MPC-004, BLOCK-1, UNIT-1 #ignou #mapc 1st Yr

This syllabus is for IGNOU, UPSC, UGC NET, PhD entrance and other Government jobs based on Psychology Topics. 1.2 Nature and Concept of Social Psychology 1.2.1 Social Psychology is Scientific in Nature 1.2.2 Social Psychology Studies the Experience and Behaviour of Individuals 1.2.3 Causes of Social Behaviour and Thought 1.3 Scope of Social Psychology 1.4 Historical Developments: The Emergence of Modern Social Psychology 1.4.1 Social Thought Before the Advent of Social Science 1.4.2 The Second Stage of Development: Social Psychology Emerges as a Discipline 1.4.3 People’s Psychology 1.4.4 Mass Psychology 1.4.5 The First Textbooks of Social Psychology 1.4.6 The Beginning of Experimental Research 1.4.7 Middle Range Theories 1.4.8 Historical Developments: Summary Table 1.5 Social Psychology and other Disciplines 1.5.1 Societal Level Analysis 1.5.2 Individual Level Analysis 1.5.3 Interpersonal Level Analysis 1.5.4 Amalgamation of Sociology and Psychology 1.6 Interdisciplinary versus Intradisciplinary Approaches to Social Psychology 1.6.1 Social Psychology and Sociology 1.6.2 Social Psychology and Anthropology 1.6.3 Social Psychology and Sociolinguistics By Priya Bhargava Psychologist