Scott Lilienfeld

Quick Facts

Full Name	Scott Lilienfeld
Occupation	Psychologist
Date Of Birth	Dec 23, 1960(1960-12-23)
Age	64
Date Of Death	2020-09-29
Birthplace	New York
Country	United States
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Scott Lilienfeld Biography

Scott Lilienfeld is one of the most popular and richest Psychologist who was born on December 23, 1960 in New York, United States. Lilienfeld was born the 23rd of December 1960, to Ralph Lilienfeld and Thelma Lilienfeld from New York, N.Y. As a child his interest was in science and paleontology, but chose to pursue psychology following a course in high school followed by a few college classes, caught his curiosity. He’s stated: “Although my love for natural science never waned, I eventually fell in love with the mysteries of the internal world — the human mind — even more than those of the external world.”

From 1990 until in 1994 Lilienfeld worked as an associate professor in psychology at the State University of New York in Albany, NY. After that, he transferred towards Emory University and served as associate professor until his promotion to full professorship in 2000.

Lilienfeld, along with his colleague Sally Satel, has dedicated much of his career in psychology to debunking “the pop neuroscience that keeps making headlines”. They target such practices as functional magnetic resonance imaging (or neuroimaging) to “detect” moral and spiritual centers of the brain, which they call “oversimplified neurononsense”. Their book Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience was a finalist in the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Science in 2013. He has stated:

During a James Randi Educational Foundation panel at the 2014 Amaz!ng Meeting, Lilienfeld was asked if he thought rationality could be taught. He responded that rationality and critical thinking are not natural to the human species and to some degree it can be taught, but added that they are very domain specific and may not generalise to other areas; a person can be completely rational in one area and very irrational in others. He said “I see science in many ways as a set of safeguards against confirmation bias”, and that, while the structure of general science and the scientific community work to reduce confirmation bias, individual scientists are not generally as susceptible to confirmation bias as other people are. Therefore, he said, “It’s up to the scientific community … to hold their feet to the fire and make sure that their confirmation bias does not get in the way of their corroborating their own hypotheses.”

The year was 1986 when he started his clinical work at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which was completed in 1987. He was awarded a doctorate in clinical psychology at The University of Minnesota in 1990.

Scott Lilienfeld Net Worth

Scott Lilienfeld is one of the richest Psychologist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Scott Lilienfeld 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Scott O. Lilienfeld (born December 23rd 1959) is an associate psychologist in Emory University and advocate for research-based methods and treatments in the field. He is well-known by his works 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology, Brainwashed, and others that examine and occasionally disprove psychological claims made in popular publications. In addition, his work has been included in the major U.S. newspapers and journals like The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Scientific American, Lilienfeld has been featured on TV shows like the 20/20 show, CNN along with The CBS Evening News.

Lilienfeld has studied psychology during his time at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where he received an undergraduate degree in the field of psychology in 1982. While a student He was heavily influenced by the research by David T. Lykken on psychopathology. As time passed the researcher developed an interest for dissociative disorder, personality disorders assessments of personality, anxiety disorders and psychiatric classifications and pseudoscience in psychology and evidence-based clinical practices in psychology. Lilienfeld believes that he is an omniscient person, stating “this breadth makes me a better researcher and thinker” with a broad view of the psychology field.

In 2002, Lilienfeld founded the Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice. He is also a consulting editor for Skeptical Inquirer and Skeptic Magazine. He participates on the editorial boards of the Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Psychological Assessment, Perspectives on Psychological Science and Clinical Psychology Review, and writes articles for Scientific American Mind and Psychology Today.

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Scott Ranked on the list of most popular Psychologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Scott Lilienfeld celebrates birthday on December 23 of every year.

Top Facts about Scott Lilienfeld

1. Scott Lilienfeld was an American psychologist born in 1960.
2. He was a professor at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
3. Lilienfeld’s research focused on personality disorders and pseudoscience.
4. He co-authored the book “50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology.”
5. Lilienfeld passed away in September 2020 at the age of 59.
6. He received his PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1990.
7. Lilienfeld was a fellow of several professional organizations, including APA and APS.
8. His work emphasized critical thinking and scientific skepticism.
9. Lilienfeld published over 300 articles and chapters during his career.
10. He was known for his contributions to evidence-based psychology practice.