Social psychology
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Social psychology is the study of how people and groups interact. Scholars in this field are often either psychologists or sociologists, though all social psychologists employ both the individual and the group as their units of analysis.[2]
Despite their similarity, psychological and sociological researchers tend to differ in their goals, approaches, methods, and terminology. They also favor separate academic journals and professional groups. The greatest period of collaboration between sociologists and psychologists was during the years immediately following World War II.[3] Although there has been increasing isolation and specialization in recent years, some degree of overlap and influence remains between the two disciplines.[4]
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- ↑ Cote, J. E. & Levine, C. G. (2002). Identity formation, agency, and culture. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- ↑ Social Psychology, David G. Myers, McGraw Hill, 1993. ISBN 0-07-044292-4.
- ↑ Sewell, W. H. (1989). Some reflections on the golden age of interdisciplinary social psychology. Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 15.
- ↑ The Psychology of the Social, Uwe Flick, Cambridge University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-521-58851-0.
