There are a variety of applications of social psychology; thus it is important these findings are communicated to those who can most benefit from the information in their personal and public life.
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Nilanjana Dasgupta discusses the increasing importance of social psychology in today’s world. Two examples given are fake news and climate science discussions, both focusing on how we determine, or are persuaded by, what is true or false.
Because the field of social psychology focuses on attitudes and persuasion, as well as judgment and decision making, there is particular interest among social psychologists in determining how to best persuade those who are nonscientists to see the validity of science. The biggest impact social psychology can make is taking findings from research, turn those into practical applications, and then disseminate that information to a range of audiences.
Social psychology has a lot to say about debiasing police, egalitarian marriage, workforce diversity, social influences on public health, and other topics that impact both our personal and public lives. The responsibility falls onto social psychologists to take science in their field and communicate it to those in public life in such a way that the relevance of those findings can be understood and utilized.