Social psychology notes

Social psychology six important concepts

How do others affect you? Social influence is about how others – groups and individuals – can influence our behaviour. We often believe that we are responsible for our own actions and m…

Erik Erikson’s psychosocial development theory proposed that throughout our lives, we encounter certain crises that contribute to our psychosocial development. He presented these crises as 8 stages of psychosocial conflicts, often known as the 8 Erikson stages. Each of the eight Erikson stages is characterized by two contradictory emotional forces known as contrary dispositions, usually labeled as “syntonic” and “dystonic”...