The following is a list of academicians, both past and present, who are widely renowned for their groundbreaking contributions to the field of social psychology.
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Dominic Abrams
Lauren Alloy
Icek Ajzen
Floyd Allport
Gordon Allport
Irwin Altman
Craig A. Anderson
Norman H. Anderson
Michael Argyle
Elliot Aronson
Solomon Asch
Berit Ås
B
Anna Costanza Baldry
Mahzarin Banaji
Albert Bandura - Canadian psychologist known for social learning theory (or social cognitive theory) and self efficacy John Bargh - known for having several priming experiments that failed subsequent attempts at direct replication Robert A. Baron Daniel Batson Martin Bauer Roy Baumeister Howard Becker Daryl Bem - proposed self-perception theory of attitude change, competitor to Leon Festinger's cognitive dissonance theory Ellen S. Berscheid Michael Billig Hart Blanton Marilynn Brewer Roger Brown Brad Bushman
C
John Cacioppo
Donald T. Campbell
Merrill Carlsmith
Nicholas Christenfeld
Robert Cialdini - known for his research on influence processes
Ronald L. Cohen
Peter T. Coleman
Terri Conley
Stuart W. Cook
Charles Horton Cooley
Nora Cortiñas
William Crano
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James M. Dabbs, Jr. John M. Darley Edward L. Deci - co-founder of Self-Determination Theory Morton Deutsch Ed Diener Carol Dweck
E
Phoebe C. Ellsworth
Jennifer Eberhardt
F
Steven Fein
Leon Festinger - originator of cognitive dissonance theory and social comparison theory Susan Fiske Erich Fromm
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Stanley O. Gaines
Laszlo Garai - developed theory of social identity as mediating factor
George Gaskell
Bertram Gawronski
Kenneth Gergen
Daniel Gilbert
Thomas Gilovich - psychologist and key figure in behavioral economics
Erving Goffman
Mirta González Suárez
John Gottman - researcher known for his work in identifying relationship behaviors that predict relationships' future quality and stability Anthony Greenwald - creator of the Implicit Association Test
H
Jonathan Haidt
Rom Harré
Elaine Hatfield
Fritz Heider
Miles Hewstone
E. Tory Higgins - Motivation, regulatory focus theory, regulatory engagement theory, regulatory mode Hilde Himmelweit Geert Hofstede Michael Hogg - social identity theory Carl Hovland
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Michael Inzlicht
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Irving Janis - known for his landmark research on the concept of "groupthink" Edward E. Jones - co-authored the first paper on what was later called fundamental attribution error; known for researching actor-observer bias Sandra Jovchelovitch Charles Hubbard Judd
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Daniel Kahneman
Saul Kassin
Harold Kelley
George Kelly
Herbert Kelman
Arie Kruglanski
Ziva Kunda
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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) Gustave Le Bon Mark Lepper Becca Levy Kurt Lewin - often called "the father of social psychology"; one of the first researchers to study group dynamics and organizational development
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Ivana Markova
Hazel Rose Markus
Everett Dean Martin
Francis T. McAndrew
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 Eleanor Maccoby