Towards a More Social Social Psychology 227Introductory
text
author(s)
Title of social
psychology
chapterDefinition of social psychology
in the chapterChapter’s
emphasis (1-5):
Individualistic
or
Collectivistic?Chapter’s
orientation:
PSP, SSP, or
Combination?Ettinger, R.
H. (2018)
“Social
psychology”Ettinger (2018, p. 677): “Social
Psychology is the field of
psychology concerned with how
social influences affect our
behaviors” (emphasis added).1 = mostly
individualisticPSPFranzoi, S.
(2018)
“Social
psychology”Franzoi (2018, p. 624): “Social
psychology is the scientific study of
how people’s thoughts, feelings, and
behavior are influenced by others”
(emphasis added).5 = mostly
collectivisticSSPFeist, G. J.,
&
Rosenberg,
E. L. (2015)
“Social
behavior”Feist & Rosenberg (2015, p. 514):
“...the focus of social psychology,
which studies the effects of the real
or imagined presence of others on
people’s thoughts, feelings, and
actions” (emphasis added).1 = mostly
individualisticPSPGray, P. O.,
&
Bjorklund,
D. F. (2014)
Part VII. The
person in a
world of
people.
Chapter 13.
“Social
perception
and
attitudes”;
Chapter 14.
“Social
influences on
behavior”Gray & Bjorklund (2014, p. 503):
“This is the first of a two-chapter
sequence on social psychology, the
subfield of psychology that deals
most explicitly with how we view
one another and are influenced by
one another. This chapter focuses on
person perception, the processes by
which we perceive and understand
one another and ourselves, and on
attitudes, the evaluative beliefs that
we have about our social world and
the entities within in. The next
chapter focuses on the effects that
those perceptions and beliefs have
on our emotions and actions”
(emphasis added).1 = mostly
individualisticPSPGriggs, R.
A. (2017)
“Social
psychology”Griggs (2017, p. 371): “The
scientific study of how we influence
one another’s behavior and
thinking” (emphasis added).5 = mostly
collectivisticSSP