The following is a list of academics, both past and present, noted for their contributions to the field of developmental psychology.
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Edith Ackermann (1946–2016) Lauren Adamson Mary Ainsworth (1913–1999) Martha W. Alibali Louise Bates Ames (1908–1906) Jeffrey Arnett Louise Arseneault
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)
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
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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
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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
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)
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)
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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)