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Social psychology is the scientific study of how we feel about, think about, and behave toward the people around us and how our feelings, thoughts, and behaviors are influenced by those people. As this definition suggests, the subject matter of social psychology is very broad and can be found in just about everything that we do every day. Social psychologists study why we are often helpful to other people and why we may at other times be unfriendly or aggressive. Social psychologists study both the benefits of having good relationships with other people and the costs of being lonely. Social psychologists study what factors lead people to purchase one product rather than another, how men and women behave differently in social settings, how juries work together to make important group decisions, and what makes some people more likely to recycle and engage in other environmentally friendly behaviors than others. And social psychologists also study more unusual events, such as how some people can be persuaded that a UFO is hiding behind a comet, leading them to take their own lives as part of a suicide cult.

<div class="mt-category-container mt-subpage-listings-container noindex"><ul class="mt-sortable-listings-container " id="mt-sortable" data-user-can-edit="true" data-page-id="38933"><li class="mt-sortable-listing " data-page-id="39985"><a title="Front Matter" class="mt-sortable-listing-link mt-edit-section internal" href="/https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Social_Psychology_and_Personality/Principles_of_Social_Psychology/00:_Front_Matter"><img class="internal" alt="mindtouch.page#thumbnail" loading="lazy" src="https://socialsci.libretexts.org/@api/deki/files/28594/mindtouch.page%2523thumbnail?revision=3" />Front Matter</a></li><li class="mt-sortable-listing " data-page-id="38934"><a title="1: Introducing Social Psychology: Social psychology&nbsp;is the scientific study of how we feel about, think about, and behave toward the people around us and how our feelings, thoughts, and behaviors are influenced by those people. As this definition suggests, the subject matter of social psychology is very broad and can be found in just about everything that we do every day." class="mt-sortable-listing-link mt-edit-section internal" href="/https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Social_Psychology_and_Personality/Principles_of_Social_Psychology/01:_Introducing_Social_Psychology"><img class="internal" alt="mindtouch.page#thumbnail" loading="lazy" src="https://socialsci.libretexts.org/@api/deki/files/59962/mindtouch.page%2523thumbnail?revision=1" />1: Introducing Social Psychology</a></li><li class="mt-sortable-listing " data-page-id="38935"><a title="2: Social Learning and Social Cognition" class="mt-sortable-listing-link mt-edit-section internal" href="/https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Social_Psychology_and_Personality/Principles_of_Social_Psychology/02:_Social_Learning_and_Social_Cognition"><img class="internal" alt="mindtouch.page#thumbnail" loading="lazy" src="https://socialsci.libretexts.org/@api/deki/files/59963/mindtouch.page%2523thumbnail?revision=1" />2: Social Learning and Social Cognition</a></li><li class="mt-sortable-listing " data-page-id="38936"><a title="3: Social Affect" class="mt-sortable-listing-link mt-edit-section internal" href="/https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Social_Psychology_and_Personality/Principles_of_Social_Psychology/03:_Social_Affect"><img class="internal" alt="mindtouch.page#thumbnail" loading="lazy" src="https://socialsci.libretexts.org/@api/deki/files/59964/mindtouch.page%2523thumbnail?revision=1" />3: Social Affect</a></li><li class="mt-sortable-listing " data-page-id="38937"><a title="4: The Self" class="mt-sortable-listing-link mt-edit-section internal" href="/https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Social_Psychology_and_Personality/Principles_of_Social_Psychology/04:_The_Self"><img class="internal" alt="mindtouch.page#thumbnail" loading="lazy" src="https://socialsci.libretexts.org/@api/deki/files/59955/mindtouch.page%2523thumbnail?revision=1" />4: The Self</a></li><li class="mt-sortable-listing " data-page-id="38939"><a title="5: Attitudes, Behavior, and Persuasion" class="mt-sortable-listing-link mt-edit-section internal" href="/https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Social_Psychology_and_Personality/Principles_of_Social_Psychology/05:_Attitudes_Behavior_and_Persuasion"><img class="internal" alt="mindtouch.page#thumbnail" loading="lazy" src="https://socialsci.libretexts.org/@api/deki/files/59952/mindtouch.page%2523thumbnail?revision=1" />5: Attitudes, Behavior, and Persuasion</a></li><li class="mt-sortable-listing " data-page-id="38938"><a title="6: Perceiving Others" class="mt-sortable-listing-link mt-edit-section internal" href="/https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Social_Psychology_and_Personality/Principles_of_Social_Psychology/06:_Perceiving_Others"><img class="internal" alt="mindtouch.page#thumbnail" loading="lazy" src="https://socialsci.libretexts.org/@api/deki/files/59953/mindtouch.page%2523thumbnail?revision=1" />6: Perceiving Others</a></li><li class="mt-sortable-listing " data-page-id="38940"><a title="7: Influencing and Conforming" class="mt-sortable-listing-link mt-edit-section internal" href="/https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Social_Psychology_and_Personality/Principles_of_Social_Psychology/07:_Influencing_and_Conforming"><img class="internal" alt="mindtouch.page#thumbnail" loading="lazy" src="https://socialsci.libretexts.org/@api/deki/files/59954/mindtouch.page%2523thumbnail?revision=1" />7: Influencing and Conforming</a></li><li class="mt-sortable-listing " data-page-id="38941"><a title="8: Liking and Loving" class="mt-sortable-listing-link mt-edit-section internal" href="/https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Social_Psychology_and_Personality/Principles_of_Social_Psychology/08:_Liking_and_Loving"><img class="internal" alt="mindtouch.page#thumbnail" loading="lazy" src="https://socialsci.libretexts.org/@api/deki/files/59956/mindtouch.page%2523thumbnail?revision=1" />8: Liking and Loving</a></li><li class="mt-sortable-listing " data-page-id="38943"><a title="9: Helping and Altruism" class="mt-sortable-listing-link mt-edit-section internal" href="/https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Social_Psychology_and_Personality/Principles_of_Social_Psychology/09:_Helping_and_Altruism"><img class="internal" alt="mindtouch.page#thumbnail" loading="lazy" src="https://socialsci.libretexts.org/@api/deki/files/59957/mindtouch.page%2523thumbnail?revision=1" />9: Helping and Altruism</a></li><li class="mt-sortable-listing " data-page-id="38942"><a title="10: Aggression" class="mt-sortable-listing-link mt-edit-section internal" href="/https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Social_Psychology_and_Personality/Principles_of_Social_Psychology/10:_Aggression"><img class="internal" alt="mindtouch.page#thumbnail" loading="lazy" src="https://socialsci.libretexts.org/@api/deki/files/59958/mindtouch.page%2523thumbnail?revision=1" />10: Aggression</a></li><li class="mt-sortable-listing " data-page-id="38944"><a title="11: Working Groups- Performance and Decision Making" class="mt-sortable-listing-link mt-edit-section internal" href="/https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Social_Psychology_and_Personality/Principles_of_Social_Psychology/11:_Working_Groups-_Performance_and_Decision_Making"><img class="internal" alt="mindtouch.page#thumbnail" loading="lazy" src="https://socialsci.libretexts.org/@api/deki/files/59959/mindtouch.page%2523thumbnail?revision=1" />11: Working Groups- Performance and Decision Making</a></li><li class="mt-sortable-listing " data-page-id="38945"><a title="12: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination" class="mt-sortable-listing-link mt-edit-section internal" href="/https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Social_Psychology_and_Personality/Principles_of_Social_Psychology/12:_Stereotypes_Prejudice_and_Discrimination"><img class="internal" alt="mindtouch.page#thumbnail" loading="lazy" src="https://socialsci.libretexts.org/@api/deki/files/59960/mindtouch.page%2523thumbnail?revision=1" />12: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination</a></li><li class="mt-sortable-listing " data-page-id="38946"><a title="13: Competition and Cooperation in Our Social Worlds" class="mt-sortable-listing-link mt-edit-section internal" href="/https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Social_Psychology_and_Personality/Principles_of_Social_Psychology/13:_Competition_and_Cooperation_in_Our_Social_Worlds"><img class="internal" alt="mindtouch.page#thumbnail" loading="lazy" src="https://socialsci.libretexts.org/@api/deki/files/59961/mindtouch.page%2523thumbnail?revision=1" />13: Competition and Cooperation in Our Social Worlds</a></li><li class="mt-sortable-listing " data-page-id="39988"><a title="Back Matter" class="mt-sortable-listing-link mt-edit-section internal" href="/https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Psychology/Social_Psychology_and_Personality/Principles_of_Social_Psychology/zz:_Back_Matter"><img class="internal" alt="mindtouch.page#thumbnail" loading="lazy" src="https://socialsci.libretexts.org/@api/deki/files/28595/mindtouch.page%2523thumbnail?revision=3" />Back Matter</a></li></ul><script type="application/json" id="mt-localizations-ordered-subpages">/*<![CDATA[*/{"MindTouch.IDF3.label.drag-n-drop":"Drag","MindTouch.IDF3.label.reveal.showAll":"Show all","MindTouch.IDF3.label.reveal.showLess":"Show less","MindTouch.IDF3.warning.page-order-limit-exceeded":"Sorry, there are too many child pages to safely reorder. 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