Steven Reiss
Steven Reiss is an American psychologist who continues to contribute original ideas, new assessment methods, and influential research studies to three topics in psychology: anxiety disorders, developmental disabilities, and intrinsic motivation. Reiss was educated at Dartmouth College, Yale University, and Harvard University. He served as a tenured professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago (1972–1991) and at The Ohio State University (1991–2008), where for sixteen years he directed the developmental disabilities center at The Ohio State University Medical Center. He is the author of several books, including the bestselling WHO AM I?: THE 16 BASIC DESIRES THAT MOTIVATE OUR ACTIONS AND DEFINE OUR PERSONALITIES.