Psychologists interrupt the miserable cycle of social insecurity

Monday, August 15, 2011 - 16:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Tom likes Susan but he fears she does not like him. Expecting to be rejected, he's cold toward Susan. And guess what? She snubs him back. His prophesy is self-fulfilled, his social insecurity reinforced. The miserable cycle continues.

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