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Demisexuality is a sexual orientation in which an individual does not experience primary sexual attraction [3] [4] – the type of attraction that is based on immediately observable characteristics such as appearance or smell and is experienced immediately after a first encounter. [1]
Snuff film. A snuff film, snuff movie, or snuff video is a theoretical type of film, produced for profit or financial gain, that shows, or purports to show, scenes of actual homicide. The victims are supposedly typically lured to their murders by false pretenses and their murder is then filmed and the video depicting it is sold to buyers.
Indigo children. Indigo children, according to a pseudoscientific New Age concept, [1][2][3][4] are children who are believed to possess special, unusual, and sometimes supernatural traits or abilities. [5] The idea is based on concepts developed in the 1970s by Nancy Ann Tappe, [6] who wrote that she had been noticing indigo children beginning ...
Machiavellianism (psychology) This article is about the psychology construct assigned the name Machiavellianism. For the political philosophy of Machiavelli, see Machiavellianism (politics). Machiavellianism. Machiavellianism is one of the traits in the dark triad model, along with psychopathy and narcissism. Specialty.
v. t. e. Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both conscious and unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feelings, and motives. Psychology is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between the natural ...
Color psychology is the study of colors and hues as a determinant of human behavior. Color influences perceptions that are not obvious, such as the taste of food. Colors have qualities that can cause certain emotions in people. [1] How color influences individuals may differ depending on age, gender, and culture. [2]
Purple haze refers to a state of mind induced by psychedelic drugs, particularly LSD. [86] Wearing purple is a military slang expression in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. for an officer who is serving in a joint assignment with another service, such as an Army officer on assignment to the Navy. The officer is symbolically putting aside his or ...
Merriam-Webster n.d. " especially: of, relating to, or being a person whose gender identity is opposite the sex the person had or was identified as having at birth". Gazzaniga 2018, p. 367. "A transgender person was born as one biological sex but feels that her true gender identity is that of the other sex."