Why do we do the things we do?
Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behavior, encompassing a wide array of topics such as mental processes, emotions, cognition, development, personality, and social interactions. It seeks to understand how individuals think, feel, and act, both individually and in groups.
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It fascinates me endlessly and — because you’re here! — I am guessing it fascinates you too. We’ve defined some terms here:
- Arrested Development
- Banality of Evil
- Bigotry is Poor Thinking
- Black and White Thinking
- Bullies
- Cognitive Dissonance
- Confirmation Loop
- Covert narcissism
- Defense Mechanism
- Dogma Deprogramming
- Dissociation
- Ego defense
- Emotional Blackmail
- Empathy
- Extremism
- Gaslighting
- Grandiosity
- Influence Techniques
- Integrative Complexity
- Magical Thinking
- Malignant Narcissism
- Motivated Reasoning
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)
- Negging
- Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP)
- Paranoia
- Personality Disorders
- Phobia Indoctrination
- Political Psychology
- Projection
- Psychopaths
- Scapegoating
- Social Dominance
- Splitting
- Supremacy
- Tactics of Emotional Predators
- The Fear of Death
- Word Salad
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Learn More:
30 Common psychological biases β
These systematic errors in our thinking and logic affect our everyday choices, behaviors, and evaluations of others.
28 Cognitive distortions list β
Cognitive distortions are bad mental habits and unhelpful ways of thinking that can limit one’s ability to function in the world.
24 Logical fallacies list β
Recognizing and avoiding logical fallacies is essential forΒ critical thinkingΒ and effective communication.
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