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Emory S. Bogardus. "Preface." In Fundamentals of Social Psychology. New York: Century (1924): vii.

Editors' notes

Bogardus's Fundamentals of Social Psychology appeared at the same time as Allport's Social Psychology. Both were influential books within their own disciplines.

Fundamentals was Bogardus's second textbook, expanding and supplanting his Essentials of Social Psychology first published in 1918. Fundamentals went through four editions, the last published in 1950.

As one of the curiosities of history writing, when assembling their Classics in Psychology series, published by Arno in the mid-1970s, Howard Gardner and Judith Kreiger Garner included Bogardus's book as the Social Psychology's representative textbook from the period.

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Fundamentals of Social Psychology

Preface

Emory S. Bogardus

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Dedicated to
EDWARD ALSWORTH ROSS
Distinguished Explorer and Pioneer
in Social Psychology

PREFACE

Social psychology is more than an application of the psychology of the individual to collective behavior. It is more than an imitation theory, an instinct theory, a herd instinct theory, or a conflict theory of social life. It is developing its own approach, concepts, and laws. It treats of the processes of intersocial stimulation and their products in the form of social attitudes and values. It obtains its data by analyzing personal experiences.

The present work originated fourteen years ago during which time the writer has been giving increasing attention to the study and teaching of the subject. It is impossible to mention all the persons to whom I am directly or indirectly indebted in the preparation of this volume. Chief among these is Edward Alsworth Ross, who has been an unfailing stimulus and who has made numerous helpful suggestions.

EMORY S. BOGARDUS.
University of Southern California.

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