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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

bogus pipeline

Psychology; Social psychology

A procedure that fools people into disclosing their attitudes. Participants are first convinced that a machine can use their psychological responses to measure their private attitudes. Then they are ...

private self-awareness

Psychology; Social psychology

A psychological state in which one is aware of one's hidden private self-aspects.

public self-awareness

Psychology; Social psychology

A psychological state in which one is aware of one's public self-aspects.

self-awareness

Psychology; Social psychology

A psychological state in which one takes oneself as an object of attention.

trait

Psychology; Social psychology

A relatively stable way in which individuals differ from one another.

deception

Psychology; Social psychology

A research technique that provides false information to persons participating in a study.

heuristic

Psychology; Social psychology

A rule-of-thumb strategy that enables quick, efficient judgments.

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