American youth attending segregated versus integrated schools. [32][33]
Renee Rabinowitz 1934- Belgian-born Israeli-American Psychologist and lawyer. [34]
Janet Taylor Spence 1923-2015 American An American psychologist who served her term as President of the American Psychological Association in 1984. She spent most of her career researching and contributing towards gender-related issues, especially involving women. [35]
Shelley E. Taylor 1946- American An American psychologist whose work mostly focuses on the various factors regarding responses to stress. She has received many notable achievements throughout her career including the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Contribution to Psychology Award. She is currently a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. [36]
Margaret Floy Washburn 1871-1939 American American psychologist who studied sensation and perception and theorized that one’s consciousness was responsible for their own motor activities. She served as American Psychological Association president in 1921 and was the first American woman to receive a PhD in psychology. [37]
Helen Thompson Woolley 1874-1947 American American psychologist with important work in gender studies. She was the first to research gender differences in a truly scientific and experimental way. [38]
Bluma Zeigarnik 1900-1988 Russian A Russian psychologist who is most notable for her experiment called the Zeigarnik effect, a study in which she observed that forgotten, incomplete tasks are more remembered than complete ones. She observed this same effect in children as well. Among many of her achievements includes receiving the Lewis Memorial Award in 1983. [39]
Lise Østergaard 1924–1996 Danish Danish psychologist, academic and politician

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