When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Proteus effect - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteus_effect

    The Proteus effect describes a phenomenon in which the behavior of an individual, within virtual worlds, is changed by the characteristics of their avatar.This change is due to the individual's knowledge about the behaviors that other users who are part of that virtual environment typically associate with those characteristics.

  3. Identity (social science) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_(social_science)

    Identity is the set of qualities, beliefs, personality traits, appearance, or expressions that characterize a person or a group. [1] [2] [3] [4]Identity emerges during childhood as children start to comprehend their self-concept, and it remains a consistent aspect throughout different stages of life.

  4. Dissociative identity disorder - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder

    Dissociative identity disorder; Other names: Multiple personality disorder Split personality disorder: Specialty: Psychiatry, clinical psychology: Symptoms: At least two distinct and relatively enduring personality states, [1] recurrent episodes of dissociative amnesia, [1] inexplicable intrusions into consciousness (e.g., voices, intrusive thoughts, impulses, trauma-related beliefs), [1] [2 ...

  5. First impression (psychology) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_impression_(psychology)

    In psychology, a first impression is the event when one person first encounters another person and forms a mental image of that person. Impression accuracy varies depending on the observer and the target (person, object, scene, etc.) being observed.

  6. Lookism - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lookism

    Lookism is prejudice or discrimination toward people who are considered to be physically unattractive, and bases perception of all other qualities, such as intelligence and abilities, on a person’s physical appearance.

  7. Eccentricity (behavior) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eccentricity_(behavior)

    Five years later, in 1556, an adjective form of the word was used. In 1685, the definition evolved from the literal to the figurative, and eccentric is noted to have begun being used to describe unconventional or odd behavior. A noun form of the word – a person who possesses and exhibits these unconventional or odd qualities and behaviors ...

  8. Social salience - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_salience

    Manipulation to physical appearance (e.g., novel hair color) Accessory that is infrequent in presence across the general population or indicative of an individual change (e.g., a leg brace) The social salience of an individual in a group is defined both by individual salient attributes and comparison with the attributes of other members of the ...

  9. Personal fable - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_fable

    According to Alberts, Elkind, and Ginsberg the personal fable "is the corollary to the imaginary audience.Thinking of themselves as the center of attention, the adolescent comes to believe that it is because they are special and unique.” [1] It is found during the formal operational stage in Piagetian theory, along with the imaginary audience.