plural of social psychology

The interplay between the individual and society. / The study of how people and groups interact.

(psychology, evolutionary theory) A theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, that is, as the functional products of natural selection.

(psychology) The application of the principles of biology to the study of mental processes and behavior.

(psychology) A branch of psychology that examines internal mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language.

(idiomatic) A mentally manipulative approach to warfare involving use of techniques to demoralize or intimidate someone into surrender.

(psychology) A branch of psychology with the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development.

(law) Damage to the psyche caused by an event that may lead to a tort action (lawsuit) or other compensation claim.

(psychology) A branch of social psychology which is concerned with the behaviour and thought processes of individual crowd members and the crowd as a whole; a study of the dynamics within large groups of people and the nature of the relationship between the individual and society.

An analysis of the psychological factors that led to an individual's death.