Social Psychology provides student readers with essential help with all aspects of their first course in social psychology, including advice on revising for exams, preparing and writing course assessment materials, and enhancing and progressing their knowledge and skills in line with course requirements on a social psychology course.

Definition

Definition

Definition

Social psychology is about understanding individual behaviour in a social context. Baron, Byrne & Suls (1989) define it as “the scientific field that seeks to understand the nature and causes of individual behavior in social situations” (p. 6). It therefore looks at human behaviour as ...

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