Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2022 was recently announced, and it's a term commonly used in psychology when describing psychological abuse. An appropriate "word of the year," some might agree ...

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When you hear the word “manipulation,” you may think of, uh, some particular contestants on Hannah Brown’s season of The Bachelorette. You might think of your friend’s ex who made her feel like a bad ...

Facebook is in the hot seat for testing the psyche of its users without directly telling them. The social media giant conducted an anonymous study in 2012 to test emotional manipulation. According to ...