PSYB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Personality Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, Scientific Method
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Social psychology is the scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave in a social context. Sociology, for instance, typically classifies people in terms of their nationality, race, socioeconomic class, and other group factors. In contrast, social psychology typically focuses on the psychology of the individual. Even when social psychologists study groups of people, they usually emphasize the behaviour of the individual in the group context. Clinical psychologists seek to understand and treat people with psychological difficulties or disorders. Social psychologists do not focus on disorders; rather, they focus on the more typical ways in which individuals think, feel, behave, and influence each other. Both personality psychology and social psychology are concerned with individuals and their thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. This scientific approach to studying the effects of the the nineteenth century (1897 (cid:883)(cid:890)(cid:891)(cid:890)(cid:524). Triplett"s work was noteworthy because, after social context on individuals" behaviour can be seen as marking the birth of modern-day.
