Misattribution of arousal is a term for a phenomenon that was first noted in classic psychological studies whereby participants would feel stimulation by one cause and wrongly attribute it to something else.
Loss aversion is an interesting phenomenon. Generally speaking, loss aversion is the phenomenon whereby human beings experience greater negative emotions when they lose something than they get a positive emotional boost from gaining the same thing.
Wanting companionship isn’t a sign that anything is wrong with you. It’s a fundamental part of how human beings, obligate social animals, even operate.
The GI Joe Fallacy is the name for a psychological phenomenon whereby we expect that knowing about a bias means that we can overcome it. Knowing is not half the battle. Not even close. Now, knowing about a bias does help — but according to research, it’s something like a tenth of the battle. Waaaaay less than half.
Meta-emotions are how you feel and think about feelings — your own and others.’
Is it actually a good strategy to give other people the benefit of the doubt if you want a happy life?
Despite the heightened level of public concern over both cell phone use and social media dominance, the research picture of their mental health effects is rather complicated.
A recent study found that men with depression and anxiety use dating apps more but reach out to matches less.
This tendency to ruminate on and better remember tasks that are unfinished is known as Zeiganik effect. And it can unfortunately make ghosting very painful and difficult to move past.
In an earlier installment of this series, I talked about a psychological phenomenon called reactance: Simply stated, reactance refers to people’s tendency to rebel or
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