A Social Psychology and Social Identity

Abstract

Social psychology is an attempt to understand how the thoughts, feelings and behavior of people are influenced by the actual, imagined and implicit presence of others. It focus-es on inter-personal interactions and psychological aspects of social phenomena. This study aims to give an introduction to the social psychology while at the same time to focus also to social identity and the role of identity in social groups and so-cial psychology. Because our identity is formed and shaped in connection with other people.