Tag: Terms

SNARC EFFECT

Close your eyes. Picture the numbers 1 to 10. Where does 2 stand in compared to...

FLIRTING VIOLENCE

Nowadays, with the widespread use of social platforms, the ways of living in relationships...

Collective Memory and What We Forget

Social memory and forgetting concern how a society remembers its past, chooses which...

IMPROVING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

The capacity to recognize, utilize, and control your own emotions in order to reduce...

DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER

Anxious personality disorders include dependent personality disorder (DPD). DPD...

LANGUISHING SYNDROME

Nowadays, people's lives are becoming increasingly complex and busy. Factors such...

Barnum Effect

"You need other people to like and admire you, but you still tend to criticize yourself....

SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY: THE PYGMALION EFFECT

The Pygmalion effect, or the fact that what one person expects from another becomes...

Stockholm Syndrome; Falling in Love with Your Executioner

Stockholm Syndrome is defined as a kidnapping victim feeling a positive emotional...

THE CHEERLEADER EFFECT

Do you remember those attractive faces we see hundreds of on social media? We see...

A Form of Abuse: Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome

Where does this term "Munchausen" come from? The term "Munchausen" is inspired by...

THE WAR WITHIN US: ID, EGO AND SUPEREGO

Sigmund Freud developed the Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality to understand human...