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If you’re anything like me, you like to make your friends and family happy. When Aunt Mary starts ranting about politics at Thanksgiving, you rush to the kitchen to grab her favorite pumpkin pie ...
"Masking" is the act of concealing one's true personality, as if behind a metaphorical, physical mask. In psychology and sociology, masking, also known as social camouflaging, is a defensive behavior in which an individual conceals their natural personality or behavior in response to social pressure, abuse, or harassment.
Chapter 14 discusses being in places with other people, starting with types of ceremonies, false flatteries, and fawning behavior. Another matter is whether the ceremonies are made to us: never refuse because it could be taken as a sign of arrogance. Della Casa returns to illustrate the customs of conversation and public speaking.
Ingratiating is a psychological technique in which an individual attempts to influence another person by becoming more likeable to their target. This term was coined by social psychologist Edward E. Jones, who further defined ingratiating as "a class of strategic behaviors illicitly designed to influence a particular other person concerning the attractiveness of one's personal qualities."
‘Sundowning’ is a term that refers to behavior changes in people with dementia that occur at a particular time of day.
President-elect Donald Trump denounced the public fawning over the suspected assassin behind the gunning down of former United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson earlier this month.
Freezing behavior, also called the freeze response or being petrified, is a reaction to specific stimuli, most commonly observed in prey animals, including humans. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] When a prey animal has been caught and completely overcome by the predator, it may respond by "freezing up/petrification" or in other words by uncontrollably becoming ...
The C-suite is fawning over AI, but workers say its productivity gains are a mirage. Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez. July 30, 2024 at 10:48 AM. Daniel de la Hoz.