social psychology
Also known as collective psychology, mass psychology
a branch of psychology that combines concepts from psychology and sociology and that focuses on social influence on human behavior
AI overview
Social psychology is the study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and actions are shaped by their social environment and interactions with others. It matters because understanding these social influences helps explain why people behave the way they do in groups and relationships, which has practical applications in everything from education to workplace dynamics to public health.
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Research
1,424,811 papers- Toward a social psychology of cynicism.ReviewTrends in cognitive sciences · 2023Neumann E, Zaki JDOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2022.09.009
- Social Psychology of and for World-Making.Personality and social psychology review : an official journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc · 2023Power SA, Zittoun T, Akkerman S et al.DOI: 10.1177/10888683221145756
- Social psychology and COVID-19: What the field can tell us about behavior in a pandemic.ReviewThe Journal of social psychology · 2021Meier BP, Cook CL, Faasse KDOI: 10.1080/00224545.2021.1935830
- Towards a social psychology of precarity.The British journal of social psychology · 2023Coultas C, Reddy G, Lukate JDOI: 10.1111/bjso.12618
Article
Social psychology is the methodical study of how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others.
Although studying many of the same substantive topics as its counterpart in the field of sociology, psychological social psychology places more emphasis on the individual, rather than society; the influence of social structure and culture on individual outcomes, such as personality, behavior, and one's position in social hierarchies. It also depends more heavily on experimental and laboratory research.