The Social Mind
The Science of Social Psychology and Why We Do What We Do
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The Social Mind
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Narrated by:
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C.S Cyan
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By:
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Matthew Ken Hall
About this listen
People don't often get much done on their own, according to social psychologists. Everything we think and say is affected by social signals and how we connect with other people. This point of view doesn't say that free choice isn't important; it just shows how people are connected to each other and to communities in ways that aren't always obvious. Studies of persuasion help us understand how people's ideas change, while studies of social identity help us understand issues of belonging and discrimination.
You can utilize social psychology for more than simply schoolwork. Its principles affect politics, advertising, how people behave in the classroom and at work, and even in their personal lives. By looking at how people affect each other, the discipline sheds light on both everyday interactions and big social issues. By showing how the social environment is important for understanding the person, it connects sociology and psychology as a whole. In short, social psychology teaches us important abilities for recognizing how complicated our connections are in a world that we all live in.