How Social psychology is different from other disciplines.

      It is important to understand how social psychology differs from other disciplines. Social psychology is often confused with the folks wisdom.
Social psychology employs scientific methods and the empirical study of social phenomenon.
Researchers do not make assumptions or guesses about why an individual acts or react to certain things the way they do.A researcher carries out experiments that helps him pin point out relationships between two variables.
      While a Personality Psychologist focuses on the trait,characteristics,situations ,behavior and thoughts of an individual. While a social psychologist’s concerned with the impacts of social environment and group interaction on the attitude or behavior of an individual.
      it is also important to distinguish between social psychology and sociology although there are so many similarities between the two.Sociology tends to look at social behavior at the broadest level.Sociologist are interested in the institutions and cultures that influence an individual’s behavior.
psychologist tends to focus more on the situational variables that influence social behaviors.
    While psychology and Sociology study similar topics from different perspective eg personality.