List of social psychologists
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The following is a list of academics, both past and present, who are widely renowned for their groundbreaking contributions to the field of social psychology.
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
- Robert P. Abelson
- Icek Ajzen
- Lauren Alloy
- Floyd Allport
- Gordon Allport
- Michael Argyle
- Elliot Aronson
- Solomon Asch
- Berit Ås
B
- Mahzarin Banaji - co-creator of the Implicit Association Test along with Anthony Greenwald
- Albert Bandura - Canadian psychologist known for social learning theory (or Social Cognitivism) and self efficacy
- John Bargh
- Robert A. Baron
- Daniel Batson
- Martin Bauer
- Roy Baumeister
- Alex Bavelas
- Howard Becker
- Ellen Berscheid
- Michael Billig
- Daryl Bem - proposed Self-perception theory of attitude change, competitor to Leon Festinger's cognitive dissonance theory
- Gustav Le Bon
- Arne van den Bos
- Jack Brehm
- Marilynn Brewer
- Roger Brown
C
- John Cacioppo
- Donald T. Campbell
- Hadley Cantril
- Merrill Carlsmith
- Donal Carlston
- Shelley Chaiken
- Robert Cialdini - known for his extensive and creative research on influence processes
- Ronald L. Cohen
- Joel Cooper
D
E
F
- Rob Farr
- Russell Fazio
- Leon Festinger - originator of both cognitive dissonance theory and social comparison theory
- Dennis Fox
G
- George Gaskell
- Thomas Gilovich - psychologist and key figure in behavioral economics
- Kenneth Gergen
- Brian G. Gilmartin -- developed theory of love-shyness
- John Gottman - researcher known for his work in identifying relationship behaviors that predict future relationship quality and stability
- Anthony Greenwald
H
- Rom Harré
- Elaine Hatfield
- Fritz Heider
- Alexa Hepburn
- Miles Hewstone
- E. Tory Higgins
- Hilde Himmelweit
- Carl Hovland
- Caroline Howarth
I
Chester Insko
J
- Gustav Jahoda
- Irving Janis - well-known for his landmark research on the concept of "groupthink"
- Edward E. Jones - co-authored first paper on what was later called fundamental attribution error; known for researching actor-observer bias
- Sandra Jovchelovitch
K
- Robert M. Krauss
- Daniel Kahneman
- Harold Kelley
- George Kelly
- Herbert Kelman
- Arie Kruglanski
- Ziva Kunda
L
- Joris Lammers
- Bibb Latané - initiated research on bystander intervention in emergencies (with John Darley), social loafing (with Kip Williams), and dynamic social impact theory (with Andrzej Nowak).
- Mark Lepper
- Kurt Lewin - Often called "the father of social psychology"; one of first researchers to study group dynamics and organizational development
M
- Hazel Rose Markus
- David McClelland
- George Herbert Mead - American philosopher (pragmatist), sociologist, and psychologist; a founder of social psychology; founder of symbolic interactionism
- Stanley Milgram - performed famous experiment that demonstrated people's excessive willingness to obey authority figures
- Walter Mischel - among the first to promote a situationist view of personality
- Serge Moscovici
- Gordon Moskowitz
N
O
P
Q
R
- Steve Reicher
- Robert Rosenthal - Pygmalion effect
- Lee Ross - performed pioneering research on the fundamental attribution error
- Diane Ruble
S
- Stanley Schachter
- Gunter Schmidt
- Martin Seligman
- Muzafer Sherif
- John Shotter
- Volkmar Sigusch
- Mark Snyder - prominent for his novel work on the self-monitoring process
- Claude Steele - renowned for his groundbreaking work on stereotype threat; also known for introducing self-affirmation theory
- William Swann - best know for developing self-verification theory
T
- Henri Tajfel
- Gabriel Tarde
- Carol Tavris
- Shelley Taylor
- Abraham Tesser
- Norman Triplett - widely credited with the first published study in the field of social psychology, with his work on social facilitation
- Bruce Tuckman
- Fahad Turk
- Amos Tversky
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
- Robert Zajonc - first academic to study the mere exposure effect
- Alvin Zander
- Mark Zanna
- Philip Zimbardo - well-known for conducting the Stanford prison experiment
See also: list of psychologists, list of sociologistsfr:Liste de psychologues sociaux
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