Psychologyspeaking topic
Psychological reactance, Brehm: restrict people's freedom and they crave the forbidden thing even more. Why does 'don't you dare' suddenly make us want to dare?
— Brehm, psychological reactance theory
practice with this topic
Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.
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