exclusive humanism
the way many in our culture try to explain the world without any appeal to the divine or the transcendent
expressive individualism
the way people live for themselves rather than for God, nation, or family
buffered self
the way people think they are not vulnerable to influences beyond what they can see
pygmailon Effect
(also known as the Rosenthal effect) is the phenomenon whereby others’ expectations of a target person affect the target person’s performance. IE if you think they will do better they actually do better.