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Psychology
The science that deals with the mental and behaviourial characteristics of an individual, community or society.
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conformity
Psychology; Social psychology
A change in attitude, belief, or behavior to match the group behavior due to perceived social pressures.
Milgram experiment
Psychology; Social psychology
A social psychology experiment conducted by Yale University psychology professor Stanley Milgram between 1961 and 1963 to measure the degree to which a participant will obey an ...
social loafing
Psychology; Social psychology
The tendency for people to exert less effort when they work with a group towards a common goal than when they are individually accountable.
role
Psychology; Social psychology
A set of norms that define how people in a given social position ought to behave.
ethnocentrism
Psychology; Social psychology
The belief that a person's own ethnic and/or cultural group is superior to other groups. These people tend to judge other groups relative to their own group and is sometimes ...
misinformation effect
Psychology; Social psychology
A phenomenon where people unconsciously incorporate misleading information into their memory of an event. This occurs when the person is exposed to misleading information after ...
emergency protection order (EPO)
Psychology; Social psychology
Emergency protection order (EPO) is an order under section 44 of the Children Act allowing a local authority social worker ( or a National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to ...
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- Behavior analysis (11155)
- Emotions (46)
- Feelings and states (263)
- General psychology (27052)
- Psychological disorders (166)
- Social psychology (356)