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| image = Scott O. Lilienfeld at CSICON 2012.JPG
| caption = Lilienfeld at [[CSICon]] 2012
| birth_date = December 23, 1960
| birth_place = [[New York City]], New York, U.S.
| nationality = American
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| death_place = [[Atlanta, Georgia]], U.S.
| spouse =
| occupation = [[Professor]], Psychologist
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==Background==
Lilienfeld was born on December 23, 1960 to Ralph and Thelma Lilienfeld of New York, N.Y.(in the Borough of Queens).<ref name="birth">{{Cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3481500210.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114224025/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3481500210.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-11-14 |title=Lilienfeld, Scott O. 1960– |work=[[Contemporary Authors Online]] |publisher=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale]] |date=2006 |accessdate= August 3, 2015}}</ref> Growing up, he was interested in [[paleontology]] and [[astronomy]], but decided to study psychology after a high school course, then later a few college courses, piqued his interest. He has stated: "Although my love for natural science never waned, I eventually fell in love with the mysteries of the internal world — the human mind — even more than those of the external world."<ref name="APS (October 2010)">{{cite journal|date=October 2010|title=The Champions of Psychological Science|url=http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/2010/october-10/scott-o-lilienfeld.html|journal=Observer|volume=23|issue=8|accessdate=3 August 2015}}</ref>
Lilienfeld studied psychology at [[Cornell University]] in Ithaca, New York, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1982.<ref name="Emory University">{{cite web|title=Scott O. Lilienfeld|url=http://www.psychology.emory.edu/clinical/lilienfeld/|website=Emory University|accessdate=30 July 2015}}</ref> As an undergraduate, he was influenced by the work of [[David T. Lykken]] on [[Psychopathy|psychopathic]] personality.<ref name="APS (October 2010)" /> Over time, he developed an interest in [[personality disorder]]s, [[dissociative disorder]]s, personality assessment, [[anxiety disorder]]s, psychiatric classification, [[pseudoscience]] in psychology, and evidence-based practices in [[clinical psychology]].<ref name="APS (October 2010)" /><ref name="Institute for Science in Medicine" /> Lilienfeld considers himself a generalist, saying "this breadth makes me a better researcher and thinker" with a broad perspective on the field of psychology.<ref name="APS (October 2010)" />
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