Psychology

Roles: subject, observer, bias, heuristic, cognition, behavior, motivation, assessment

The scientific study of mind and behavior. As a source domain for metaphor, psychology supplies models of cognitive bias, self-deception, motivation, and assessment. Its metaphorical exports are distinctive because they name the systematic ways human judgment departs from accuracy — blind spots, biases, and heuristics that shape perception before conscious reasoning begins. The frame foregrounds the gap between how people believe they think and how they actually think.

As Source Frame (2)

• Dunning-Kruger Effect
• Psychological Safety

Applied To This Frame (3)

• fire-safety → Burnout
• quality-and-craftsmanship → Character Is a Wax Seal
• theater-and-performance → We Are Puppets on Strings