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Branch of psychology places a theory within the area of the field it was built to explain. Wikipedia states, "A theory is, in general, a set of propositions or ideas about something, developed in a variety of ways through any sort of reasoning," and a psychological theory applies that reasoning to mind and behavior. Browsing by branch groups theories that address the same part of psychology.

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Era of Emergence
1924 1
Branch of Psychology
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1. Wikipedia: Social psychology
WikipediaSocial psychology, History section
Quote, Social psychology, History section
According to Wolfgang Stroebe, modern social psychology began in 1924 with the publication of a classic textbook by Floyd Allport, which defined the field as the experimental study of social behavior.
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