1 Introduction to applied social. psychology. linda steg and talib rothengatter. Introduction: social problems and human cognition. and behaviour. Socialpsychologyisabasicscienceaimedatunderstandinghumansocial. behaviourandthemotivations,cognitionsandemotionsrelatedtosuchbehaviour.
Smyth County was formed in 1832 from. Wythe and Washington counties. Smyth shares boundary lines with Washington, Russell, Tazewell, Bland, Wythe and Grayson Counties. The county was named for General Alexander Smyth, who had represented the area in Congress. Marion is the county seat. The town was named for General. Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox of the Revolutionary War.
Hardy County was formed in 1786 from Hampshire County in Virginia. When West Virginia was admitted to the Union in 1863 it followed. Hardy County has a rich African American history, with many free African Americans living there before the Civil War. This history is discussed in part 2 of the Henry Louis Gates television series African American Lives.