Social Experience

A Social Experience is an experience that involves interpersonal interaction between social agents within social contexts.

• AKA: Interpersonal Experience, Social Interaction Experience, Relational Experience.
• Context:
  • It can typically involve social cognition through interpersonal perception.
  • It can typically require communication through verbal or non-verbal channels.
  • It can typically generate social emotions through interpersonal dynamics.
  • It can typically influence social identity through group membership.
  • It can often create social memories through interpersonal encoding.
  • It can often affect social bonds through relationship formation.
  • It can often shape social behavior through social learning.
  • It can range from being a Dyadic Social Experience to being a Group Social Experience, depending on its participant number.
  • It can range from being a Positive Social Experience to being a Negative Social Experience, depending on its emotional valence.
  • It can range from being a Formal Social Experience to being an Informal Social Experience, depending on its structure level.
  • It can range from being a Brief Social Experience to being an Extended Social Experience, depending on its temporal duration.
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• Example(s):
  • Conversation Experiences, such as:
    • Peak Social Experience for optimal interactions.
    • Awkward Social Experience for uncomfortable interactions.
    • Routine Conversation State for everyday exchanges.
  • Collaborative Experiences, such as:
    • Team Work Experience for group projects.
    • Co-creation Experience for joint production.
  • Relationship Experiences, such as:
    • Friendship Experience for platonic bonds.
    • Romantic Experience for intimate relationships.
  • Conflict Experiences, such as:
    • Disagreement Experience for opposing views.
    • Competition Experience for rivalrous interaction.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Solitary Experience, which lacks social interaction.
  • Parasocial Experience, which involves one-sided connection.
  • Automated Interaction, which lacks genuine social element.
• See: Experience, Social Interaction, Human-to-Human Interaction, Social Psychology, Interpersonal Relationship, Social Cognition, Group Dynamics, Social Behavior.

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