# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ole-ivar-l-vaas
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:45:58.509Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ole-ivar-l-vaas"
name: "Ole Ivar Løvaas"
slug: "ole-ivar-l-vaas"
description: "Ole Ivar Lovaas was a Norwegian-American clinical psychologist and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was most well known for his research on what is now called applied behavior analysis (ABA) to modify the behavior of autistic children through prompts, modeling, and positive reinforcement. Lovaas' methods included the use of aversives (punishment), such as electric shocks and slaps, to reduce undesired behavior."
tagline: "Norwegian-American psychologist (1927-2010)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
birthDate: "1927-05-08"
deathDate: "2010-08-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.798853333333335
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  221
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.lovaas.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Ole Ivar Lovaas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Ivar_Lovaas"
    title: "Ole Ivar Lovaas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Ivar_Lovaas"
    title: "Ole Ivar Lovaas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "اولیوار لووااس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Ivar_L%C3%B8vaas"
    title: "Ole Ivar Løvaas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "オレ・イヴァ・ロヴァス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Ivar_Lovaas"
    title: "Ole Ivar Lovaas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump