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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.
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The following is a list of [[social psychologists]]s, both past and present, who are widely renowned for their groundbreaking contributions to the field of [[social psychology]].
 
   
 
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==A==
 
==A==
 
* [[Robert P. Abelson]]
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* [[Lauren Alloy]]
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* [[Floyd Henry Allport|Floyd Allport]]
 
* [[Gordon Allport]]
 
* [[Gordon Allport]]
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* [[Irwin Altman]]
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* [[Norman H. Anderson]]
 
* [[Michael Argyle (psychologist)|Michael Argyle]]
 
* [[Michael Argyle (psychologist)|Michael Argyle]]
 
* [[Elliot Aronson]]
 
* [[Elliot Aronson]]
 
* [[Solomon Asch]]
 
* [[Solomon Asch]]
 
* [[Berit Ås]]
   
 
==B==
 
==B==
* [[Mahzarin Banaji]] - co-creator of the [[Implicit Association Test]] along with Anthony Greenwald
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* [[Mahzarin Banaji]]
* [[Albert Bandura]] - Canadian psychologist known for [[social learning theory]] (or [[Social Cognitivism]]) and [[self efficacy]]
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* [[Albert Bandura]] - Canadian psychologist known for [[social learning theory]] (or [[social cognitive theory]]) and [[self efficacy]]
 
* [[John Bargh]]
 
* [[John Bargh]]
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* [[Robert A. Baron]]
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* [[Daniel Batson]]
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* [[Martin Bauer]]
 
* [[Roy Baumeister]]
 
* [[Roy Baumeister]]
* [[Alex Bavelas]]
 
 
* [[Howard Becker]]
 
* [[Howard Becker]]
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* [[Ellen S. Berscheid]]
 
* [[Michael Billig]]
 
* [[Michael Billig]]
 
* [[Daryl Bem]] - proposed [[Self-perception theory]] of attitude change, competitor to Leon Festinger's [[cognitive dissonance theory]]
 
* [[Daryl Bem]] - proposed [[Self-perception theory]] of attitude change, competitor to Leon Festinger's [[cognitive dissonance theory]]
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* [[Galen Bodenhausen]]
 
* [[Gustav Le Bon]]
 
* [[Gustav Le Bon]]
* [[Arne van den Bos]]
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* [[Marilynn Brewer]]
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* [[Roger Brown (psychologist)|Roger Brown]]
* [[Marilynn Brewer]]
 
* [[Urie Bronfenbrenner]] - developmental psychologist, founder of "Human Ecology" / [[Ecological Systems Theory]]
 
* [[Roger Brown]]
 
   
 
==C==
 
==C==
* [[Hadley Cantril]]
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* [[John Cacioppo]]
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* [[Donald T. Campbell]]
 
* [[Merrill Carlsmith]]
 
* [[Merrill Carlsmith]]
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* [[Robert Cialdini]] - known for his research on influence processes
* [[Donal Carlston]]
 
* [[Robert Cialdini]]
 
 
* [[Ronald L. Cohen]]
 
* [[Ronald L. Cohen]]
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* [[Charles Horton Cooley]]
   
 
==D==
 
==D==
* [[Ed Diener]]
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* [[James M. Dabbs, Jr.]]
 
* [[John Darley]]
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* [[Paul G. Davies]]
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* [[Carol Dweck]]
   
 
==E==
 
==E==
 
* [[Derek Edwards]]
 
* [[Derek Edwards]]
 
* [[Phoebe C. Ellsworth]]
 
* [[Phoebe C. Ellsworth]]
* [[Erik Erikson]] - German developmental psychologist known for theory of [[Erikson's stages of psychosocial development|stages of psychosocial development]]
 
   
 
==F==
 
==F==
* [[Russell Fazio]]
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* [[Armindo Freitas-Magalhaes]]
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* [[Steven Fein]]
 
* [[Leon Festinger]] - originator of both [[cognitive dissonance theory]] and [[social comparison theory]]
 
* [[Leon Festinger]] - originator of both [[cognitive dissonance theory]] and [[social comparison theory]]
* [[Dennis Fox]]
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* [[Susan Fiske]]
* [[Sigmund Freud]]
 
 
* [[Erich Fromm]]
 
* [[Erich Fromm]]
   
 
==G==
 
==G==
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* [[George Gaskell]]
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* [[Bertram Gawronski]]
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* [[Daniel Gilbert]]
 
* [[Thomas Gilovich]] - psychologist and key figure in [[behavioral economics]]
 
* [[Thomas Gilovich]] - psychologist and key figure in [[behavioral economics]]
 
* [[Kenneth Gergen]]
 
* [[Kenneth Gergen]]
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* [[Brian G. Gilmartin]] -- developed theory of [[love-shyness]]
* [[Erving Goffman]]
 
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* [[John Gottman]] - researcher known for his work in identifying relationship behaviors that predict future relationship quality and stability
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* [[Anthony Greenwald]]-- Creator of the [[Implicit Association Test]]
   
 
==H==
 
==H==
 
* [[Rom Harré]]
 
* [[Rom Harré]]
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* [[Elaine Hatfield]]
 
* [[Fritz Heider]]
 
* [[Fritz Heider]]
* [[Alexa Hepburn]]
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* [[Miles Hewstone]]
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* [[E. Tory Higgins]]
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* [[Hilde Himmelweit]]
 
* [[Carl Hovland]]
 
* [[Carl Hovland]]
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* [[Caroline Howarth]]
   
 
==I==
 
==I==
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* [[Michael Inzlicht]]
   
 
==J==
 
==J==
* [[Gustav Jahoda]]
 
 
* [[Irving Janis]] - well-known for his landmark research on the concept of "[[groupthink]]"
 
* [[Irving Janis]] - well-known for his landmark research on the concept of "[[groupthink]]"
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* [[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]]
 
* [[Edward E. Jones]] - co-authored first paper on what was later called [[fundamental attribution error]]; known for researching [[actor-observer bias]]
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* [[Sandra Jovchelovitch]]
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* [[Charles Hubbard Judd]]
   
 
==K==
 
==K==
* [[Robert M. Krauss]]
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* [[Saul Kassin]]
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* [[Daniel Kahneman]]
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* [[Harold Kelley]]
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* [[George Kelly (psychologist)|George Kelly]]
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* [[Herbert Kelman]]
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* [[Ziva Kunda]]
   
 
==L==
 
==L==
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* [[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).
* [[Joris Lammers]]
 
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* [[Gustave Le Bon]]
 
* [[Mark Lepper]]
 
* [[Mark Lepper]]
 
* [[Kurt Lewin]] - Often called "the father of social psychology"; one of first researchers to study [[group dynamics]] and [[organizational development]]
 
* [[Kurt Lewin]] - Often called "the father of social psychology"; one of first researchers to study [[group dynamics]] and [[organizational development]]
   
 
==M==
 
==M==
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* [[Hazel Rose Markus]]
 
* [[David McClelland]]
 
* [[David McClelland]]
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* [[Joseph E. McGrath]]- group dynamics researcher
 
* [[George Herbert Mead]] - American [[philosopher]] ([[pragmatism|pragmatist]]), [[sociologist]], and [[psychologist]]; a founder of social psychology; founder of [[symbolic interactionism]]
 
* [[George Herbert Mead]] - American [[philosopher]] ([[pragmatism|pragmatist]]), [[sociologist]], and [[psychologist]]; a founder of social psychology; founder of [[symbolic interactionism]]
 
* [[Stanley Milgram]] - performed [[Milgram experiment|famous experiment]] that demonstrated people's excessive willingness to obey authority figures
 
* [[Stanley Milgram]] - performed [[Milgram experiment|famous experiment]] that demonstrated people's excessive willingness to obey authority figures
 
* [[Walter Mischel]] - among the first to promote a situationist view of personality
 
* [[Walter Mischel]] - among the first to promote a situationist view of personality
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* [[Abraham Moles]], one of the first to establish and analyze links between [[aesthetics]] and [[information theory]]
 
* [[Serge Moscovici]]
 
* [[Serge Moscovici]]
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* [[Gordon Moskowitz]]
   
 
==N==
 
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==O==
 
==O==
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*[[Richard Ofshe]]
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*[[Tom Ostrom]]
   
 
==P==
 
==P==
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* [[Ian Parker (psychologist)]]
 
* [[Richard E. Petty]]
 
* [[Richard E. Petty]]
* [[P. Marijn Poortvliet]]
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* [[Anthony Pratkanis]]
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* [[Tom Pyszczynski]]
   
 
==Q==
 
==Q==
 
 
==R==
 
==R==
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* [[Wilhelm Reich]], [[mass psychology]].
 
* [[Steve Reicher]]
 
* [[Steve Reicher]]
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* [[Robert Rosenthal (psychologist)|Robert Rosenthal]] - [[Pygmalion effect]]
 
* [[Lee Ross]] - performed pioneering research on the [[fundamental attribution error]]
 
* [[Lee Ross]] - performed pioneering research on the [[fundamental attribution error]]
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* [[Michael Rohla]] - developed approaches to analyze and process group experiences
   
 
==S==
 
==S==
 
* [[Stanley Schachter]]
 
* [[Stanley Schachter]]
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* [[Gunter Schmidt]]
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* [[Norbert Schwarz]] - known for his work on metacognitive experiences and survey methodology
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* [[Martin Seligman]]
 
* [[Muzafer Sherif]]
 
* [[Muzafer Sherif]]
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* [[Boris Sidis]] - groundbreaking work on the psychology of suggestion, multiple personality disorder, psychopathology, and genius
* [[John Shotter]]
 
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* [[Volkmar Sigusch]]
 
* [[Mark Snyder]] - prominent for his novel work on the [[self monitoring|self-monitoring process]]
 
* [[Mark Snyder]] - prominent for his novel work on the [[self monitoring|self-monitoring process]]
* [[Claude Steele]] - renowned for his groundbreaking work on stereotype threat
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* [[Claude Steele]] - renowned for his groundbreaking work on stereotype threat; also known for introducing [[self-affirmation theory]]
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* [[William Swann]] - best known for developing [[self-verification theory]]
   
 
==T==
 
==T==
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* [[Gabriel Tarde]]
 
* [[Gabriel Tarde]]
 
* [[Carol Tavris]]
 
* [[Carol Tavris]]
* [[Norman Triplett]]
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* [[Shelley Taylor]]
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* [[Norman Triplett]] - widely credited with the first published study in the field of social psychology, with his work on social facilitation
 
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* [[Bruce Tuckman]]
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* [[Amos Tversky]]
   
 
==V==
 
==V==
   
 
==W==
 
==W==
* [[Gary Wells]]
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* [[Daniel Wegner]]
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* [[Kipling Williams]]
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* [[Glenn D Wilson]]
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* [[Timothy Wilson]]
   
 
==X==
 
==X==
 
 
==Y==
 
==Y==
 
 
==Z==
 
==Z==
 
* [[Robert Zajonc]] - first academic to study the [[mere exposure effect]]
 
* [[Robert Zajonc]] - first academic to study the [[mere exposure effect]]
* [[Alvin Zander]]
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* [[Mark Zanna]]
* [[Philip Zimbardo]] - well-known for conducting the [[Stanford prison experiment|Stanford prison experiment]]
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* [[Philip Zimbardo]] - well-known for conducting the [[Stanford prison experiment]]
 
   
''See also'': [[list of psychologists]]
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''See also'': [[list of psychologists]], [[list of sociologists]]
   
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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.

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See also: list of psychologists, list of sociologists

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