Influential Psychologists

The Buddha — History’s Most Illustrious Psychologist

by Patrick Zeis May 30, 2024

For thousands of years, human beings have wrestled with enduring questions about the nature of the mind and the causes of suffering. Why do people …

History’s Most Influential Psychologists & How They Changed Our Understanding of the Mind

by Patrick Zeis November 15, 2023

Influential Psychologists — Adam Grant

by Patrick Zeis June 8, 2023

Few contemporary psychologists have cultivated as prominent a public presence as Adam Grant, the distinguished organizational psychologist whose achievements include becoming the youngest tenured professor …

Influential Psychologists — Martin Seligman

by Patrick Zeis March 25, 2019

Influential Psychologists — Abraham Maslow

by Patrick Zeis October 3, 2017

Despite a difficult and often unhappy childhood, Abraham Maslow devoted his career to understanding not what goes wrong in human life, but what allows people …

Influential Psychologists — Daniel Goleman

by Patrick Zeis June 15, 2017

Through his landmark 1995 bestseller Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman fundamentally reshaped the conversation around human potential and success, arguing that qualities such as self-awareness, emotional …

Influential Psychologists — Viktor Frankl

by Patrick Zeis January 2, 2017

Influential Psychologists — Carl Rogers

by Patrick Zeis August 22, 2016

As one of the principal architects of humanistic psychology, Carl Rogers helped transform the field’s understanding of human nature alongside his friend and fellow pioneer, …