Questions about English terms related to psychology, as well as questions about their usage and conventions.
Questions tagged [psychology]
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The word or term for inserting the wrong word into conversation
What is the term for incorrectly injecting the wrong word into conversation because of a mental flaw that pulls a word that is alliterative or related? An example that got me searching for the term:
A well trained bicycle mechanic will be able to…
Pete
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Is there a specialized term for intellectual people who do not care about their own physical comfort?
Someone told me that there is a medical/psychological term describing people who are mostly centered on their intellect and who do not care much about their physical comfort. That person could not remember the term though.
I thought about autism,…
Gradient
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How would you call a person who shares their private life details way more often than others?
Most of the time I encounter it in form of excessively sharing their personal life details through social media without any obvious goal like money or popularity.
I have an impression that I've heard this word before but somehow can't find it.
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A word for stretching out the facts just so they fit a theory?
There’s pareidolia which describes the phenomenon of your brain tricking you into seeing faces in every-day objects.
There’s also a (seemingly) related phenomenon of people believing in a theory so hard that they stretch the facts or even make them…
Krzysztof Wende
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Why does it feel as if I'm "cheating" when I look words and concepts up?
Many, many times a day, I encounter an English word or perhaps a name/location/whatever which I don't immediately understand.
I then press a key on my keyboard which brings up a special search field on a localhost-hosted webpage. After I've inputted…
user432571
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Word for internalizing excessive critique & acting upon it
When a parent or a person of authority excessively critizises a child like "you never get your homework on time" even if this was a false accusation the child will internalize those remarks and begin to act upon them and as a direct result to the…
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Is there a way to describe group behaviour where everyone in the group thinks another member is going to do a task so nothing is accomplished?
I feel as though there is probably a more elegant and succinct way to describe that kind of behaviour. Imagine a group of friends going to an event and everyone thought the other was bringing the tickets so no one did. There is no active avoidance…
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Name for a Freudian slip in a leading question?
A leading question occurs when someone asks a question that suggests a particular answer, presumably intentionally.
Is there any special term for when this occurs subconsciously - i.e. when the asker reveals something about what they expect (or…
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A word/phrase that encapsulates the psychological and extortion nature of giving a false choice in order to encourage a subordinate to do something?
To expand:
Imagine a situation in retail where a manager gives a worker the illusion of choice by asking the worker to do an action instead of giving an order.
A form of psychology is happening here. The manager is inspiring the employee to…
J D
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