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Hans Eysenck

British psychologist (1916-1997) · United Kingdom · Academics · Died at 81

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A psychologist who became the most-cited living figure in his field, then had dozens of his papers retracted after his death when inquiries found data incompatible with clinical science and suspected manipulation in his work linking personality to disease.

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1997Died4 September 1997“I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it. If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad.”In their wordsRebel With a Cause: The Autobiography of Hans Eysenck (ed. Transaction Publishers, 1997), ISBN 9781412832748

1994William James Fellow AwardAward1982“There thus appears to be an inverse correlation between recovery and psychotherapy; the more psychotherapy, the smaller the recovery rate.”In their wordsPersonality, Genetics, and Behavior: Selected Papers (ed. Praeger Publishers, 1982)

1979“Scientists, especially when they leave the particular field in which they have specialized, are just as ordinary, pigheaded and unreasonable as anybody else.”In their wordsDecember 1979Continuum, OMNIMagazine, Volume 2, (December 1979), p. 49

1916Born4 March 1916

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  1. I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it. If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad.

    1997, Rebel With a Cause: The Autobiography of Hans Eysenck (ed. Transaction Publishers, 1997), ISBN 9781412832748, Own words

  2. There thus appears to be an inverse correlation between recovery and psychotherapy; the more psychotherapy, the smaller the recovery rate.

    1982, Personality, Genetics, and Behavior: Selected Papers (ed. Praeger Publishers, 1982), Own words

  3. Scientists, especially when they leave the particular field in which they have specialized, are just as ordinary, pigheaded and unreasonable as anybody else.

    Dec 1979, Continuum, OMNIMagazine, Volume 2, (December 1979), p. 49, Own words

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William James Fellow Award1994

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Born in Germany in 1916, Eysenck moved to Britain and built a career studying intelligence and personality that made him the most frequently cited living psychologist in peer-reviewed literature by the time of his death in 1997. His work ranged across psychology but drew controversy for claims that personality types elevated cancer and heart disease risk, and for research on IQ and race published starting in 1971. After his death, scholars identified errors and suspected data manipulation in his studies, with large replications failing to confirm his purported findings. A King's College London inquiry found 26 papers he coauthored with Ronald Grossarth-Maticek "incompatible with modern clinical science." Fourteen papers were retracted in 2020, and over 60 statements of concern were issued by journals, with some arguing 87 of his publications warrant retraction.

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United Kingdom
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1916 to 1997 · aged 81

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