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Social psychology

noun

The branch of psychology that studies persons and their relationships with others and with groups and with society as a whole.

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"Social psychology" Quotes from Famous Books

... We shall have to distinguish the elements of mind that enter into it, show their interrelations, and differentiate the total experience from other types of experience. Since, moreover, art is a social phenomenon, we shall have to draw upon our knowledge of social psychology to illumine our analysis of the individual's experience. Art is a historical, even a technical, development; hence the personal enjoyment of beauty itself is conditioned by factors that spring from the traditions of groups of artists and art lovers. No one can understand his pleasure in beauty ...

— The Principles Of Aesthetics • Dewitt H. Parker

Words linked to "Social psychology" : psychological science, psychology, psychodynamics