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social psychology

as defined by Gordon W. Allport, the study of how an individual’s thoughts, feelings, and actions are affected by the actual, imagined, or symbolically represented presence of other people. Psychological social psychology differs from sociological social psychology in that the former tends to put greater emphasis on internal psychological processes, whereas the latter focuses on factors that affect social life, such as status, role, and class.

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May 6th 2024

kinesthetic feedback

kinesthetic feedback

information about the position, movement, tension, and so forth of body parts provided by stretch receptors in the muscle spindles and tendons and by receptors in the joints. See corollary discharge; muscle sensation.