Social psychology

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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compliance

Psychology; Social psychology

Conformity that involves publicly acting in accord with an implied or explicit request while privately disagreeing.

William McGuire’s Information Processing Theory

Psychology; Social psychology

We are persuaded by the information to which we are exposed, but we go through several steps whose probabilities multiply to determine likelihood of final outcome---action.

cult (new religious movement)

Psychology; Social psychology

A group typically characterized by distinctive rituals and beliefs related to its devotion to a god or a person; isolation from the surrounding “evil” culture; and has a charismatic leader.

need for cognition

Psychology; Social psychology

The motivation to think and analyze. Assessed by agreement with items such as “The notion of thinking abstractly is appealing to me” and disagreement with items such as “I only think as hard as I ...

primacy effect and recency effect

- Primacy effect: other things being equal, information presented first usually has the most influence. - Recency effect: information presented last sometimes has the most influence. Recency effects ...

deindividuation

Psychology; Social psychology

Loss of self-awareness and evaluation apprehension; occurs in group situations that foster responsiveness to group norms, good or bad.

Ayn Rand

Psychology; Social psychology

Ayn Rand; was born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum, was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas ...