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Robert Yerkes

1876 - 1956

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Robert Mearns Yerkes (; May 26, 1876 – February 3, 1956) was an American psychologist, ethologist, eugenicist and primatologist best known for his work in intelligence testing and in the field of comparative psychology. Yerkes was a pioneer in the study both of human and primate intelligence and of the social behavior of gorillas and chimpanzees. Along with John D. Dodson, Yerkes developed the Yerkes–Dodson law relating arousal to performance. As time went on, Yerkes began to propagate his support for eugenics in the 1910s and 1920s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Yerkes is the 218th most popular psychologist (down from 216th in 2019), the 9,062nd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,021st in 2019) and the 77th most popular American Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Robert Yerkes ranks 218 out of 235. Before him are Natalia Bekhtereva, Julian Jaynes, Alan Baddeley, Anatol Rapoport, Neal E. Miller, and Lee Cronbach. After him are Elsa Cayat, Joseph Nicolosi, Uta Frith, David Buss, Simon Baron-Cohen, and August Dvorak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Robert Yerkes ranks 183. Before him are Sverre Hassel, Elisabeth Moore, Thomas Mofolo, Sidney Robinson, Pietro Speciale, and Ernest Esclangon. After him are Gaston Peltier, Cécile Tormay, Marcel Lambert, Marvin Hart, James Scullin, and Edith Abbott. Among people deceased in 1956, Robert Yerkes ranks 193. Before him are Wollmar Boström, Preston Tucker, Gerald Finzi, Theodor Pallady, Lajos Asztalos, and Alice Greene. After him are Manilal Gandhi, Oskar Olsen, Walter de la Mare, Edward Arnold, Jim Elliot, and Jan Lechoń.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Yerkes ranks 9,064 out of 20,380. Before him are Lee Cronbach (1916), Beth Grant (1949), Laurene Powell Jobs (1963), John Kitzmiller (1913), Brett Kavanaugh (1965), and Kenneth Copeland (1936). After him are Della Reese (1931), Lakeith Stanfield (1991), Dawn Olivieri (1981), Ronna McDaniel (1973), Tim Bogert (1944), and James Algar (1912).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Robert Yerkes ranks 77. Before him are Christina Maslach (1946), Sandra Bem (1944), Karl Lashley (1890), Julian Jaynes (1920), Neal E. Miller (1909), and Lee Cronbach (1916). After him are Joseph Nicolosi (1947), David Buss (1953), August Dvorak (1894), Robert S. Woodworth (1869), Christine Ladd-Franklin (1847), and Sherry Turkle (1948).

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