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

[edit] A

• Gordon Allport
• Michael Argyle
• Elliot Aronson
• Solomon Asch

[edit] 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
• Roy Baumeister
• Alex Bavelas
• Howard Becker
• 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
• Marilynn Brewer
• Urie Bronfenbrenner - developmental psychologist, founder of "Human Ecology" / Ecological Systems Theory
• Roger Brown

[edit] C

• Hadley Cantril
• Merrill Carlsmith
• Donal Carlston
• Robert Cialdini
• Ronald L. Cohen

[edit] D

• Patricia Devine
• Ed Diener

[edit] E

• Derek Edwards
• Phoebe C. Ellsworth
• Erik Erikson - German developmental psychologist known for theory of stages of psychosocial development

[edit] F

• Russell Fazio
• Leon Festinger - originator of both cognitive dissonance theory and social comparison theory
• Dennis Fox
• Erich Fromm

[edit] G

• Thomas Gilovich - psychologist and key figure in behavioral economics
• Kenneth Gergen

[edit] H

• Rom Harré
• Fritz Heider
• Alexa Hepburn
• Carl Hovland

[edit] I

[edit] 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

[edit] K

• Robert M. Krauss

[edit] L

• Joris Lammers
• Mark Lepper
• Kurt Lewin - Often called "the father of social psychology"; one of first researchers to study group dynamics and organizational development

[edit] M

• 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

[edit] N

• Richard Nisbett

[edit] O

[edit] P

• Richard E. Petty
• P. Marijn Poortvliet

[edit] Q

[edit] R

• Steve Reicher
• Lee Ross - performed pioneering research on the fundamental attribution error

[edit] S

• Stanley Schachter
• Muzafer Sherif
• John Shotter
• Mark Snyder - prominent for his novel work on the self-monitoring process
• Claude Steele - renowned for his groundbreaking work on stereotype threat

[edit] T

• Henri Tajfel
• Gabriel Tarde
• Carol Tavris
• Norman Triplett

[edit] U

[edit] V

[edit] W

• Gary Wells

[edit] X

[edit] Y

[edit] Z

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

See also: list of psychologists