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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.

Contributors in Social psychology

Social psychology

sex

Psychology; Social psychology

The biological status of being male or female.

frustration

Psychology; Social psychology

The blocking of goal-directed behavior.

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.

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