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Assimilation and contrast effects
The assimilation effect, assimilation bias or biased assimilation is a bias in evaluative judgments towards the position of a context stimulus, while contrast effects describe a negative correlation between a judgment and contextual information.
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Distributive justice
Distributive justice concerns the nature of a social justice allocation of goods.
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Dual systems model
The dual systems model, also known as the maturational imbalance model, is a theory arising from developmental cognitive neuroscience which posits that increased risk-taking during adolescence is a result of a combination of heightened reward sensitivity and immature impulse control.
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Fear of missing out
Fear of missing out, or FOMO, is "a pervasive apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent".
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Frog pond effect
The frog pond effect is the theory that individuals evaluate themselves as worse when in a group of higher performing individuals.
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Leon Festinger
Leon Festinger (8 May 1919 – 11 February 1989) was an American social psychologist, perhaps best known for cognitive dissonance and social comparison theory.
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Self-assessment
In social psychology, self-assessment is the process of looking at oneself in order to assess aspects that are important to one's identity.
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Self-concept
One's self-concept (also called self-construction, self-identity, self-perspective or self-structure) is a collection of beliefs about oneself.
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Self-enhancement
Self-enhancement is a type of motivation that works to make people feel good about themselves and to maintain self-esteem.
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Self-evaluation maintenance theory
Self-evaluation maintenance (SEM) theory refers to discrepancies between two people in a relationship.
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Self-evaluation motives
Self-evaluation is the process by which the self-concept is socially negotiated and modified.
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Self-help
Self-help or self-improvement is a self-guided improvementAPA Dictionary of Physicology, 1st ed., Gary R. VandenBos, ed., Washington: American Psychological Association, 2007.
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Self-verification theory
Self-verification is a social psychological theory that asserts people want to be known and understood by others according to their firmly held beliefs and feelings about themselves, that is self-views (including self-concepts and self-esteem).
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Social cognitive theory
Social cognitive theory (SCT), used in psychology, education, and communication, holds that portions of an individual's knowledge acquisition can be directly related to observing others within the context of social interactions, experiences, and outside media influences.
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Social mobility
Social mobility is the movement of individuals, families, households, or other categories of people within or between social strata in a society.
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Social psychology
Social psychology is the study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others.
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