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Compare and contrast the different kinds of understanding that social psychology offers. Critically explore this in the light of the discussions in Book 4 chapter 1 and Book 1 chapter 1.  

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Compare and contrast the different kinds of understanding that social psychology offers. Critically explore this in the light of the discussions in Book 4 chapter 1 and Book 1 chapter 1. This essay will seek to identify the contrasting elements of the different definitions of social psychology, as well as comparing overlapping features. A critical exploration of the findings will be given in retrospect of the discussions given in both books one and four. The three perspectives agree that autonomy exists but it is too what extent does it exist that they have a major difference. Experimentalists see an individuals behaviour as being affected by structured and regulated social interactions sometimes referred to as 'laws'(McGhee, 2001, p.7). These external factors cause behaviour that an individual didn't randomly exhibit it, thus casting a shadow over whether this is truly autonomous. Experimentalists have a fatalistic way of explaining behaviour, everything we do happens...

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