Editing Psychology (section)

=== Social ===
{{Main|Social psychology}}
{{See also|Social psychology (sociology)}}

Social psychology is concerned with how [[behavior]]s, [[thought]]s, [[feeling]]s, and the social environment influence human interactions.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Allport|first=G. W|year=1985|title=The Historical Background of Social Psychology|editor1-last=G. Lindzey and E. Aronson|encyclopedia=The Handbook of Social Psychology|location=New York|publisher=[[McGraw Hill]]|page=5}}</ref> Social psychologists study such topics as the influence of others on an individual's behavior (e.g. [[conformity (psychology)|conformity]], [[persuasion]]) and the formation of beliefs, [[attitude (psychology)|attitudes]], and [[stereotype]]s about other people. [[Social cognition]] fuses elements of social and cognitive psychology for the purpose of understanding how people process, remember, or distort social information. The study of [[group dynamics]] involves research on the nature of leadership, organizational communication, and related phenomena. In recent years, social psychologists have become interested in [[Implicit Association Test|implicit]] measures, [[mediation (statistics)|mediational]] models, and the interaction of person and social factors in accounting for behavior. Some concepts that [[sociology|sociologists]] have applied to the study of psychiatric disorders, concepts such as the social role, sick role, social class, life events, culture, migration, and [[total institution]], have influenced social psychologists.<ref>Tausig, M., & Fenwick, R. (2011). ''Work and mental health in social context''. New York: Springer. {{doi|10.1007/978-1-4614-0625-9}}</ref>