From Haggbloom

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Table 4 as it appeared in Haggbloom et al. (2002). The 100 Most Eminent Psychologists of the 20^th Century. Review of General Psychology, 6, 139-152. (pdf format)

Rank-ordered list of 99 of the 100 most-eminent psychologists of the 20th century

Alphabetical list of the 99 of the100 most-eminent psychologists of the 20th century

Revised Table 4 | Errata

Rank-ordered list of 99 of the 100 most-eminent psychologists of the 20th century modified on the basis of the errata that appear below and Black, S.L. (2003) Cannonical [sic] confusions, an illusory allusion, and more: A critique of Haggbloom et al.'s list of eminent psychologists (2002). Psychological Reports, 92, 853-857.

Alphabetical list of 99 of the 100 most-eminent psychologists of the 20th century modified on the basis of the errata that appear below and Black, S.L. (2003) Cannonical [sic] confusions, an illusory allusion, and more: A critique of Haggbloom et al.'s list of eminent psychologists (2002). Psychological Reports, 92, 853-857.

Journal Citation List: Rank-ordered | Alphabetical

Textbook Citation List: Rank ordered | Alphabetical

Survey List: Rank-ordered | Alphabetical

From Haggbloom et al. (2002). The 100 Most Eminent Psychologists of the 20^th Century. Review of General Psychology, 6, 139-152.

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Errata. (2003). Review of General Psychology, 7, 37.

I note two errors in Haggbloom et al's list of eminent psychologists. One is the appearance of the name of W. Gary Cannon, a recently-deceased psychologist, who was neither a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) nor associated with the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion. These were instead the accomplishments of the great American physiologist, Walter B. Cannon, who made important contributions to psychology. A second error involving the name of Cannon concerns the entry for an individual identified as Margarete [sic] Washburn whose accomplishments were those of Margaret F. Washburn. Haggbloom et al credit her with an eponym for the Cannon-Washburn experiment on the nature of hunger sensations (Cannon, W.B., & Washburn, A.L., 1912, An explanation of hunger. American Journal of Physiology, 29, 441-454.). The Washburn of this famous experiment was A.L. Washburn, and the eponym memorializes his heroic contribution to this experiment, not Margaret F. Washburn's. Consequently, a reassessment and possible revision of the list of Haggbloom et al (2002) is called for. From: Stephen L. Black, Department of Psychology, Bishop's University, Lennoxville, QC J1M-1Z7, Canada..

The authors thank Stephen L. Black, Bishop's University, for identifying our errors and especially for drawing our attention to the mis-attributed Cannon-Washburn eponym. In Table 4 on page 147, the name W. Gary Cannon should in fact be W. B. Cannon. Also, the eponym "Cannon-Washburn experiment" was incorrectly attributed to Margaret Washburn rather than A. L. Washburn. Correcting this error (a) removes Margaret Washburn from the list, (b), moves each name below Washburn up one place, and (c) moves Leo Postman from #100 (previously unidentified) to #99. Postman has a ranking of 52 on the Journal Citation List and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. From: Steven J. Haggbloom, Department of Psychology, Western Kentucky University, 1 Big Red Way, Bowling Green, KY 42101.

Black (2003) identified two additional errors, not noted in the errata published in the Review of general Psychology, that affected the positions of individuals on the most-eminent list. (See Black, S.L. (2003) Cannonical [sic] confusions, an illusory allusion, and more: A critique of Haggbloom et al.'s list of eminent psychologists (2002). Psychological Reports, 92, 853-857.)

An eponym, the "Deutsch illusion," was erroneously attributed to Morton Deutsch. That eponym should be credited to Diana Deutsch. Removing the credit for this eponym moves Morton Deutsch from a position of 63rd on the most-eminent list to 78th.
An eponym, "Hall's theory of interpersonal zones," was misattributed to G. Stanley Hall. That eponym should be credited to anthropologist Edward T. Hall. Removing the credit for this eponym has the effect of removing G. Stanley Hall from the most-eminent list.

The removal from the most-eminent list of Hall and of Margaret Washburn created two "slots" at the bottom of the list that are now occupied, respectively, by Leo Postman and B.J. Winer.

Other errors identified by Black (2003) had no effect on rankings in the most-eminent list. Note especially that correcting the error in the number of citations attributed to Eysenck on the textbook citation list did not alter his position on the most-eminent list because there was a relatively large composite score gap between Eysenk at position 13 and Erikson at position 12.

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