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January 6, 2014
Julian Rotter, American psychologist and academic (born 1916)
Julian Rotter
Julian B. Rotter was an American psychologist known for developing social learning theory and research into locus of control. He was a faculty member at Ohio State University and then the University of Connecticut. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Rotter as the 64th most eminent and 18th most widely cited psychologist of the 20th century. A 2014 study published in 2014 placed him at #54 among psychologists whose careers spanned the post-World War II era.
January 6
January 6 is the sixth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 359 days remain until the end of the year.