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MENTAL MODEL · M1525

Concept Creep

Concept Creep
BehaviorHigh supportPsychology
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

As society progresses, the definitions of negative concepts (such as 'trauma', 'violence', 'bullying') continue to expand. Words that originally referred to 'physical harm' now also include 'verbal offense' or even 'not replying to messages'. This leads to people becoming increasingly fragile and pathologizing normal life pains.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

psychology

Reduce cognitive load

Semantic desensitization. When hearing big words, perform 'semantic downgrading'. Distinguish between 'discomfort' and 'trauma', 'disagreement' and 'violence'. Preserving the hardness of words preserves the hardness to cope with reality.

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Extracting more general patterns from specific examples, enabling the model/cognition to be applied to unseen instances. Generalization ability determines practical value.

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