Bystander Effect
The bystander effect is the tendency for an individual to be less likely to help in an emergency when other …
Psychology Terms
Anchoring
Anchoring is the tendency for the first number or piece of information encountered to pull later estimates toward it, even …
Gaslighting
Gaslighting is a term for a pattern of behaviour in which one person is made to doubt their own perception, …
Flow
Flow is a state of complete absorption in an activity, in which attention is fully engaged, self-consciousness fades, and time …
Learned Helplessness
Learned helplessness is a state in which a person or animal stops trying to escape or improve a bad situation …
Priming
Priming is the effect of an earlier stimulus on a later response, without the person necessarily realising they were influenced. …
Foot-in-the-Door Effect
The foot-in-the-door effect is the finding that agreeing to a small request makes a person more likely to agree to …
Social Loafing
Social loafing is the tendency for people to put in less effort when they work as part of a group …
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
A self-fulfilling prophecy is a belief or expectation that leads people to behave in ways that make the belief come …
Placebo Effect
The placebo effect is a genuine improvement in symptoms or experience following a treatment that has no active medical ingredient …