PSYCHOLOGIST

Julian Rotter

1916 - 2014

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Julian B. Rotter (October 22, 1916 – January 6, 2014) was an American psychologist known for developing social learning theory and research into locus of control. He was a faculty member at Ohio State University and then the University of Connecticut. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Rotter as the 64th most eminent and 18th most widely cited psychologist of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julian Rotter has received more than 191,285 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Julian Rotter is the 157th most popular psychologist (down from 149th in 2019), the 3,422nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,161st in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Psychologist.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Julian Rotter ranks 157 out of 235. Before him are Benjamin Spock, David Ausubel, Jonathan Haidt, Franz Alexander, Wilfred Bion, and Frieda Fromm-Reichmann. After him are James J. Gibson, Reuven Feuerstein, Arthur Janov, Edvard Moser, Arnold Gesell, and Endel Tulving.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Julian Rotter ranks 117. Before him are Erik Nilsson, Penelope Fitzgerald, Amha Selassie, Hilary Koprowski, Moondog, and Giuseppe Taddei. After him are Wilhelm Batz, Jacques Georges, Harold Robbins, Walter Cronkite, James Herriot, and Anthony Dawson. Among people deceased in 2014, Julian Rotter ranks 142. Before him are Ana María Matute, Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia, Dezső Novák, Gerd Albrecht, Henning Carlsen, and Jean-Jacques Marcel. After him are Leslie Manigat, Frans Brüggen, Reuven Feuerstein, James R. Schlesinger, U. R. Ananthamurthy, and Tadeusz Różewicz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Julian Rotter ranks 3,422 out of 20,380. Before him are Henry Hazlitt (1894), Red Buttons (1919), Bruce Davison (1946), Jerry Siegel (1914), John C. McGinley (1959), and Philip Michael Thomas (1949). After him are Teri Garr (1944), Arlene Dahl (1925), Richie Ginther (1930), Jill Clayburgh (1944), Kathryn Morris (1969), and Kenneth Anger (1927).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Julian Rotter ranks 53. Before him are Elizabeth Loftus (1944), Harry Harlow (1905), Rensis Likert (1903), Benjamin Spock (1903), David Ausubel (1918), and Jonathan Haidt (1963). After him are James J. Gibson (1904), Arthur Janov (1924), Arnold Gesell (1880), Stanley Schachter (1922), Benjamin Libet (1916), and James Hillman (1926).

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