The name was used as the name of the matchmaker in the Broadway musical hit, Fiddler on the Roof. It was the name of an Israeli spy agency in the 1960's TV sitcom Get Smart, in an episode titled 'The Man from Yenta'.
Posted on January 10, 2010 by Dan. Albert Ellis (1913-2007) is known as the grandfather of cognitive behavior therapy. In 1955, he developed rational emotive therapy or better known as rational emotive behavior therapy of REBT from combining philosophical, humanistic and behavioral therapy.
British-born American psychologist who founded structuralism, the first school of psychology. Edward B. Tichner American psychologist who was the first woman to earn a doctorate in psychology in the United States; published research on mental processes in animals. Margaret Floy Washburn American psychologist who founded behaviorism, emphasizing the study of observable behavior and rejecting the study of mental processes.