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Escalation of commitment — was first described by Barry M. Staw in his 1976 paper, Knee deep in the big muddy: A study of escalating commitment to a chosen course of action .[1] More recently the term sunk cost fallacy has been used to describe the phenomenon where people… … Wikipedia
De-escalation — This is a commonlly used term in Social Work practice. It is used as an anger management tool to remove tension between two participants in a conflictual relationship or intervention. A cooling off period is experienced and then the potential for … Wikipedia
Eskalierendes Commitment — Das Eskalierende Commitment oder auch Entrapment bezeichnet eine individuelle Tendenz, sich gegenüber einer früher getroffenen Entscheidung verpflichtet zu fühlen und diese über die Bereitstellung zusätzlicher Ressourcen zu stützen, obwohl sich… … Deutsch Wikipedia
List of psychology topics — This page aims to list all topics related to psychology. This is so that those interested in the subject can monitor changes to the pages by clicking on Related changes in the sidebar. It is also to see the gaps in Wikipedia s coverage of the… … Wikipedia
Martin Shubik — (né le 24 mars 1926) est professeur émérite d’Economie Institutionnelles mathématiques à l’Université Yale. Il a étudié à l’Université de Toronto et à l Université de Princeton. En poste à la faculté de Yale depuis 1963, le Professeur Shubik est… … Wikipédia en Français
Influence Science and Practice — Influence: Science and Practice (ISBN 0 321 18895 0) is a Psychology book examining the key ways people can be influenced by Compliance Professionals . The book s author is Robert B. Cialdini, Professor of Psychology at Arizona State… … Wikipedia
Post-purchase rationalization — is a common phenomenon after people have invested a lot of time, money, or effort in something to convince themselves that it must have been worth it. Many decisions are made emotionally, and so are often rationalized retrospectively in an… … Wikipedia
Progress trap — A progress trap is the condition societies experience when, in pursuing progress, human ingenuity inadvertently introduces problems that the society does not have the resources to solve, preventing further progress. Social collapse is often the… … Wikipedia
commensurate — adjective of a proportionate or similar measurable standard If it is essential in our interests to maintain a quasi permanent position of power on the Asian mainland as against the Chinese then we must be prepared to continue to pay the present… … Wiktionary
Konpa — are a type of Japanese drinking gathering held by university students in a casual drinking establishment called an izakaya, and are more relaxed than the traditional nomikai . It is often suggested that this word originally came from the German… … Wikipedia
