Chapter one discusses what social psychology is, the origins and development of social psychology, how social psychology attains knowledge, and the special features contained in this book. Social psychology is the scientific field that seeks to understand the nature and causes of individual behavior in social situations. It uses science to find out how we interact with people and how we think about others.
When we think of science, most people feel that it has been around forever when in actuality the field of social psychology has only come about in the twentieth century. Since then this form of psychology emerged they study every part of social behavior and social thought. I find it interesting that when the question "Is social psychology scientific?" was asked they answered with a definite yes. I can see this because although it is not biology or some sort of physical science they have similar methods.
Social psychologists often use experimentation and correlational methods......

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