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The work of a psychologist is to get to know how your mind works and they get to study your emotions, personality, behavior, as well as your perception to various things. Psychology being scientific study of your mental state of mind as well as how you behave is one filled with great and famous people.​ With so many miraculous minds we have seen over the years, it is difficult to determine the five most famous for their work. Thus, the five below are the psychologists who we feel contributed the most to their individual fields of psychology.

= = =__//Erik Erikson//__= Erik Erikson was a developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst known for his theory on social development of human beings, and for coining the phrase identity crisis. Adam Kijek will discuss this famous psychologist. =**__//Ivan Pavlov//__**= Ivan Pavlov is widely known for first describing the phenomenon now known as classical conditioning in his experiments with dogs. Eric Lepage will discuss this famous psychologist. =**__//Abraham Masolw//__**= Abraham Maslow is one of the founders of humanistic psychology and is often best recognized for developing the theory of human motivation now known as Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Francois Chateauvert will discuss this famous psychologist. =**__//Sigmund Freud//__**= Sigmund Freud is the father of psychoanalysis, and is generally recognized as one of the most influential and authoritative thinkers of the twentieth century. Mitch Breton will discuss this famous psychologist. =**__//B. F. Skinner//__**= B.F. Skinner was one of the most influential of American psychologists. A behaviorist, he developed the theory of operant conditioning. Sarah Denofrio will discuss this famous psychologist.

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