Tag
psychology
Entries tagged with psychology - exploring this theme across cognitive biases, logical fallacies, mental models, and more.
20 concepts
Apophenia
The tendency to perceive meaningful connections, patterns, or intentions in random or unrelated information.
Psychological PhenomenonArrival Fallacy
The belief that achieving a particular goal will make you permanently happy - followed by the discovery that it doesn't.
Psychological PhenomenonAversive Racism
When people who genuinely believe they are not prejudiced still harbour unconscious biases that shape their behaviour in subtle ways.
Psychological PhenomenonDecision Fatigue
The deterioration in the quality of decisions made by a person after a long session of decision-making, as mental energy depletes.
Psychological DefenceDisplacement
Redirecting an emotional response - usually anger or frustration - away from its real source and onto a safer, less threatening target.
Cognitive BiasEffort Justification
The harder we work for something, the more we convince ourselves it was worth it - regardless of whether it was.
Manipulation TacticFOG (Fear, Obligation, Guilt)
A manipulation pattern that uses fear, obligation, and guilt to control another person's behaviour and override their independent decision-making.
Manipulation TacticGaslighting
Manipulating someone into doubting their own perception, memory, or sanity.
Psychological PhenomenonImplicit Association
The automatic, unconscious mental connections between concepts, groups, and attributes that shape perception and behaviour without conscious awareness.
Logical FallacyJust-World Fallacy
The belief that people get what they deserve - that good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people.
Cognitive BiasLoss Aversion
Losses feel roughly twice as painful as equivalent gains feel good.
Manipulation TacticLove Bombing
Overwhelming someone with excessive affection, attention, and praise early in a relationship to create emotional dependency and control.
Cultural InfluenceManufacturing Desire
The systematic creation of wants that didn't previously exist, turning luxuries into perceived necessities.
Psychological DefenceMotivated Reasoning
When we use reasoning not to find the truth, but to defend what we already believe.
Psychological PhenomenonObedience to Authority
The tendency for people to comply with instructions from a perceived authority figure, even when those instructions conflict with their own conscience.
Psychological PhenomenonPareidolia
The tendency to see recognisable shapes - especially faces - in random patterns, clouds, textures, and noise.
Cognitive BiasReactance
The instinct to resist or do the opposite when you feel your freedom of choice is being threatened or taken away.
Psychological DefenceReaction Formation
Unconsciously expressing the opposite of what you truly feel, turning unacceptable impulses into exaggerated displays of the reverse.
Cognitive BiasSpotlight Effect
The tendency to overestimate how much other people notice your appearance, behaviour, and mistakes.
Psychological PhenomenonStreisand Effect
When attempting to suppress, censor, or hide information backfires by drawing far more attention to it than it would have received otherwise.