Glossary H
Glossary H
Hypochondriac refers to a person who complains about illnesses that appear to be imaginary.
Hypochondriacs is defined as a psychological disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation with one’s health and constant worry about developing physical illnesses. Also refers to people who are constantly worried about their health
Deutsch: Heuchelei-Induktion / Español: Inducción de Hipocresía / Português: Indução de Hipocrisia / Français: Induction d'hypocrisie / Italiano: Induzione dell'ipocrisia /
Hypocrisy induction refers to a technique for effecting behavior change by confronting people with the inconsistency between their attitudes and their behavior.
Hypocrisy paradigm is defined as a research methodology used to test Dissonance theory, which arouses dissonance by having people publicly promote a socially desirable behavior and then be made aware that they have not always exhibited the behavior themselves in the past