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Reactance phenomenon refers to an unpleasant reaction when a person's freedom of behavior is threatened. When the feeling of freedom is threatened, preventing you from acting as you wish, it makes you want to protect your freedom and control it.
Our brain is better at recalling incomplete or interrupted tasks than complete ones. We are more motivated to finish it. Our subconscious mind tells our conscious mind to make a plan to achieve the goal. After the goal is achieved, our mind no longer works on making plans for it.
Familiarity with things can help reduce our perception of them as threats. Eating the same cuisine amidst a variety of choices, developing a preference for a particular song after repeated listenings can be a doing of this effect! But can our preference decrease after repeated exposure?
Have you ever felt that food made by someone else tastes better than the one you made despite it being made in the same way? You are already exposed to the food you have been making for a long time. This extended exposure decreases the earlier want to eat and makes it look less desirable.
Boundaries help make healthy relationships. Doing so does not make you self-centred. It's okay to reject something if you are not comfortable with it. It's okay to take a break and not always be ready to be a helper. It's okay to vocalise your feelings. It's okay to put yourself first. Respecting others boundaries is needed if you want others to respect your boundaries.
Do you work better in a group or alone? Have you seen people not putting any effort at all whereas some people putting way too much effort?
Working harder than anyone could have, he set a great example. This is one such case that shows how hard work and the will to do what you desire can lead you to success.
Spotlight effect leads people into believing they are being noticed more than they really are. It makes you think you are the center of attention even if it may not be the case.
Cryptomensia occurs when we believe that a particular idea is a result of our own creativity and imagination. But in reality, we had come across the exact idea before but simply forgot.
Online disinhibition effect refers to the lack of restraint in communicating online. People can remain completely anonymous behind their screens. They usually are able to express themselves more freely.
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