List of developmental psychologists

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

A



 * 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-)
 * Leann Birch (1946–2019)
 * Sidney W. Bijou (1908–2009)
 * David F. Bjorklund
 * Marc H. Bornstein (1947-)
 * John Bowlby (1907–1990)
 * Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917–2005)
 * Jeanne Brooks-Gunn (1946-)
 * Christia Spears Brown
 * Jerome Bruner (1915-2016)
 * Charlotte Bühler
 * Erica Burman

C

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



D

 * Brian D'Onofrio
 * Kazimierz Dąbrowski
 * Kirby Deater-Deckard
 * Andreas Demetriou
 * Martin Deutsch
 * Rheta DeVries
 * Adele Diamond
 * Judith Dunn

E

 * Jacquelynne Eccles
 * Bruce J. Ellis

F

 * Robert L. Fantz (1925–1981)
 * Shirley Feldman
 * Anne Fernald
 * John H. Flavell (1928-)
 * Robyn Fivush
 * Uta Frith (1941–)
 * Hans G. Furth



G

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

H

 * 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
 * Lois Holzman
 * Frances Degen Horowitz (1932-2021)
 * Ruth Winifred Howard (1900–1997)

I

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



K

 * Robert Kegan
 * Grazyna Kochanska
 * Lawrence Kohlberg (1927–1987)
 * Helen L. Koch (1895-1977)

L

 * Michael Lamb
 * Daniel Levinson (1920–1994)
 * Lee C. Lee (1935–2006)
 * Aleksei Leontiev (1903–1979)
 * Richard M. Lerner(1946-)
 * 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
 * Vonnie McLoyd
 * Andrew N. Meltzoff (1950-)

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

 * 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
 * Núria Sebastián Gallés
 * Michael Siegal
 * Linda Siegel
 * Robert S. Siegler
 * Marian Sigman
 * B. F. Skinner (1904–1990)
 * Sara Smilansky (1922–2006)
 * Linda B. 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

 * Esther Thelen
 * Barbara Tizard
 * Deborah Tolman
 * Michael Tomasello
 * Edward Tronick
 * Elliot Tucker-Drob
 * Elliot Turiel (1938-)
 * Gerald Turkewitz

V

 * Mary K. Rothbart
 * Deborah Vandell
 * Jaan Valsiner
 * Lev Vygotsky (1896–1934)

W

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

Z

 * Edward Zigler (1930–2019)
 * Pyotr Zinchenko (1903–1969)