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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Social psychology

Narcissism

Psychology; Social psychology

Thinking too highly of one’s self, while thinking less of others (even or especially one’s relationship partner).

Collectivism

Psychology; Social psychology

Giving priority to the goals of one’s group (often one’s extended family or work group) and defining one’s identity accordingly.

Immune neglect

Psychology; Social psychology

The human tendency to underestimate the speed and the strength of the “psychological immune system”, which enables emotional recovery and resilience after bad things happen.

Differing implicit (automatic) and explicit (controlled) attitudes toward the same object. Verbalized explicit attitudes any change with education and persuasion; implicit attitudes change slowly, ...

Terror management theory

Psychology; Social psychology

Proposes that people exhibit self-protective emotional and cognitive responses (including adhering more strongly to their cultural worldviews and prejudices) when confronted with reminders of their ...