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Professional Psychology: Debating Chamber · Psychology Journals · Psychologists
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
A[]
- Robert P. Abelson
- Lauren Alloy
- Floyd Allport
- Gordon Allport
- Irwin Altman
- Norman H. Anderson
- Michael Argyle
- Elliot Aronson
- Solomon Asch
- Berit Ås
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
C[]
- John Cacioppo
- Donald T. Campbell
- Merrill Carlsmith
- Robert Cialdini - known for his research on influence processes
- Ronald L. Cohen
- Charles Horton Cooley
D[]
- James M. Dabbs, Jr.
- John Darley
- Paul G. Davies
- Carol Dweck
E[]
- Derek Edwards
- Phoebe C. Ellsworth
F[]
- Armindo Freitas-Magalhaes
- Steven Fein
- Leon Festinger - originator of both cognitive dissonance theory and social comparison theory
- Susan Fiske
- Erich Fromm
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
H[]
- Rom Harré
- Elaine Hatfield
- Fritz Heider
- Miles Hewstone
- E. Tory Higgins
- Hilde Himmelweit
- Carl Hovland
- Caroline Howarth
I[]
- Michael Inzlicht
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
K[]
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
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
N[]
O[]
- Richard Ofshe
- Tom Ostrom
P[]
- Ian Parker (psychologist)
- Richard E. Petty
- Anthony Pratkanis
- Tom Pyszczynski
Q[]
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
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
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
V[]
W[]
- Daniel Wegner
- Kipling Williams
- Glenn D Wilson
- Timothy Wilson
X[]
Y[]
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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