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What is a social psychologist? Or, what is an asocial psychologist? Is it someone who's interested in people's psychology, but not in the people? What a term.
by dmos62 5y ago
What is a social psychologist? Or, what is an asocial psychologist? Is it someone who's interested in people's psychology, but not in the people? What a term.
- knaik94 5y agoA social psychologist examines an individual in group dynamics and interpersonal relationships. It is still focused on the individual. Thing like personal prejudice, the sense of belonging, implicit bias, and effects of bullying are what social psychologist study. On hacker news I expect the consequence of moving away from physical relationships to digital relationships, otaku, and parasocial relationships are pretty fascinating topics that fall under the research of social psychology. It's different from sociology because it's focused on the individual. Sociology would instead be focused on the development of groups as a whole. I am assuming by asocial you're referring to otaku as a concept and not someone's trauma response.
- guerrilla 5y ago> Social psychology is the scientific study of how the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined, and implied presence of others, 'imagined' and 'implied presences' referring to the internalized social norms that humans are influenced by even when they are alone.[1] > Social psychologists typically explain human behavior as being a result of the relationship between mental state and social situation, studying the conditions under which thoughts, feelings, and behaviors occur and how these variables influence social interactions.
- npunt 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_psychology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_psychology