The branch of psychology that covers society as a whole, studying social behavior and intergroup relations, including how people's thoughts, feelings and behaviors are influenced by the presence of others.
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Central QuestionHow are an individual's thoughts, feelings and behaviors shaped by the actual, imagined or implied presence of other people? 1 Key DebateMany classic social psychology findings, including some of its most famous experiments, have proven difficult to reproduce in later attempts, leading researchers to describe the field as facing a genuine replication crisis. 1 Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Social psychology
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Social psychology is the methodical study of how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others.
Replication crisis section
Many social psychological research findings have proven difficult to replicate, leading some to argue that social psychology is undergoing a replication crisis.
Simply Psychology, Branches of Psychology
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Social psychology covers numerous topics that focus on society as a whole, including the observation and study of social behavior and intergroup relations.
Wikipedia: Cognitive dissonance
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Festinger's cognitive dissonance theory is still one of the most influential social theories in modern social psychology.
Wikipedia: Stanley Schachter
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was an American social psychologist best known for his development of the two factor theory of emotion
Wikipedia: Claude Steele
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Fields Psychology (Social)
Wikipedia: Melvin J. Lerner
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Fields Social psychology
Wikipedia: Anthony Greenwald
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Anthony Galt Greenwald is a social psychologist
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