Mass, Society and Psychology

Down through the ages, through the strenuous work of social and political philosophers and social reformers, the human civilization has changed from a mob of uncontrolled people through primitive to modern human society. Thus, form a mass of people it has changed to well-governed society. However, for the maintenance and development of society it is must that future citizens are included with traits to make them useful for human civilization. Towards this end, people of present generation are required to know the physical, physiological, social and psychological changes that occur during adolescence along with surrounding factors that greatly influence development of adolescents. “Mass, Society and Psychology” presents the concepts of mob, mass, society, early social structure, tribe and progress in human community at the outset and delves deep into physical, physiological, psychological, emotional, social, sexual and mental development of adolescents of various cultures and nationalities. To attain all-round development and useful maturation of these adolescents the book looks into various influencing factors such as attitudes, ideas, values, family, peers, social structure and culture impacting personal and social development as well as personality integration and character development during growing phase of adolescents. This easy-to-understand presentation will be of immense use to students, teachers, parents, sociologists and general readers.