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Nationality
  
Filipino

Occupation
  
Psychologist

Name
  
Alfredo Lagmay


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Awards
  
National Scientist of the Philippines

Died
  
2005, Quezon City, Philippines

Alma mater
  
University of the Philippines, Harvard University

Alfredo Villagracia Lagmay (August 14, 1919 –December 15, 2005) was a respected Filipino psychologist and Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of the Philippines Diliman. He received his Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard University and trained under the renowned psychologist and founder of the radical behaviorism movement B.F. Skinner.

He was conferred the distinction of National Scientist of the Philippines, the highest recognition given to Filipino scientists, in 1988. He is the father of University of the Philippines geology professor Alfredo Mahar Lagmay.

References

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