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The Topical Establishment and Who's Who in Social Psychology. The field of social psychology can be objectively defined as a topic domain whose boundaries are established by consulting three types of literary sources:

TYPE A: Books for professionals and researchers;

TYPE B: Scientific journal articles in recognized professional and academic circles;

TYPE C: Derivative literature used for instruction, such as, textbooks, course syllabus, lecture notes, popular magazines, etc.