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  2. Reverse psychology - Wikipedia

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    People prefer to be free to select what they like. When that freedom is taken away, they are motivated to restore it. [9] Psychological reactance can be better explained as the idea that an item will be wanted more if people are told they cannot have it, [10] which can relate to reverse psychology on some levels. Another influence technique ...

  3. Introspection illusion - Wikipedia

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    The introspection illusion is a cognitive bias in which people wrongly think they have direct insight into the origins of their mental states, while treating others' introspections as unreliable. The illusion has been examined in psychological experiments, and suggested as a basis for biases in how people compare themselves to others.

  4. Introspection - Wikipedia

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    Introspection is the examination of one's own conscious thoughts and feelings. [1] In psychology, the process of introspection relies on the observation of one's mental state, while in a spiritual context it may refer to the examination of one's soul. [2]

  5. Unconscious thought theory - Wikipedia

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    Unconscious thought theory runs counter to decades of mainstream research on unconscious cognition (see Greenwald 1992 [4] for a review). Many of the attributes of unconscious thought according to UTT are drawn from research by George Miller and Guy Claxton on cognitive and social psychology, as well as from folk psychology; together these portray a formidable unconscious, possessing some ...

  6. Self-defeating prophecy - Wikipedia

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    For example, if a group of people decide they will not be able to achieve a goal and stop working towards the goal as a result, their prophecy was self-fulfilling. Likewise, if a prediction of a negative outcome is made, but the outcome is positive because of negative feedback resulting from the rebellion, then that is a self-defeating prophecy.

  7. Psychological Types - Wikipedia

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    Jung's interest in typology grew from his desire to reconcile the theories of Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler, and to define how his own perspective differed from theirs.. Jung wrote, "In attempting to answer this question, I came across the problem of types; for it is one's psychological type which from the outset determines and limits a person's judgm

  8. Egosyntonicity - Wikipedia

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    Egodystonic (or ego alien [1]) behaviors are the opposite, referring to thoughts and behaviors (dreams, compulsions, desires, etc.) that are conflicting or dissonant with the needs and goals of the ego, or further, in conflict with a person's ideal self-image.

  9. Personality type - Wikipedia

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    As noted already, people who prefer the thinking function do not necessarily, in the everyday sense, "think better" than their feeling counterparts; the opposite preference is considered an equally rational way of coming to decisions (and, in any case, the Jung's typology is a discernment of preference, not ability).