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Social Interaction
Definition Social interaction refers to the process by which individuals communicate and exchange...
Noverbal Social Interaction
Definition Nonverbal social interaction refers to the way people communicate and connect without ...
Dramaturgy
Definition Dramaturgy is a sociological concept that examines how individuals present themselves ...
Ethnomethodology
Definition Ethnomethodology is a sociological approach that studies how people create and maintai...
Distance Zones
Definition Distance zones (social interaction) refer to the invisible boundaries people maintain ...
Gestalt Principles of Closure
Definition The Gestalt Principles of Perception are a set of psychological theories that describe...
Synesthesia
Definition Synesthesia is a neurological condition where stimulation of one sensory pathway leads...
Sensory Interaction
Definition Sensory Interaction refers to the process where two or more of our senses (such as sig...
Inattentional Blindness
Definition Inattentional blindness is a phenomenon where individuals fail to notice an obvious st...
Sensory Adaptation
Definition Sensory adaptation is the process by which our sensory receptors become less responsiv...
Bottom-Up Processing
Definition Bottom-up processing is an approach where information or understanding starts from the...
Top-Down Processing
Definition Top-down processing is a cognitive approach where higher-level mental processes, such ...
Perception
Definition Perception (psychology) is the process by which individuals interpret and organize sen...
Selective Attention
Definition Selective attention is the ability to focus on specific pieces of information or stimu...
Gestalt Psychology
Definition Gestalt Psychology is an approach in psychology that focuses on how humans perceive wh...
Extrasensory Perception (ESP)
Definition Extrasensory perception (ESP), often referred to as "sixth sense," is a concept in psy...
Cognitive Psychology
Definition Cognitive psychology is the scientific study of mental processes such as perception, a...
Kinesthesia
Definition Kinesthesia, also known as proprioception, is the ability to sense the position, movem...
Proprioception
Definition Proprioception is the ability to sense the position, movement, and orientation of your...
Vestibular Sense
Definition The vestibular sense is one of the five human senses, responsible for detecting moveme...