The idea behind reactance theory — an unconscious effect first proposed in 1966 by American psychologist Jack Brehm — is that people are more likely to double down on a negative or self-defeating course of action whenever they feel their freedom is being threatened in some way.
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Putting the dream on paper rather than leaving it in your head can be a way to validate the feelings it may give you.
Marty Manning: Well let's start with the basics... I did have a bad childhood. Special Agent Rebecca Locke: No, that's just not it. There's one side you like about yourself. But the other you don't, that's why every time you kill one of those people... you're like killing yourself.
— Rob Pearlstein, Special Agent Rebecca Locke, Rachel Nichols, imdb.com
We can all point to moments in our lives where we’ve compromised our reason in order to align ourselves with an entity we felt represented us. It is the psychological equivalent of 'on Wednesdays, we wear pink.'
Are agreeable people more likely to have financial problems or does being less well-off make people more dependent on others causing them to change their behavior to become more agreeable to receive support?
Mental illness is just one part of who we are, one part of our identity, but it's not the whole story.
The unconscious, that tricky beast, is difficult to access, and dreams (said Jung) give us some access to that underground part of ourselves.
Women who reported having experienced sexual assault were more likely to suffer from depression and/or anxiety than those who didn’t, and were also determined to have poorer sleep quality.
Bottom line: there's a lot more to being a sociopath than being an asshole.
The researchers found that participants consistently underestimated how well their conversation partners rated them and enjoyed their company, a phenomenon which they named 'the liking gap.'
I thought that friends were supposed to be open and honest with each other, but many years ago I learned that that credo is not quite true.
When dealing with the crime, the evidence tells you how. The psychology tells you why.
Colloquially, we might call someone who lies a lot a psychopath, just as we might call someone who texts us more frequently than we want 'crazy.'
A primary psychopath won't necessarily be dangerous, but if we can see that in a kid, we can tell parents to look for certain kinds of behavior.
If we show that we can conform to cultural conventions, even when they’re arbitrary and subtle—what shoes to wear, what greeting to use—people assume we are socially capable in more important ways, too.
Julie: Oh, classy choice, Jimmy, although it's pretty obvious that you're with her because you can't be with Kirsten. You know, I think in psychology that's called transference. Jimmy: Oh, and you marrying Caleb, I think in psychology that's called shameless gold-digging.
Under a deluge of social media influencers ostensibly living their best lives and doing it all for the Gram, who among us isn’t pretending to be someone they’re not?
You end up feeding off of people’s responses to present a self that doesn’t feel entirely authentic, or you chafe against the impression your name puts forth, subvert the associated expectations, and feel trapped by a label that doesn’t seem accurate.
I hate psychology.
— Hart Hanson, Temperance 'Bones' Brennan, Emily Deschanel, imdb.com
Because I don't respect therapy. Because I'm a scientist. Because I invent, transform, create, and destroy for a living, and when I don't like something about the world, I change it. And I don't think going to a rented office in a strip mall to listen to some agent of averageness explain which words…
— Jessica Gao, Dan Harmon, Rick Sanchez (voice), Justin Roiland, imdb.com