Running head: SOCIAL ROLES IN SOCIETY Who We Choose To Be Defined By Our Social Roles Social psychology, as defined by the Microsoft Bookshelf, is the branch of human psychology that deals with the behavior of groups and the influence of social factors on the individual. Social roles are one of the many sub - categories of social psychology. I believe social roles to be the way we, as individuals, act in certain situations; such …showed first 75 words of 731 total…

…showed last 75 words of 731 total…of social roles in social psychology, but with the previous examples (the prison simulation and my own past accounts) you can clearly begin to see what social roles are, and how they affect individuals as well as others. Reference Page The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition © 1996 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from INSO Corporation. The Prison Simulation Haney, C., Banks, W.C. & Zimbardo, P.G. (1973) Naval Research Review, 30, 4 - 17.