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Roger G. Barker.

Barker, Roger G.

Pages: 2 –35

For most of my career in psychology, I have been a naturalist, investigating relations between persons, environments, and behavior as they occur, without input from me as investigator. My task in this autobiography, as I see it, is to carry on in the same way with respect to my traits as a...

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Roger Brown.

Brown, Roger

Pages: 36 –60

This chapter provides an autobiography of Roger Brown. The first section of the chapter details Brown's life from birth until he left Michigan in 1952. The second section details his life after 1952 when he went to Harvard to become an instructor. The final section of the chapter is entitled "Me...

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Lee J. Cronbach.

Cronbach, Lee J.

Pages: 62 –93

This chapter provides an autobiographical account of Lee J. Cronbach's life. Cronbach describes various experiences, including his first encounters with research, his doctoral training, the Pullman years, and his interlude as a military psychologist. He also discusses the following topics:...

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William K. Estes.

Estes, William K.

Pages: 94 –124

This chapter provides an autobiographical account of William K. Estes life and career. After providing a description of his earlier years, Estes discusses the following topics: academic itinerary; some milestones in research; toward a statistical theory of learning; the Zeitgeist of the 1950's;...

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Fritz Heider.

Heider, Fritz

Pages: 126 –155

This chapter provides an autobiographical account of the life of Fritz Heider. After describing his background being raised in Austria, the author moves on to discuss his school experiences and his career in psychology. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

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Leo M. Hurvich and Dorothea Jameson.

Hurvich, Leo M.; Jameson, Dorothea

Pages: 157 –206

This chapter provides an autobiographical account of the education and careers of Leo M. Hurvich and Dorothea Jameson and their work together. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

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Brbel Inhelder.

Inhelder, Bärbel

Pages: 208 –243

This chapter provides an autobiographical account of Bärbel Inhelder. She begins by describing her years growing up in Switzerland and then goes on to describe experiences in her life during specific periods of time: 1932-1938; 1938-1943; 1943-1951; 1951-1960; 1960-1968; and, 1968-1983. (PsycInfo...

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R. Duncan Luce.

Luce, R. Duncan

Pages: 244 –289

A scientific autobiography is, I suppose, a chronicle of the intellectual highlights of a scientist's career, the persons, places, and events that went along with them, and some attempt to suggest how one thing led to another. Presumably, the last interests a reader most--how did an idea, an...

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Eleanor E. Maccoby.

Maccoby, Eleanor E.

Pages: 290 –335

This chapter provides an autobiographical account of Eleanor E. Maccoby's life. In it she describes her childhood, her schooling, and her career. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

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Paul E. Meehl.

Meehl, Paul E.

Pages: 336 –389

This chapter provides an autobiographical account of Paul E. Meehl. In it he describes his early experiences, his schooling, and his career. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

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