Do twitter or facebook activity influence scientific impact?
Are scientists smart when they promote their work on social media? Isn’t this a waste of time, time which could better be spent in the […]
Social Psychology
Social Psychology
In some ways, all psychology is social psychology because all psychological areas of study exist within a social context. However, there is a distinct field of […]
Social Psychology Research Topics
Whether you’re looking for social psychology research topics for your A-Level or AP Psychology class, or considering a research question to explore for your Psychology PhD, […]
Philip Zimbardo
Whether you’re a fan of quotes, need a perfect quote to support your argument in an essay, or a simply looking for a bit of […]
Stanley Milgram
Whilst Milgram’s work has secured him a prominent position in the history of Social Psychology, he found himself suspended from the American Psychological Association for […]
The Stanford Prison Experiment (Zimbardo, 1972)
Philip Zimbardo’s most famous study, The Stanford Prison Experiment, almost went horribly wrong. The experiment had to be called off within a week because the […]
Communal Parenting (Bettelheim, 1964)
Is a two-parent family unit actually necessary for children to develop into successful adults? Western culture has traditionally encouraged the ‘nuclear family’ – a household […]
Milgram (1961) | Obedience to Authority
In 1961, Stanley Milgram conducted a social experiment at Yale University that would earn him a reputation as one of the great 20th Century Social […]