Hans Jürgen Eysenck. Vida y obra de uno de los más influyentes científicos de la historia de la psicología

Abstract

On this article, the biography and work of one of the most influential scientists in psychology history is briefly introduced. With his work, he laid the bases for the scientific study not only on personality, but also on human behaviour. Hence, the most important contributions done by this author are highlighted in a wide range of areas of our discipline, as well as the vision he had about how psychology should be as a science. A series of considerations related to the current situation of scientific psychology in Argentina, lead us to the conclusion that it is essential to rescue his work from forgetfulness, apart from going back over some of his lines of research and thoughts.

Keywords

• history of psychology
• scientific psychology
• Hans J. Eysenck