SOC 2109 Chapter Notes - Chapter Article 1: Metatheory, Social Psychology, Biopsychosocial Model
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Article sumary: the nature of social psychology and its place in the curriculum or sociology and the social and natural sciences. Argument: is that social psychology is an interdisciplinary field formed by the intersection of two of the three basic sciences of human behaviour and social life- psychology and sociology. A social psychological perspective is essential to understanding the phenomena and problems of individual and social life. Ultimate justification and utility of social psychology (or any social science) as a field of study and inquiry is its ability to enhance our insight into and understanding of concrete and consequential individual and social phenomena or problems. The central place of social psychology in sociology, psychology and the (biopsychosocial sciences. A number of the social forces that contributed to the growth and development of social psychology and related social sciences in the halcyon decades are reemerging as we enter the last decade of the twentieth century.
