a study in experimental and social psychology
1Social psychology (psychology) — Social psychology is the scientific study of how people s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others (Allport, 1985). By this definition, scientific refers to the empirical method of… …
2Social psychology (sociology) — Sociological social psychology, also known as psychological sociology, is a specialty area of sociology that relates macrosocial phenomena (e.g. social class) to the attitudes and behavior of individuals. [House, J. S. (1977). The three faces of… …
3Social psychology — [ Cote, J. E. Levine, C. G. (2002). Identity formation, agency, and culture . Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.] ] Social psychology is the study of how people and groups interact. Scholars in this interdisciplinary area are… …
4social psychology — the psychological study of social behavior, esp. of the reciprocal influence of the individual and the group with which the individual interacts. [1905 10] * * * Branch of psychology concerned with the personality, attitudes, motivations, and… …
5Memory and social interactions — Memory underpins and enables social interactions in a variety of ways. In order to engage in successful social interaction, organisms must be able to remember how they should interact with one another, who they have interacted with previously,… …
6Industrial and organizational psychology — Psychology …
7PSYCHOLOGY — PSYCHOLOGY, the science of the mind or of mental phenomena and activities. Psychological Concepts in the Bible Psychology has a long past, but only a short history (H. Ebbinghaus, Abriss der Psychologie, 1908). Nowhere is this aphorism better… …
8Experimental psychology — approaches psychology as one of the natural sciences, investigates it using the experimental method. The focus of experimental psychology is on discovering the underlying processes behind behavior and the specific nature of mental life. This is… …
9Social dilemma — Social dilemmas are situations in which private interests are at odds with collective interests. Such situations arise because people frequently attach more weight to their short term selfish interests than to the long term interests of the group …
10social science — social scientist. 1. the study of society and social behavior. 2. a science or field of study, as history, economics, etc., dealing with an aspect of society or forms of social activity. [1775 85] * * * Any discipline or branch of science that… …
