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Social Psychology

Social Psychology helps us to understand how society functions. In this section, you’ll find out about theories and approaches to go deeper in your interactions and find out more about those aspects of people’s personalities which help and hinder living alongside each other.

Objects and Self-Identity: What Your Possessions Say About You
Social PsychologyObjects and Self-Identity: What Your Possessions Say About You

Certain objects that you own make up an extension of yourself and express your identity. Just as you had your favorite…

Science Confirms That Some People Consume Your Energy
Social PsychologyScience Confirms That Some People Consume Your Energy

We often call them emotional vampires. They're people who infect you with their negative emotions, consume your energy, and leave…

The Relationship Between Money and Happiness According to Science
Social PsychologyThe Relationship Between Money and Happiness According to Science

The relationship between money and happiness has long been studied by sociologists, psychologists, and economists. Indeed, we live in a…

An Experiment on the Affective Consequences of Social Comparison
Social PsychologyAn Experiment on the Affective Consequences of Social Comparison

The experiment of the title was conducted in 1990 by Bram.P. Buunk and colleagues. Its results speak of the consequences…

How Does the Coolidge Effect Influence Human Relationships?
Social PsychologyHow Does the Coolidge Effect Influence Human Relationships?

The Coolidge effect concerns the fact that we feel more attracted when a new sexual partner appears on the scene.…

The Self-Serving Bias: Protecting Your Ego at all Costs
Social PsychologyThe Self-Serving Bias: Protecting Your Ego at all Costs

If there's one cognitive resource that you tend to use frequently almost without realizing it, it's the self-serving bias. It…

What Are Social Values?
Social PsychologyWhat Are Social Values?

As humans, we don't only live in society, we are that society. Indeed, each one of us is a social being who acts, lives, and dies in a social struc...

Five Tips to Help You Deal With Social Pressure
Social PsychologyFive Tips to Help You Deal With Social Pressure

Whether you like it or not, on a daily basis, you're affected by the influence that others have on you. This…

Racism and Racialism
Social PsychologyRacism and Racialism

What's racialism? How is this concept related to racism? As human beings, we're social animals that live in constant interaction. As a result of th...

Eyewitness Memory and Testimony: How Reliable Is It?
Social PsychologyEyewitness Memory and Testimony: How Reliable Is It?

In most crimes, the reconstruction of the events is made up of snippets of information from the people who were…

Psychological Warfare: An Instrument of Power
Social PsychologyPsychological Warfare: An Instrument of Power

Psychological warfare is the name given to a set of actions aimed at morally, emotionally, or symbolically destroying an adversary…

The Shock Doctrine: Should We Be Worried?
Social PsychologyThe Shock Doctrine: Should We Be Worried?

The shock doctrine is a concept proposed by Canadian journalist Naomi Klein and is outlined in her book, The Shock…

Reading Non-Verbal Language
Social PsychologyReading Non-Verbal Language

In order to test if you really have the ability to read non-verbal language, a good exercise is to turn on the television and watch a movie, novel,...

The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Unnecessary Discrimination
Social PsychologyThe Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Unnecessary Discrimination

The self-fulfilling prophecy is one of the most interesting phenomena in social psychology. In fact, the power that your expectations…

Why the Flames of Revenge Must Be Extinguished
Social PsychologyWhy the Flames of Revenge Must Be Extinguished

Gandhi said that "an eye for an eye will leave the whole world blind". However, his warning about revenge is…

The Definition of Social Power and Its Different Types
Social PsychologyThe Definition of Social Power and Its Different Types

Teachers have power over their students. Parents have it over their children and bosses over their employees. Politicians have it…

The Difference Between Equity and Equality
Social PsychologyThe Difference Between Equity and Equality

Social justice can be understood as all those efforts aimed at fairly distributing goods, services, and resources to allow people…

The Totalitarian Ego and Its Cognitive Biases
Social PsychologyThe Totalitarian Ego and Its Cognitive Biases

Popular culture has already assimilated the interaction between personal tendencies and the influence of the environment. However, there are many&h...

Adultcentrism: The Power of Adults Over Children and Adolescents
Social PsychologyAdultcentrism: The Power of Adults Over Children and Adolescents

"When you're older you'll understand. I'm in charge, your opinions don't matter. When you start earning your own money then…

Social Perception: What You Think of Others and What They Think of You
Social PsychologySocial Perception: What You Think of Others and What They Think of You

Much of what you believe about others isn't true. In fact, you might well think you're a real Sherlock Holmes…

Interpersonal Sensitivity: The Key to Understanding Others
Social PsychologyInterpersonal Sensitivity: The Key to Understanding Others

Interpersonal sensitivity is a competence that allows you to obtain information from others from their non-verbal language. It involves being&helli...