Introduction to social psychology. “We cannot be distinguished from our situations, for they form us and decide our possibilities” The French philosopher-novelist Jean-Paul Sartre (1946)
Social psychology q is a science that studies the influences of our situations, with special attention to how we view and affect one another. (More precisely), it is the scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another. (D. Meyers) q is one of the sciences that specializing on studying human behavior. Unlike all other people social psychologies focuses on objective ways of explaining human behavior. (T. Shibutani) q According to Gordon Allport, social psychology is a discipline that uses scientific methods "to understand explain how the thought, feeling and behavior of individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined or implied presence of other human beings" (1985).
How social psychology differs from other discipline: Ø folk wisdom Ø social psychology employs scientific methods and the empirical study of social phenomena. Ø personality psychology Ø Social psychology is focused on situations. Ø sociology Ø Social Psychologists instead focus on situational variables that affect social behavior.
Social psychology is still a young science. q 1898 - The first social psychology experiments were reported. q 1908 - social psychology is shaped as a science (according to psychologist Gordon Allport ). qthe 1930 s - Not until that time did social psychology assume its current form. q. World War II - not until that time did it begin to emerge as the vibrant field it is today.
Social psychology’s short list of big ideas: üWe Construct Our Social Reality üOur Social Intuitions Are Often Powerful but Sometimes Perilous üSocial Influences Shape Our Behavior üPersonal Attitudes and Dispositions Also Shape Behavior üSocial Behavior Is Biologically Rooted üSocial Psychology’s Principles Are Applicable in Everyday Life
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