the scientific study of how a person's thoughts, feelings, and behavior are influenced by the real, imagined, or implied presence of others

deals with the ways people think about other people and includes attitudes, impressions, and attributions

the process of explaining one's own behavior and the behavior of others

the tendency to overestimate the influence of internal factors in determining behavior while underestimating situational factors

a tendency to respond positively or negatively toward a certqain person, object, idea, or situation