Social psychology
The experimental study of social behavior and psychological processes associated with social cognition, social behavior, and groups. One of the most famous experiments in|
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Social Psychology bridges the gap between the sociological paradigm of symbolic interactionism and the study of psychology.
Some of the basic questions are:
- How do small group dynamics impact cognition and emotional states?
- How do social groups control or contribute to behavior, emotion, or attitudes of the individual members?
- How does the group impact the individual?
- How does the individual operate within the social group?