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Jonathan Haidt

1963 - Today

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Jonathan David Haidt (; born October 19, 1963) is an American social psychologist and author. He is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at the New York University Stern School of Business. Haidt's main areas of study are the psychology of morality and moral emotions. Haidt's main scientific contributions come from the psychological field of moral foundations theory, which attempts to explain the evolutionary origins of human moral reasoning on the basis of innate, gut feelings rather than logic and reason. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jonathan Haidt is the 134th most popular psychologist (up from 153rd in 2019), the 3,003rd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,262nd in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Jonathan Haidt ranks 134 out of 235. Before him are Otto F. Kernberg, Robert Cialdini, Helene Deutsch, Henri Wallon, Clark L. Hull, and Ovide Decroly. After him are John Money, Ernest Jones, Elizabeth Loftus, Charlotte Bühler, Steven Pinker, and Franz Alexander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Jonathan Haidt ranks 93. Before him are Eddie the Eagle, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Joey Tempest, Srečko Katanec, Kevin Mitnick, and Gaspar Noé. After him are Kai Hansen, Rob Schneider, Kim Ung-yong, Pierre Nkurunziza, Stevo Pendarovski, and Paul Belmondo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jonathan Haidt ranks 3,003 out of 20,380. Before him are Anne Heche (1969), Michelle Trachtenberg (1985), Phillip Allen Sharp (1944), Henry Calvin (1918), Thomas E. Kurtz (1928), and Matt LeBlanc (1967). After him are Tracy Morgan (1968), Edwin Hall (1855), Jenna Dewan (1980), Bernard Malamud (1914), Eugene Nida (1914), and Rob Schneider (1963).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Jonathan Haidt ranks 45. Before him are Jean Tatlock (1914), Thomas Gordon (1918), Robert Plutchik (1927), Benjamin Spock (1903), Robert Cialdini (1945), and Clark L. Hull (1884). After him are Elizabeth Loftus (1944), J. P. Guilford (1897), Brian Weiss (1944), George Kelly (1905), David Ausubel (1918), and Arthur Janov (1924).

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