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Social psychology
A field in psychology focusing on how people's thoughts, feelings, and behavior change when in the presence of others compared to when they are alone.
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Social psychology
schemas
Psychology; Social psychology
Organized systems of beliefs about some stimulus object, which are built up from experience and which selectively guide the processing of new information.
primacy effect
Psychology; Social psychology
Other things being equal, information presented first usually has the most influence.
free riders
Psychology; Social psychology
People who benefit from the group but give little in return.
reflected appraisal
Psychology; Social psychology
Perception of how others perceive us and evaluate us.
outgroup homogeneity effect
Psychology; Social psychology
Perception of outgroup members as being more similar to one another than are members of one's ingroup.
illusion of control
Psychology; Social psychology
Perception of uncontrollable events as subject to one's control or as more controllable than they are.
belief perserverance
Psychology; Social psychology
Persistence of one's initial conceptions, as when the basis for one's belief is discredited but an explanation of why the belief might be true survives.
