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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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sex

Psychology; Social psychology

The biological status of being male or female.

frustration

Psychology; Social psychology

The blocking of goal-directed behavior.

personal space

Psychology; Social psychology

The buffer zone we like to maintain around our bodies. Its size depends on our familiarity with whoever is near us.

social categorization

Psychology; Social psychology

The classification of people into groups based on their common attributes.

interaction

Psychology; Social psychology

The effect of one factor (such as biology) depends on another factor (such as environment).

culture

Psychology; Social psychology

The enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next.

naturalist fallacy

Psychology; Social psychology

The error of defining what is good in terms of what is observable. For example: What's typical is normal; what's normal is good.