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  2. Fantasy (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    In psychology, fantasy is a broad range of mental experiences, mediated by the faculty of imagination in the human brain, and marked by an expression of certain desires through vivid mental imagery. Fantasies are generally associated with scenarios that are impossible or unlikely to happen.

  3. Fantasy-prone personality - Wikipedia

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    Thus, fantasy prone personality correlates with the fantasy facet of the broader personality trait Openness to Experience. Absorption is a disposition or personality trait in which a person becomes absorbed in their mental imagery, particularly fantasy. [13] The original research on absorption was by American psychologist Auke Tellegen. [14]

  4. Maladaptive daydreaming - Wikipedia

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    It is a proposed diagnosis of a disordered form of dissociative absorption, associated with excessive fantasy that is not recognized by any major medical or psychological criteria. Maladaptive daydreaming can result in distress , can replace human interaction and may interfere with normal functioning such as social life or work. [ 1 ]

  5. Absorption (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Absorption is strongly correlated with openness to experience. [6] Studies using factor analysis have suggested that the fantasy, aesthetics, and feelings facets of the NEO PI-R Openness to Experience scale are closely related to absorption and predict hypnotisability, whereas the remaining three facet scales of ideas, actions, and values are largely unrelated to these constructs. [5]

  6. Daydreaming - Wikipedia

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    The term daydreaming is derived from clinical psychologist Jerome L. Singer, whose research created the foundation for nearly all subsequent modern research. The terminologies assigned by modern researchers brings about challenges centering on identifying the common features of daydreaming and building collective work among researchers.

  7. Magical thinking - Wikipedia

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    In psychology, magical thinking is the belief that one's thoughts by themselves can bring about effects in the world or that thinking something corresponds with doing it. [6] These beliefs can cause a person to experience an irrational fear of performing certain acts or having certain thoughts because of an assumed correlation between doing so ...

  8. Fixed fantasy - Wikipedia

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    A fixed fantasy – also known as a "dysfunctional schema" – is a belief or system of beliefs held by a single individual to be genuine, but that cannot be verified in reality. The term is typically applied to individuals suffering from some type of psychiatric dysregulation , most often a personality disorder .

  9. Imagination - Wikipedia

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    Psychology portal; Creative visualization – Purposeful visualisation for neuropsychological, physiological or social effects; Creativity – Forming something new and somehow valuable; Fantasy (psychology) – Mental faculty of drawing imagination and desire in the human brain