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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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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.