Editing Popular psychology (section)

==Psychobabble==
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The misuse and overuse of technical psychological terms is called ''[[psychobabble]]''.

Sometimes psychological [[jargon]] is used to dress up sales pitches, self-help programs, and [[New Age]] ideas to lend these endeavors a respectable scientific appearance.  Other times, people use psychological terminology to describe everyday, normal experiences in a way that [[Medicalization|pathologize]] a normal behavior, such as feeling sad after a loss, by suggesting that unpleasant emotions are a type of [[psychopathology]], like [[major depressive disorder]].  People may use psychobabble because they believe that complex, descriptive or special esoteric terms more clearly or more dramatically communicate their experiences of social and personal situations, or because they believe that it makes them sound more educated.

Some terms that have an origin in psychological terminology and are typically misused include [[co-dependent]], [[dysfunctional]], [[Interpersonal relationship|meaningful relationship]], [[narcissistic]], [[Antisocial personality disorder|antisocial]], [[traumatic bonding]], [[synergy]], and [[gaslighting]]'''.'''