Social psychology

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.

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 ...