<P> The first published study in this area was an experiment in 1898 by Norman Triplett , on the phenomenon of social facilitation . During the 1930s , many Gestalt psychologists , most notably Kurt Lewin , fled to the United States from Nazi Germany . They were instrumental in developing the field as something separate from the behavioral and psychoanalytic schools that were dominant during that time , and social psychology has always maintained the legacy of their interests in perception and cognition . Attitudes and small group phenomena were the most commonly studied topics in this era . </P>
<P> The first published study in this area was an experiment in 1898 by Norman Triplett , on the phenomenon of social facilitation . During the 1930s , many Gestalt psychologists , most notably Kurt Lewin , fled to the United States from Nazi Germany . They were instrumental in developing the field as something separate from the behavioral and psychoanalytic schools that were dominant during that time , and social psychology has always maintained the legacy of their interests in perception and cognition . Attitudes and small group phenomena were the most commonly studied topics in this era . </P>
who is credited with having published the first research article in social psychology
who is credited with having published the first research article in social psychology
Norman Triplett
Norman Triplett