This focus was to develop a smaller group of research-oriented scientists with similar interests within the field of social psychology.
These topics usually include its membership, content of the society, and research interests among its members.
Hollander thought it would be beneficial to form a smaller group of social scientists, focused primarily on experimental research.
Those that shown interest in the endeavor were invited to a meeting to discuss the structure of forming the SESP.
William McGuire, Albert Pepitone, Marvin Shaw, Ezra Stotland, Fred Strodtbcck, W. Edgar Vinacke, and Edwin P. Hollander were in attendance.
Some early members that are well-known social psychologists include; Solomon Asch, Leon Festinger, Harold Kelley, and Stanley Schachter.
Nominees present that they have published on the topic of social psychology in notable journals.
[4] The activities done by the Society of Experimental Social Psychology involve numerous things.
SESP also gives out awards to those members that have produced memorable and notable work.