The most famous psychologists in the world

Psychology as an independent science was known in the ancient world. For many centuries it has evolved, changed and supplemented by scientific papers, treatises and books such famous psychologists as Sigmund Freud, Vladimir Levi, Abraham Maslow, Boris Ananyev, Ernst Weber, Akop Nazaretyan, Victor Ovcharenko, etc.

Famous foreign psychologists

Psychologist who founded psychoanalysis and had a major influence in medicine, psychology and literature of the twentieth century, is an Austrian scientist Sigmund Freud. After high school he went to lectures of Goethe, which gave him the impetus for the decision to study at the medical faculty. At the Institute, Freud came under the influence of a psychologist the Bridge, and decided his fate. Sigmund wrote a three-part structural model of the psyche, created the theory of the Oedipus complex, developed the interpretation of dreams, opened the Shuttle service and found the protective mechanisms operating in the psyche. Freud - the "father" of the theory that the nervous disorders of man are due to a number of conscious and unconscious processes that closely interact with each other.


Abraham Maslow, a famous American psychologist who founded humanistic psychology. One of his popular scientific works is "Maslow's Pyramid". This work includes various diagrams that represent the common needs of man. This theory widely used in Economics and to build the behavior and motivations of consumers.


Also world famous are the names of psychologists like albert bandura, emphasizes in his works the importance of imitation, observation and simulation; Jean piaget, influenced the understanding of children's intellectual development; Carl Rogers, which emphasized human potential, and William James - "father" of American psychology.

Famous Soviet and Russian psychologists

Boris Ananyev — the Soviet psychologist, the founder of the psychological faculty of Leningrad state University. He has developed many methodological problems that continue to have great value to science. Its main works: "Psychology of cognition", "Theory of feelings", "Man as an object of knowledge" and "Personality, subject of activity, individuality".


A psychologist Vladimir Levi became the founder of a new direction in psychology — suicide-studying. His works include a detailed study of suicide and psychological condition of people who are prone to suicide.


A legendary figure Victor Ovcharenko researched and developed such techniques that have made a significant contribution to psychology. He studied sociological and psychological problems related to interpersonal relationships and personality in General.


Ivan Pavlov, Vladimir Bekhterev, Akop Nazaretyan — scientists with outstanding talent and wrote the world-famous treatises on psychology.