List of social psychologists

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The following is a list of social psychologistss, 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

[edit] A

• Robert P. Abelson
• Lauren Alloy
• Floyd Allport
• Gordon Allport
• Irwin Altman
• Norman H. Anderson
• Michael Argyle
• Elliot Aronson
• Solomon Asch
• Berit Ås

[edit] B

• Mahzarin Banaji
• Albert Bandura - Canadian psychologist known for social learning theory (or social cognitive theory) and self efficacy
• John Bargh
• Robert A. Baron
• Daniel Batson
• Martin Bauer
• Roy Baumeister
• Howard Becker
• Ellen S. Berscheid
• Michael Billig
• Daryl Bem - proposed Self-perception theory of attitude change, competitor to Leon Festinger's cognitive dissonance theory
• Galen Bodenhausen
• Gustav Le Bon
• Marilynn Brewer
• Roger Brown

[edit] C

• John Cacioppo
• Donald T. Campbell
• Merrill Carlsmith
• Robert Cialdini - known for his research on influence processes
• Ronald L. Cohen
• Charles Horton Cooley

[edit] D

• James M. Dabbs, Jr.
• John Darley
• Paul G. Davies
• Carol Dweck

[edit] E

• Derek Edwards
• Phoebe C. Ellsworth

[edit] F

• Armindo Freitas-Magalhaes
• Steven Fein
• Leon Festinger - originator of both cognitive dissonance theory and social comparison theory
• Erich Fromm

[edit] G

• George Gaskell
• Bertram Gawronski
• Daniel Gilbert
• 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-- Creator of the Implicit Association Test

[edit] H

• Rom Harré
• Elaine Hatfield
• Fritz Heider
• Miles Hewstone
• E. Tory Higgins
• Hilde Himmelweit
• Carl Hovland
• Caroline Howarth

[edit] I

• Michael Inzlicht

[edit] J

• Irving Janis - well-known for his landmark research on the concept of "groupthink"
• Blair Jarvis - founded Empirisoft in 1998, developing MediaLab and DirectRT software for conducting computerized social psychology experiments.
• Edward E. Jones - co-authored first paper on what was later called fundamental attribution error; known for researching actor-observer bias
• Sandra Jovchelovitch
• Charles Hubbard Judd

[edit] K

• Saul Kassin
• Daniel Kahneman
• Harold Kelley
• George Kelly
• Herbert Kelman
• Ziva Kunda

[edit] L

• 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).
• Gustave Le Bon
• Mark Lepper
• Kurt Lewin - Often called "the father of social psychology"; one of first researchers to study group dynamics and organizational development

[edit] M

• Hazel Rose Markus
• David McClelland
• Joseph E. McGrath- group dynamics researcher
• 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
• Abraham Moles, one of the first to establish and analyze links between aesthetics and information theory
• Serge Moscovici
• Gordon Moskowitz

[edit] N

• Richard Nisbett

[edit] O

• Richard Ofshe
• Tom Ostrom

[edit] P

• Ian Parker (psychologist)
• Richard E. Petty
• Anthony Pratkanis
• Tom Pyszczynski

[edit] Q

[edit] R

• Wilhelm Reich, mass psychology.
• Steve Reicher
• Robert Rosenthal - Pygmalion effect
• Lee Ross - performed pioneering research on the fundamental attribution error
• Michael Rohla - developed approaches to analyze and process group experiences

[edit] S

• Stanley Schachter
• Gunter Schmidt
• Norbert Schwarz - known for his work on metacognitive experiences and survey methodology
• Martin Seligman
• Muzafer Sherif
• Boris Sidis - groundbreaking work on the psychology of suggestion, multiple personality disorder, psychopathology, and genius
• 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 known for developing self-verification theory

[edit] T

• Henri Tajfel
• Gabriel Tarde
• Carol Tavris
• Shelley Taylor
• Norman Triplett - widely credited with the first published study in the field of social psychology, with his work on social facilitation
• Bruce Tuckman
• Amos Tversky

[edit] V

[edit] W

• Daniel Wegner
• Kipling Williams
• Glenn D Wilson
• Timothy Wilson

[edit] X

[edit] Y

[edit] Z

• Robert Zajonc - first academic to study the mere exposure effect
• Mark Zanna
• Philip Zimbardo - well-known for conducting the Stanford prison experiment

See also: list of psychologists, list of sociologists

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