Our cautious ancestors, when yawning, blocked the way to the entrance of evil spirits by putting their hands before their mouths. We find a reason for the gesture in the delicacy of manner which forbids an indecent exposure.
Social psychology is especially interested in the effect which the social group has in the determination of the experience and conduct of the individual member.
Warfare is an utterly stupid method of settling differences of interest between different nations.
In wartime we identify ourselves with the nation, and its interests are the interests of our primal selves.
Social psychology has, as a rule, dealt with various phases of social experience from the psychological standpoint of individual experience.
Man lives in a world of meaning.
