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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 polarization
Psychology; Social psychology
Group-produced enhancement of members' preexisting tendencies; a strengthening of the members' average tendency, not a split within the group.
loneliness
Psychology; Social psychology
Having a smaller or less satisfactory network of social and intimate relationships than one desires.
attractiveness
Psychology; Social psychology
Having qualities that appeal to an audience. An appealing communicator (often someone similar to the audience) is most persuasive on matters of subjective preference.
possible selves
Psychology; Social psychology
Images of what we dream of or dread becoming in the future.
counterfactual thinking
Psychology; Social psychology
Imagining what might have happened, but didn't.
gender
Psychology; Social psychology
In psychology, the characteristics, whether biological or socially influenced, by which people define male and female. Because "sex" is a biological category, social psychologists sometimes refer to ...
recency effect
Psychology; Social psychology
Information presented last sometimes has the most influence. Recency effects are less common than primacy effects.
