Journal of Social Psychology
Encyclopedia
The Journal of Social Psychology (JSP) is a monthly psychology journal
published by Routledge
, who acquired it from Heldref Publications
in 2009. The journal was founded in 1929 by John Dewey
and Carl Murchison
. It publishes original empirical research in all areas of basic and applied social psychology.
The Journal of Social Psychology was subtitled Political, Racial and Differential Psychology until changing its name in 1949.
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
published by Routledge
Routledge
Routledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
, who acquired it from Heldref Publications
Heldref Publications
Heldref Publications was the publishing division of the Helen Dwight Reid Education Foundation, a nonprofit educational organization. Professor Helen Dwight Reid, a political scientist who taught at Bryn Mawr College and the State University of New York at Buffalo, established the foundation in 1956...
in 2009. The journal was founded in 1929 by John Dewey
John Dewey
John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. Dewey was an important early developer of the philosophy of pragmatism and one of the founders of functional psychology...
and Carl Murchison
Carl Murchison
Carl Murchison was an American psychologist and an early promoter of the discipline of psychology. Unlike most psychologists who became prominent in the history books, Murchison was not an influential theorist or researcher. Instead, he was an extremely active organizer, publisher, and...
. It publishes original empirical research in all areas of basic and applied social psychology.
The Journal of Social Psychology was subtitled Political, Racial and Differential Psychology until changing its name in 1949.