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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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group-serving bias

Psychology; Social psychology

Explaining away outgroup members' positive behaviors; also attributing negative behaviors to their dispositions (while excusing such behavior by one's own group).

attitude inoculation

Psychology; Social psychology

Exposing people to weak attacks upon their attitudes so that when stronger attacks come, they will have refutations available.

microexpressions

Psychology; Social psychology

Fleeting facial signals lasting only a few tenths of a second.

non-zero-sum games

Psychology; Social psychology

Games in which outcomes need not sum to zero. With cooperation, both can win; with competition, both can lose.

mixed-motive situations

Psychology; Social psychology

Games in which outcomes need not sum to zero. With cooperation, both can win; with competition, both can lose.

proximity

Psychology; Social psychology

Geographical nearness. Proximity (more precisely, "functional distance") powerfully predicts liking.

collectivism

Psychology; Social psychology

Giving priority to the goals of one's groups (often one's extended family or work group) and defining one's identity accordingly.