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Comparative Chart Social Psychology

This document presents a comparative table of the main representatives of social psychology as a scientific discipline. It details the background, origins, theories and contributions of key figures such as Gordon Allport, who founded social psychology as a discipline; Leon Festinger and his theory of cognitive dissonance; and Norman Triplett, pioneer of experimental social psychology.
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Comparative Chart Social Psychology

This document presents a comparative table of the main representatives of social psychology as a scientific discipline. It details the background, origins, theories and contributions of key figures such as Gordon Allport, who founded social psychology as a discipline; Leon Festinger and his theory of cognitive dissonance; and Norman Triplett, pioneer of experimental social psychology.
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Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Bicentennial University of Aragua AC of Higher Management Studies Regional Center for Technological

Support Valles del Tuy Faculty of Psychology – Third quarter

Comparative table
La PSICOLOGIA SOCIAL

Como disciplina científica

Teacher: Águeda Torres Author:


Rosario Bellido CI .29.701.771

Ocumare del Tuy May 12, 2018

COMPARISON TABLE
Social psychology as a scientific discipline
Psychological Contributions to
Representatives Background origins Theories
School social psychology
In the 20th century, a Create a theoretical He contributed to the
study titled Review of system aimed at formation of the
Gordon Willard General Psychology, The founder of explaining the behavioral Structuralist Balance of Values and
Allport published in 2002, social psychology as style of individuals. It rejected the
(1890) a scientific states that Social It emphasizes the psychoanalytic
elevated Allport to 11th
His theory of discipline. Psychology is an attempt active nature of the approach to personality.
place as the most cited to understand and explain
“personal autonomy” psychologist of the time. He was one of the first mind, which He emphasized the
refutes the old belief American how the thinking, feelings regulates the course uniqueness of each
Considered one of the and behavior of
that adult motivation is founders of human psychologists of thought and individual, and the
due to hereditary dedicated to the study individuals is influenced directs decision. importance of the
psychology. by the real or imaginary
processes and of personality. Sensation, feeling present context, as
childhood impulses. presence of another and image. opposed to the historical
person. past, in understanding
personality.

It maintains that people


try to eliminate
In the minds of the
inconsistency between
subjects, a series of
different attitudes they Social comparison
knowledge or
Lon Festival hold or between their theory and the most
elements (cognitions)
Of Jewish origin, he attitudes and their famous theory in all Cognitive dissonance
can be distinguished
was born in New behavior. He conducted a of social psychology, “explains self- Cognitive
"... that is, everything
York in , ( 1919 - study that showed that his Theory of deception”
1957)
a person knows about
the minds of liars resolve Cognitive
themselves, their
cognitive dissonance by Dissonance (1957).
behavior and their
“accepting the lie as
circumstances."
truth.”

COMPARISON TABLE
Social psychology as a scientific discipline
Psychological Contributions to
Representatives Background origins Theories
School social psychology
He was interested in the
Norman Triplett First experiment in
In 1898, he wrote the effects of competition
(1861-1931) was a social psychology.
first published study in on performance and
psychologist at Indiana The beginning of social Determines that most
the field of social conducted an
University. psychology as a discipline social psychological Experimental
psychology. Their experiment to compare
Considered the first dates back to 1897 and discoveries are statistical
experiment was on the participants'
experimental 1908. generalizations; There are
social facilitation performance when they
psychologist in the almost always individual
effect. were alone and when
social field. exceptions .
they were in a group.

Human instincts, Components of the


William Mc Dougall conceived as broad Cognitive instinct
(1871) finalist tendencies paying attention to
Psychologist wrote emerging from the certain objectives Social
In 1908, two texts on social
highly influential texts evolutionary process. behavior can be studied
psychology were published, Late nineteenth
and particularly The analysis of the in a methodical and
a testimony to the birth of century. Social
important in the instinctive bases of social systematic way.
the discipline, one was psychology as a
development of the behavior. He maintains It is the analysis of the
written by Edward Ross scientific discipline. In Cognitivist
theory of instincts and that instinct is more than instinctive bases of
and the other by the English In the United States
social psychology in just an innate tendency to social behavior.
psychologist William until 1920, social
the English-speaking carry out certain kinds of .
McDougal. psychology was a
world. He was an movements. Points out Experiencing a specific
nascent discipline.
opponent of that behavior is the result emotional reaction to an
behaviorism. of instincts. Greater object.
interest in the individual. Behavioral: React in a
specific way.

COMPARISON TABLE
Social psychology as a scientific discipline
Psychological Contributions to
Representatives Background origins Theories
School social psychology
Jeremy Bentham Human behavior is the Creator of hedonism He formulated two Cognitive Doctrine of universal
(1748 – 1832) social good, the principle He held the theory important hedonistic hedonism
theories in ancient
Greece. Egoistic Utilitarianism,
British philosopher,
that actions were hedonists believed that defended a conception
economist and that guides individual
guided by utility in the satisfaction of of life based on
jurist , when he was moral conduct is loyalty
order to have greater personal desires was the happiness.
only three years old to that which provides
happiness. He end of existence. Since human beings
he began studying and favors the well-being
emphasized self- Rational hedonists live in society, the
Latin. At the age of of the greatest number of
control and maintained that true achievement of
twelve he entered people.
prudence. pleasure is achievable happiness must guide
university
only by reason. everything else.

He expanded Gestalt Field social theory


theory into a “social Study of the problems
field theory” and of motivation of
developed the individuals and groups.
Kurt Lewin concept of a person's I research child Precursor of "group
During this period, Kurt
(1890) living space, which development and dynamics", a social
emerged as one of the The Gestalt
From a Jewish family encompasses not personality process through
residing in Mogilno,
most prominent figures
only his characteristics. The which people interact
Poland. Promoter of in the history of social
environment, but variables that act in the directly; in small
Gestalt psychology. psychology.
also the spiritual and "vital spaces", tension, groups.
mental. His work force and need,
influenced modern behavior have a
psychological purpose.
research.
COMPARISON TABLE
Social psychology as a scientific discipline
Psychological Contributions to
Representatives Background origins Theories
School social psychology
Theory of the three
Wilhelm Wundt The method to access the He disseminated dimensions of the
(1787-1846) mind was introspective or feeling of It emphasizes the
German experimentation. When structuralist pleasure/displeasure, observation of the
psychologist, the mind begins to be psychology, which tension/distension and conscious mind and
philosopher and understood as memory emphasizes the excitement/rest. Structuralist gives less importance
physiologist, creator and thought, the method observation of the Extensive experimental to inference from
of the first begins to be questioned. conscious mind and work was carried out on . external behavior.
experimental The division of two areas gives less perception, feeling and Incorporates a
psychology of psychology is then importance to apperception (desired scientific and
laboratory in 1879 proposed: basic and inference from and sought-after systematic method
(Germany). higher mental processes. external behavior. interpretation of
content).
He became the
precursor of modern
Auguste Comte's
Positivist science will be monism He elevated
positivist philosophy
able to find the laws culture, following the
abandoned speculation Comte's systematic
that govern not only methods of the
about the supernatural in study of the statics Positivism
Augustus Comte nature, but our own positive sciences He
favor of scientific and dynamics of Knowledge
(1798-18579 social history, established the bases
research. society laid the should come from
He is credited as the understood as the for a reorganization of
According to him, foundations of the correlation of
father of social succession and progress human society He
knowledge of all topics, modern sociology, empirical
psychology. of certain historical elevated culture,
from astronomy to which he initially evidence.
moments called social following the methods
sociology, should come called social physics.
states. of the positive
from the correlation of
sciences
empirical evidence
COMPARISON TABLE
Social psychology as a scientific discipline
Psychological Contributions to
Representatives Background origins Theories
School social psychology
I work on the Influenced by
He contributed the
He emphasized the individual and the evolutionary theory and
thesis of symbolic
George Herbert application of the environment as a the social nature of
interactionism, a key
Mead scientific method in dialectical experience and
element of Sociology.
(1831) social action and reform. relationship. He behavior, he
Gestures, expressions
Philosopher, The mind is an stated that the self highlighted the
and words during
sociologist and instrument developed by (shyness) arises emergence of the self
interaction between
social psychologist, the individual to "make through a social and mind within the constructivist
people constitute the
called symbolic possible the rational process in which the social order. The self
social structure. The
interactionism in the solution of problems." organism becomes arises through a social
social self of each
field of The mind is a social inhibited after the process in which the
individual arises in
communication product. relationship with the organism inhibits itself.
the process of
science. environment. It is the result of the
interaction with other
interaction of the
beings.
organism with its
environment.
Karl Mannheim Ideas, such as I theorize the creation
The basis of Sociology
(1893-1947 ) famous work Ideology philosophy and of a planned society, is Education. The
He was a sociologist and Utopia: Introduction social and political organized based on the beginning of the
of Hungarian origin. to the Theory of theories, are the consensus of the social existence of knowledge.
He studied at the Knowledge (1959), direct result of the parts and religion as an Distinguishes between
Universities of defined ideologies as existential basis of element of cohesion. ideology (interests of
Budapest, Berlin, manifestations of thought knowledge; The Others include Man and Structuralist the dominant classes),
Paris and Freiburg. aimed at preserving the objective of Society in the Age of utopia dominated
Between 1920 and existing order, and epistemology is the Transformation (1940) classes). Planning
1933 he was a utopias as constructions analysis of the links and The Problem of the theory is in the
professor in aimed at subverting or between experience Sociology of educational plans
Germany developed in human
transforming it. and theoretical Knowledge (1940).
capital theories.
production.
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