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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

hostile aggression

Psychology; Social psychology

Aggression driven by anger and performed as an end in itself.

affective aggression

Psychology; Social psychology

Aggression driven by anger and performed as an end in itself.

instrumental aggression

Psychology; Social psychology

Aggression that is a means to some other end.

confederate

Psychology; Social psychology

An accomplice of an experimenter whom research participants assume is a fellow participant or bystander.

mediation

Psychology; Social psychology

An attempt by a neutral third party to resolve a conflict by facilitating communication and offering suggestions.

stigma

Psychology; Social psychology

An attribute that serves to discredit a person in the eyes of others.

external attribution

Psychology; Social psychology

An attribution that locates the cause of an event to factors external to the person, such as luck, or other people, or the situation.

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