Social Interaction

Definition Behavioral ecology is a field of study that examines how people behave in relation to ...

Definition    The bystander effect refers to a psychological phenomenon where individuals are les...

Definition Collective behavior refers to the spontaneous, temporary, and unstructured actions of ...

Definition Competition as social interaction refers to the way individuals or groups engage with ...

Definition Conflict as social interaction refers to a situation where two or more individuals or ...

Definition Conformity refers to the tendency of individuals to align their behavior, attitudes, o...

Definition Cooperation as social interaction refers to when two or more individuals work together...

Definition Distance zones refer to the invisible boundaries people maintain between themselves an...

Definition The door-in-the-face technique is a psychological strategy where a person makes an unu...

Definition Dramaturgy is a sociological concept developed by Erving Goffman, who compared social ...

Definition Ethnomethodology is a sociological approach that studies how people create and maintai...

Definition Exchange as social interaction refers to the process where individuals or groups excha...

Definition A fad is a temporary and rapidly spreading phenomenon within a culture or society that...

Definition The foot-in-the-door technique is a psychological strategy where a person makes a smal...

Definition    Informational social influence occurs when individuals adjust their beliefs, attitu...

Definition Mass hysteria, also known as collective hysteria or mass delusion, is a sociological p...

Definition Nonverbal social interaction refers to the way people communicate and connect without ...

Definition Persuasion is the process of influencing someone's attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors th...

Definition Public opinion refers to the collective attitudes, beliefs, or feelings held by a grou...

Definition Role conflict occurs when a person experiences competing demands or expectations from ...

Definition Role strain occurs when the demands or expectations of a single social role become dif...

Definition In sociology, a rumor is a piece of unverified information that circulates within a gr...

Definition Social interaction refers to the process by which individuals communicate and exchange...

Definition Social scripts in psychology refer to the learned sequences of behaviors that individu...