social psychology

noun

1. the psychological study of social behavior, especially of the reciprocal influence of the individual and the group with which the individual interacts.

social psychology

noun

1. psychol the area of psychology concerned with the interaction between individuals and groups and the effect of society on behaviour

Word History and Origins

Origin of social psychology¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Eldest of four children, he attended Brooklyn College and Yale University, where he earned a master’s degree in experimental psychology and a doctorate in social psychology.

From Los Angeles Times

Ducat highlights how social psychology can help us better understand our current democracy crisis and the role that social dominance behavior, attraction to violence, sexism, misogyny and disinformation play in support for Trumpism.

From Salon

I recently wrote about the social psychology of this phenomenon.

From Salon

One answer is the diversifying population of the country, which research indicates can make white Americans "feel threatened," offered Carter, whose social psychology research has interrogated how to detect and discuss racial bias.

From Salon

The Franklin case was “the first of the recovered memory persecutions,” said Richard Ofshe, a professor emeritus of social psychology at UC Berkeley and coauthor of “Making Monsters: False Memories, Psychotherapy, and Sexual Hysteria.”

From Los Angeles Times