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Three scientifically dumb experiments that allegedly “prove” that helpful significant others hinder one’s success in attaining goals 0

You wonder why psychologists have a bad reputation with many people? ScienceDaily had this to say about the studies in question: The study’s authors, psychological scientists Gráinne M. Fitzsimons of Duke University and Eli J. Finkel of Northwestern University, call this phenomenon “self-regulatory outsourcing” — the unconscious reliance on someone else to move your goals [...]