5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing (Rebroadcast)

We all like to throw around terms that describe human behavior — “bystander apathy” and “steep learning curve” and “hard-wired.” Most of the time, they don’t actually mean what we think they mean. But don’t worry — the experts are getting it wrong, too.

An episode of the Freakonomics Radio podcast, hosted by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher, titled "5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing (Rebroadcast)" was published on January 9, 2020 and runs 48 minutes.

January 9, 2020 ·48m · Freakonomics Radio

Summary

We all like to throw around terms that describe human behavior — “bystander apathy” and “steep learning curve” and “hard-wired.” Most of the time, they don’t actually mean what we think they mean. But don’t worry — the experts are getting it wrong, too.

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