List of developmental psychologists

Template:Short description The following is a list of academics, both past and present, noted for their contributions to the field of developmental psychology.

A

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Swiss-born American psychologist Edith Ackermann

• Edith Ackermann (1946–2016)
• Lauren Adamson
• Mary Ainsworth (1913–1999)
• Martha W. Alibali
• Louise Bates Ames (1908–1906)
• Jeffrey Arnett
• Louise Arseneault

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American psychologist James Mark Baldwin

B

• Donald M. Baer (1931–2002)
• Albert Bandura (1925–2021)
• Renée Baillargeon
• James Mark Baldwin (1861–1934)
• Paul Baltes (1939–2006)
• Simon Baron-Cohen
• Rachel Barr
• Nancy Bayley (1899–1994)
• Diana Baumrind (1927–2018)
• Jay Belsky (1952–)
• Rebecca Bigler
• Sidney W. Bijou (1908–2009)
• Leann Birch (1946–2019)
• David F. Bjorklund
• Lois Bloom
• Marc H. Bornstein (1947–)
• John Bowlby (1907–1990)
• Gene Brody
• Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917–2005)
• Jeanne Brooks-Gunn (1946–)
• Christia Spears Brown
• Jerome Bruner (1915–2016)
• Charlotte Bühler
• Erica Burman

C

• Deborah M. Capaldi
• Stephen J. Ceci
• Dante Cicchetti
• Edouard Claparède (1873–1940)
• Mamie Phipps Clark (1917–1983)
• Ann M. Clarke (1928–2015)
• K. Alison Clarke-Stewart (1943–2014)
• Cynthia García Coll
• Rand Conger
• Wendy Craig
• Nicki R. Crick (1958–2012)

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Greek Cypriot psychologist and former Minister of Education and Culture of Cyprus, Andreas Demetriou

D

• Brian D'Onofrio
• Kazimierz Dąbrowski
• William Damon
• Kirby Deater-Deckard
• Andreas Demetriou
• Martin Deutsch
• Rheta DeVries
• Adele Diamond
• Kenneth A. Dodge
• Judith Dunn

E

• Jacquelynne Eccles
• Bruce J. Ellis

F

• Robert L. Fantz (1925–1981)
• Shirley Feldman
• Anne Fernald
• John H. Flavell (1928–)
• Robyn Fivush
• Nathan Fox
• Michael C. Frank
• Uta Frith (1941–)
• Hans G. Furth

G

• Howard Gardner (1943–)
• Eleanor J. Gibson (1910–2002)
• H. Hill Goldsmith
• Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
• Florence Goodenough (1886–1959)
• Gail Goodman
• Alison Gopnik
• Thérèse Gouin-Décarie
• Clare W. Graves (1914–1986)
• Giordana Grossi

H

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Psychologist G. Stanley Hall

• G. Stanley Hall (1844–1924)
• Glenna Halvorson-Boyd
• Margaret Kuenne Harlow (1918–1971)
• Isoko Hatano (1905–1978)
• Jutta Heckhausen
• E. Mavis Hetherington (1926–2023)
• Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
• George Holden
• Lois Holzman
• Frances Degen Horowitz (1932–2021)
• Ruth Winifred Howard (1900–1997)
• Aletha C. Huston

I

• Bärbel Inhelder (1913–1997)
• Susan Sutherland Isaacs (1885–1948)
• Jana Iverson

J

• Carol Nagy Jacklin

K

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American psychologist Helen L. Koch

• Jerome Kagan
• Robert Kegan
• Melanie Killen
• Grazyna Kochanska
• Lawrence Kohlberg (1927–1987)
• Helen L. Koch (1895–1977)

L

• Michael Lamb
• Lee C. Lee (1935–2006)
• Aleksei Leontiev (1903–1979)
• Richard M. Lerner (1946–)
• Daniel Levinson (1920–1994)
• Lynn S. Liben
• Jane Loevinger (1918–2008)
• Abraham Low (1891–1954)
• Margaret Lowenfeld (1890–1973)

M

• Eleanor Maccoby (1917–2018)
• James Marcia
• Ann Masten
• Daphne Maurer
• Kathleen McCartney
• Vonnie McLoyd
• Andrew N. Meltzoff (1950–)
• Patricia H. Miller
• Paul H. Mussen

N

• Katherine Nelson (1930–2018)
• John Nesselroade
• Erich Neumann
• Elissa L. Newport
• Anat Ninio
• Mary Louise Northway

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Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget

O

• Jelena Obradovic
• Kristina Olson
• Joy Osofsky
• Willis Overton

P

• Juan Pascual-Leone
• Anne C. Petersen (1944–)
• Jean Piaget (1896–1980)
• Debra Pepler
• James W. Prescott (1934–)

R

• Marian Radke-Yarrow (1918–2007)
• Pamela Trotman Reid
• Harriet Lange Rheingold (1908–2000)
• Gina Rippon
• Mary K. Rothbart (1940–)
• Michael Rutter (1933–2021)

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American psychologist Elizabeth Spelke

S

• Carolyn Saarni (1945–2015)
• Jenny Saffran
• Arnold J. Sameroff
• K. Warner Schaie
• Núria Sebastián Gallés
• Michael Siegal
• Linda Siegel
• Robert S. Siegler
• Marian Sigman
• B. F. Skinner (1904–1990)
• Sara Smilansky (1922–2006)
• Linda B. Smith
• Peter K. Smith
• Andrea Smorti
• Catherine E. Snow
• Aletha Solter
• Edmund Sonuga-Barke
• Elizabeth Spelke
• Margaret Beale Spencer
• Laurence Steinberg (1952–)
• Clara Stern (1877–1945)
• Deborah Stipek
• Robert Stoller (1925–1991)

T

• Ruby Takanishi
• Esther Thelen
• Barbara Tizard
• Deborah Tolman
• Michael Tomasello
• Carol Tomlinson-Keasey
• Edward Tronick
• Elliot Tucker-Drob
• Elliot Turiel (1938–)
• Gerald Turkewitz

V

• Deborah Vandell
• Jaan Valsiner
• Lev Vygotsky (1896–1934)

W

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Canadian psychologist Janet F. Werker

• Theodore Wachs
• John B. Watson (1878–1958)
• Sandra Waxman
• Richard A. Weinberg
• Janet F. Werker
• Emmy Werner (1929–2017)

Z

• Carolyn Zahn-Waxler
• Sandra Waxman
• Edward Zigler (1930–2019)
• Pyotr Zinchenko (1903–1969)