Social Psychology
... Since we are all novice social psychologists as Feldman (2001) claims the beginning social psychology goes far back in human history. The philosophers Plato and Aristotle also wondered and wrote about social behavior but no single individual can be single out as the founder of social psychology. ... His study was the first to focus on a social psychological issue (p. ... Following Triplett, William McDougall and Edward Ross published the first textbook on social psychology in 1908. These publications mark the beginning of the discipline of social psychology and theories that involved social behavior and human instinct. McDougal textbook was so successful that 30 editions were printed and his efforts were proof the social behavior could be studied in a methodical manner (Pepitone, 1981 and Feldman, 2001).