Editing Social psychology (section)

===19th century===

In the 19th century, social psychology began to emerge from the larger field of [[psychology]]. At the time, many psychologists were concerned with developing concrete explanations for the different aspects of [[human nature]]. They attempted to discover concrete [[Causality|cause-and-effect]] relationships that explained social interactions. In order to do so, they applied the scientific method to human behavior.<ref>{{cite journal | last1= Gergen | first1= K. J. | year= 1973 | title= Social Psychology as History | journal= Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | volume= 26 | issue= 2 | pages= 309–320 | doi= 10.1037/h0034436 | url= http://www.swarthmore.edu/kenneth-gergen/available-manuscripts | access-date= 17 November 2019 | archive-date= 22 October 2019 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191022100757/https://www.swarthmore.edu/kenneth-gergen/available-manuscripts | url-status= live }}</ref> One of the first published studies in the field was [[Norman Triplett]]'s 1898 experiment on the phenomenon of [[social facilitation]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Triplett|first=Norman|author-link=Norman Triplett|year=1898|title=The dynamogenic factors in pacemaking and competition|journal=[[American Journal of Psychology]]|volume=9|pages=507–533|doi=10.2307/1412188|issue=4|jstor=1412188|s2cid=54217799}}</ref> These psychological experiments later went on to form the foundation of much of 20th century social psychological findings.