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This second volume in a set of books covering the men and women who have forged psychology into a dynamic science, covers figures from both the earliest days and also from more recent times. The portraits include Dorothea Dix, John Dewey, Robert Yerkes and Paul Schiller.

Over the past century, various men and women have forged psychology into a dynamic science, leaving behind a rich legacy of innovative research and theoretical perspectives. The volumes in the Portraits of Pioneers in Psychology series chronicle the lives of these giants in the field and outline their influences on psychology today. The first volume in this series concentrated on figures from the earliest days of psychology. This new volume al...

This text documents the significance of pioneering contributors to the development of psychology. All of the portraits provided in the book are informal, some are humorous. Some of the chapters are "impersonations" - telling stories in what were or might have been the pioneer's own words.