PSYCHOLOGIST

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

1934 - 2021

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Mihaly Robert Csikszentmihalyi ( MEE-hy CHEEK-sent-mee-HAH-yee, Hungarian: Csíkszentmihályi Mihály Róbert, pronounced [ˈt͡ʃiːksɛntmihaːji ˈmihaːj] ; 29 September 1934 – 20 October 2021) was a Hungarian-American psychologist. He recognized and named the psychological concept of "flow", a highly focused mental state conducive to productivity. He was the Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University. Earlier, he served as the head of the department of psychology at the University of Chicago and of the department of sociology and anthropology at Lake Forest College. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is the 58th most popular psychologist (down from 30th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Croatian Psychologist.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is most famous for his work in the field of psychology, specifically in the study of happiness. He is most well-known for his theory of flow, which he defines as a state of total absorption in an activity.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ranks 58 out of 235. Before him are Solomon Asch, Sándor Ferenczi, Martin Seligman, Antonio Damasio, Roger Wolcott Sperry, and Raymond Cattell. After him are Pierre Janet, Stanley Milgram, Alice Miller, Fritz Perls, Leon Festinger, and William Stern.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ranks 55. Before him are Alan Arkin, Lansana Conté, John L. Hall, Albert Speer, Carlo Rubbia, and Wole Soyinka. After him are Yasuo Takamori, John Surtees, Masao Uchino, Jonas Savimbi, C. N. R. Rao, and Fujiko Fujio. Among people deceased in 2021, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ranks 49. Before him are Robert H. Grubbs, Hissène Habré, Robert Mundell, Toshihide Maskawa, Carlos Reutemann, and Sonny Chiba. After him are Colin Powell, Richard Rogers, Chick Corea, Bernard Haitink, Abolhassan Banisadr, and E. O. Wilson.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ranks 29 out of 700. Before him are Rade Šerbedžija (1946), Mario Andretti (1940), Alida Valli (1921), Georg von Trapp (1880), Davor Šuker (1968), and Miroslav Krleža (1893). After him are Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (1968), Sylva Koscina (1933), Stjepan Radić (1871), Zoran Milanović (1966), Franciscus Patricius (1529), and Ivan Ribar (1881).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Croatia

Among psychologists born in Croatia, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ranks 1. 

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