Social psychology (psychology)
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- This page deals with Social Psychology as a subfield of Psychology. Social Psychology is also a subfield of Sociology (see Social psychology (sociology)).
Social Psychology is a subfield of psychology concerned with the empirical study of how individuals' behavior, attitudes, and emotions are affected by social situations.
Major theories
- Attribution theory
- Cognitive dissonance theory
- Elaboration likelihood model
- Evolutionary / Functional perpsective
- Self-perception theory
- Social comparison theory
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Current research areas
- Mortality salience
- Ostracism
- Stereotyping (e.g., Stereotype Threat)
- Overconfidence via egocentrism
- Self-regulation
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References
- Gilovich, Keltner & Nisbett (2006). Social Psychology. New York: W. W. Norton.
- Taylor, Peplau & Sears (2006). Social Psychology, 12th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
Further reading
See also
- Behavioral genetics
- Community psychology
- Educational psychology
- Human ecology
- Industrial psychology
- Moral development
- Personality psychology
- Psychology wiki
External links
- Social Psychology Network
- Society for Personality and Social Psychology
- Society of Experimental Social Psychology
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Current Research in Social Psychology
- Social Psychology - brief introduction
- Social Psychology basics
- Social Psychology forum
- Scapegoating Processes in Groups
- Introduction to Social Psychology