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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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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.
