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  2. Presentism (historical analysis) - Wikipedia

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    In literary and historical analysis, presentism is a term for the introduction of present-day ideas and perspectives into depictions or interpretations of the past. Some modern historians seek to avoid presentism in their work because they consider it a form of cultural bias, and believe it creates a distorted understanding of their subject matter. [1]

  3. Quality time - Wikipedia

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    A family plays a game of Monopoly.Social play through board games are an examples of quality time.. Quality time is a sociology expression referring to a proactive interaction between individuals, [1] set aside for paying undivided attention, usually to express love or accomplish a shared goal.

  4. Enantiodromia - Wikipedia

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    Enantiodromia (Ancient Greek: ἐναντίος, romanized: enantios – "opposite" and δρόμος, dromos – "running course") is a principle introduced in the West by psychiatrist Carl Jung. In Psychological Types, Jung defines enantiodromia as "the emergence of the unconscious opposite in the course of time."

  5. Door-in-the-face technique - Wikipedia

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    The DITF group was initially asked to complete a 100-question worksheet. After refusal, the group was asked to do 20 of the questions. The control group was asked to complete a 20-question worksheet. The researchers looked at compliance as well as students' mathematical ability, quality of work, and amount of help needed.

  6. Absence of good - Wikipedia

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    As for the terms good and bad, they indicate no positive quality in things regarded in themselves, but are merely modes of thinking, or notions which we form from the comparison of things one with another. Thus one and the same thing can be at the same time good, bad, and indifferent.

  7. Specious present - Wikipedia

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    The present to which the datum refers is really a part of the past—a recent past—delusively given as being a time that intervenes between the past and the future. Let it be named the specious present, and let the past, that is given as being the past, be known as the obvious past.

  8. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    Whereas generic buprenorphine can produce a high if injected, Suboxone was formulated to be more difficult to manipulate. If an addict uses it improperly by injecting it, the naloxone kicks in and can send the person into withdrawal — the opposite of a good time.

  9. Social influence - Wikipedia

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    While the results are the opposite of what the influencer intended, the reactive behavior is a result of social pressure. [10] It is notable that anticonformity does not necessarily mean independence. In many studies, reactance manifests itself in a deliberate rejection of an influence, even if the influence is clearly correct. [11]