SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The branch of psychology that studies persons and their relationships with others and with groups and with society as a whole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("social psychology" is a kind of...):

psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "social psychology"):

psychodynamics (the branch of social psychology that deals with the processes and emotions that determine psychology and motivation)

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