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  2. Jacob L. Moreno - Wikipedia

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    In 1929, he founded an Impromptu Theater at Carnegie Hall and later did work at the Guild Theater. He made studies of sociometry at Sing Sing Prison in 1931. In 1932, Moreno first introduced group psychotherapy to the American Psychiatric Association , and co-authored the monograph Group Method and Group Pschotherapy with Helen Hall Jennings ...

  3. Roger Brown (psychologist) - Wikipedia

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    Brown taught social psychology and published his first textbook, Social Psychology, in 1965. The book was completely rewritten [8] and published in 1986 as Social Psychology: The Second Edition. Brown also wrote an introductory textbook on psychology, co-authored with his colleague Richard Herrnstein. Pinker noted that these two books "live in ...

  4. List of psychological schools - Wikipedia

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    Liberation psychology; Logotherapy; Organismic psychology; Organizational psychology; Phenomenological psychology; Process psychology; Psychoanalysis; Psychohistory; Psychology of self; Radical behaviorism - often considered a school of philosophy, not psychology; Social psychology (sociocultural psychology) Strength-based practice ...

  5. Social psychology - Wikipedia

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    Social psychology is the scientific study of how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. [1] Social psychologists typically explain human behavior as a result of the relationship between mental states and social situations, studying the social conditions under which thoughts, feelings, and behaviors occur, and how these variables ...

  6. List of social psychologists - Wikipedia

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    George Herbert Mead - American philosopher , sociologist, and psychologist; a founder of social psychology; founder of symbolic interactionism; Stanley Milgram - performed famous experiment that demonstrated people's excessive willingness to obey authority figures; Walter Mischel - among the first to promote a situationist view of personality

  7. Kurt Lewin - Wikipedia

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    Further, the totality for an individual (their life space) derives from their perception of their reality, not an objective viewpoint. The approach, developed by Kurt Lewin, is a significant contribution to the fields of social science, psychology, social psychology, organizational development, process management, and change management. [11]

  8. Psychology Today - Wikipedia

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    Psychology Today is an American media organization with a focus on psychology and human behavior. The publication began as a bimonthly magazine, which first appeared in 1967. The print magazine's reported circulation is 275,000 as of 2023. [ 2 ]

  9. Social psychology (sociology) - Wikipedia

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    In sociology, social psychology (also known as sociological social psychology) studies the relationship between the individual and society. [1] [2] Although studying many of the same substantive topics as its counterpart in the field of psychology, sociological social psychology places relatively more emphasis on the influence of social structure and culture on individual outcomes, such as ...