Social Psychology an interesting career-related topic

The last year, I discoursed about Social Psychology. In this moment, I told my classmates what is it? And now, I tell to you:

The Social Psychology is the study of how social conditions affect human beings. Scholars in this field are generally either psychologists or sociologists, anyway all social psychologists employ both the individual and the group as their units of analysis. Despite their similarity, the disciplines also tend to differ in their respective goals, methods, and terminology. They also favor separate academic journals and societies. It’s an interdisciplinary area like biophysics and cognitive science.

The psychologists, who study social psychology, are interested in such topics as attitudes, social cognition, cognitive dissonance, social influence, and interpersonal behaviours such as altruism and aggression.

Instead, the sociologists work focused on the behaviour of the group, and thus examines such phenomena as interactions and exchanges at the micro-level, group dynamics and group development, and crowds at the macro-level.

So, Psychology and Sociology aren’t the same because psychologists are interested in the immediate social situation, and the interaction between person and situation variables. On they other way, the sociologists are interested in the individual and the context of larger social structures and processes, such as social roles, race and class, and socialization.

What can I do if I’m a Social Psychologist?

When you’re a Social psychologist you can work in different places, for example you can do researches about social memory, study other countries, and a lot of diverse activities.

Well, by to respond your question, I’ve thought about three websites connected to this particular topic, they’re influential journals:

•Psychology:

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

http://www.apa.org/journals/psp/

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622874/description#description

•Sociology:

Social Psychology Quarterly.

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asoca/spq

Also, you can found information about Society of Experimental Social Psychology and different journals if you click here:

http://www.sesp.org/

http://www.socialpsychology.org/journals.htm

See you,

Bye =)