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William McKinley Runyan

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Life Histories and Psychobiography: Explorations in Theory and Method1983 · 277 citations
Why did Van Gogh cut off his ear? The problem of alternative explanations in psychobiography.1981 · 126 citations
Life Histories and Psychobiography: Explorations in Theory and Method1984 · 87 citations
Psychology and Historical Interpretation.1989 · 77 citations
Progress in Psychoblography1988 · 66 citations

Works

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Conclusion

·2026·1 author·chapter

1citations

Adventures in Psychobiography and the Study of Lives: A Personal Journey

Springer eBooks·2019·1 author·chapter

9citations

William McKinley Runyan in Interview with Claude-Hélène Mayer; September 27, 2018

Springer eBooks·2019·1 author·chapter

0citations

Obituary: Gardner Lindzey (1920–2008).

American Psychologist·2009·1 author·other

1citations

Psychobiography and the Psychology of Science: Understanding Relations between the Life and Work of Individual Psychologists

Review of General Psychology·2006·1 author

23citations

Evolving Conceptions of Psychobiography and the Study of Lives: Encounters With Psychoanalysis, Personality Psychology, and Historical Science

·2005·1 author·chapter

The Changing Meanings of Holism: From Humanist Synthesis to Nazi Ideology

Contemporary Psychology·1998·1 author

5citations

Coming to Terms With the Life, Loves, and Work of Henry A. Murray

Contemporary Psychology·1994·1 author

9citations

What is psychohistory?

Contemporary Psychology·1991·1 author

0citations

Psychology and Historical Interpretation.

Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews·1989·2 authors

77citations

Progress in Psychoblography

Journal of Personality·1988·1 author

66citations

Life Histories in Anthropology: Another View

American Anthropologist·1986·1 author

26citations

Life Histories and Psychobiography: Explorations in Theory and Method

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics·1984·1 author·preprint

87citations

Life Histories and Psychobiography: Explorations in Theory and Method

The American Historical Review·1983·2 authors

277citations

Vintage Erikson

Contemporary Psychology·1983·1 author

0citations

Why did Van Gogh cut off his ear? The problem of alternative explanations in psychobiography.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·1981·1 author

126citations