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. A 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 D 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 G 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 I Michael Inzlicht J 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 K Daniel Kahneman Saul Kassin Harold Kelley George Kelly Herbert Kelman Arie Kruglanski Ziva Kunda L Michael C. LaFerney - utilizing Social Psychology principles in Nursing practice http://laferney.socialpsychology.org//https://nurse.org/articles/red-sox-nurse-night-2019/ Bibb Latané - initiated research on bystander intervention in emergencies (with