Social psychology is a robust field that relates to our everyday lives, helping us navigate the way we interact with the world around us.
This video focuses on various researchers and professors in the field of social psychology, who explain why they love working in this area. Brenda Major mentions that social psychology interests her because of its usefulness in answering questions about the human condition.
Nilanjana Dasgupta comments that she loves social psychology because it allows us to be both the scientist and the subject, allowing us to better understand ourselves.
John Dovidio discusses the usefulness of social psychology in applying concepts at the micro and macro level, and integrating what we know to make changes in the world.
Donelson Forsyth explains how gratifying it is to find support for one’s theories, but also to take experimental results and apply the findings in the real world to solve problems.
The video concludes by mentioning how students typically enjoy studying social psychology because of its applicability to their lives now and in the future.