Boomerang Effect When official media outlets in the late 1980s launched a coordinated attack on Boris Yeltsin, he unexpectedly became a national […]

The T.O.T.E. Model and the Importance of Finishing What You Start Not finishing what we start is one of the most pressing […]

Encyclopedia of Propaganda Techniques: Part 1 Let me start with some practical advice. The simplest psychological defense against propaganda and “brainwashing” is […]

How to Learn to Recognize Emotions Paul Ekman discovered that, in terms of facial expressions, people from all cultures express emotions in […]

Schizotypal Disorder: A First-Person Perspective We’ve previously written about various mental health disorders, but somehow the topic of schizotypal disorder has remained […]

Suggestion Technique: Distracting Statements Imagine this scenario: Man: Miss, look at that young man over there. Woman: What about him? Man: He […]

5 Surprising Signs You’re Dealing with a Psychopath Identifying someone with psychopathy isn’t easy, as these individuals are often cunning and far […]

Distinctive Traits of Psychological Types 1. Histrionic Personality Type Demonstrativeness. What does demonstrativeness mean? It’s when I put myself at the center […]

American Psychologists Identify Four Personality Types American psychologists have proposed a new personality typology. After analyzing data from more than one and […]