reverse paranoia: pronoia
the phenomenon can be seen as a valuable asset, which you’re really fortunate to possess. But it can also be viewed as an affliction, with the potential to cause you much pain and sorrow -- psychologytoday.
Psychology
statement: the world is understandable
Request: At what point does this statement told true?
reverse psychology
This technique relies on the psychological phenomenon of reactance, in which a person has a negative emotional reaction to being persuaded, and thus chooses the option which is being advocated against -- wikipedia
looking forward to dying
Priority request: Considering that we know death is nothing to fear and actually has no reality, is it an experience that we can look forward to, whenever it may come?
Plato’s tripartite theory of the soul
Plato divided the soul into three parts: the logistikon (reason), the thymoeides (spirit, which houses anger, as well as other emotions), and the epithymetikon (appetite or desire, which houses the desire for physical pleasures) -- wikipedia
Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale
Request: Used it for an academic research project. Everyone was testing high for self-esteem. Is it an effective measure of collecting self-esteem?
The Belief Code, by Bradley Nelson
Priority request: a brand new therapeutic system, and a way for us to get to the heart of what we're really believing about ourselves and the world, and which is actually driving our behaviour and determining our results in life.
anima and animus (Jungian archetypes)
Priority request: the male/female (opposite sex) aspect of the psyche that appears in dreams and guides the conscious self into union with the Self. In this way, it could be said to be similar to God Immanent.
Billy Milligan
In October 1977, he was arrested for three rapes... [in] his defense, psychologists diagnosed Milligan with dissociative identity disorder. His lawyers pleaded insanity, claiming that two of his alternate personalities committed the crimes without Milligan being aware of it -- wikipedia
The Heroine's Journey, by Maureen Murdock
Priority request: "Drawing on cultural myths and fairy tales, ancient symbols and goddesses, and the dreams of contemporary women, Murdock illustrates the need for—and the reality of—feminine values in Western culture" -- amazon
Bowen Theory
Request: Radically departs all from previous theories of human behavior by conceptualizing the family as an emotional unit. Individuals are more strongly regulated by the unit than being autonomous psychological entities.
inhibition
"an inner impediment to free activity, expression, or functioning" -- merriam-webster.com
Maps of Meaning, by Jordan B. Peterson
examines the "structure of systems of belief and the role those systems play in the regulation of emotion", using "multiple academic fields to show that connecting myths and beliefs with science is essential to fully understand how people make meaning"
white lie
An often trivial, diplomatic or well-intentioned untruth -- American Heritage Dictionary
Karen Horney
A German psychoanalyst. Her theories questioned some traditional Freudian views. This was particularly true of her theories of sexuality and of the instinct orientation of psychoanalysis. -- wikipedia