Category: O

Overgeneralization is a cognitive distortion where an individual is inclined to making a single event his/her reality. Such people see never-ending negative patterns in all events irrespective of any evidence to the contrary. A classic illustrative example is a student’s failure to perform and his subsequent projection of himself as a failure in all his […]

Obedience is a psychological term used to describe the process of complying with direct orders or commands given by an authority figure even when the authority may have conflicting orders with personal beliefs or values. It is strong kind of social influence that serves to keep order within the society yet may have adverse effects […]