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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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Social psychology
bargaining
Psychology; Social psychology
Seeking an agreement through direct negotiation between parties to a conflict.
autokinetic phenomenon
Psychology; Social psychology
Self (auto) motion (kinetic). The apparent movement of a stationary point of light in the dark. Perhaps you have experienced this when thinking you have spotted a moving satellite in the sky, only to ...
social representations
Psychology; Social psychology
Socially shared beliefs, and widely held ideas and values, including our assumptions and cultural ideologies. Our social representations help us make sense of our world.
hypotheses
Psychology; Social psychology
Specific propositions or expectations about the nature of thins derived from a theory.
reinforcement
Psychology; Social psychology
Stimuli offered following a given behavior that increases the probability that the behavior will be repeated.
experimental research
Psychology; Social psychology
Studies that seek clues to cause-effect relationships by manipulating one or more factors (independent variables) while controlling others (holding them constant).
random sample
Psychology; Social psychology
Survey procedure in which every person in the population being studied has an equal chance of inclusion.
