Source Reciprocity: people are obliged to give back to others the form of a behavior, gift, or service that they have received first…

Published on 8th December, 2020

ADHD : Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - this mental health issue can be found in both adults and children. Its helpful to think of…

Published on 5th April, 2021

How do you decide if someone is addicted to something... Compulsion to use Continued use in spite of adverse consequences Inability to…

Published on 29th November, 2020

The Thalamus region of the brain gets sensory data. Parts of this is sent to Amygdala(emotional/irrational part of the brain) and parts to…

Published on 12th May, 2021

Apophenia: "the tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful pattern between unrelated or random things (such as objects or ideas…

Published on 16th December, 2020

Behavior Triggers(in Behavioral Psychology) fall into these categories... Location Time Emotional State Other People Immediately Preceding…

Published on 10th August, 2020

People tend to accept ideas that a threshold percentage of their friends also subscribe to. This can be manipulated by creating a Majority…

Published on 20th December, 2020

Sensitization: Hyper reactivity to addiction related cues. Greater wanting but less liking Desensitization: Number pleasure response…

Published on 29th November, 2020

When someone holds beliefs, ideas, values that are contradictory to each other, it creates psychological stress. People will do all they can…

Published on 23rd January, 2021

Conceptual Metaphor Theory: Abstract concepts are metaphorically understood. Eg. "Affection"(Abstract concept) is understood in terms of…

Published on 26th December, 2020

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