inflicted insight

First attested in 1971.

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inflicted insight (usually uncountable, plural inflicted insights)

1. (psychology) Unsolicited revelation of aspects of one’s character, usually as a result of a deceitful experiment that has psychological dimensions, and especially where this results in emotional trauma and prolonged anxiety.
   • 1971, The American Psychologist (American Psychological Association) XXVI, page unknown

     Inflicted insight, as opposed to deceptive debriefing, is even defended by one writer as being in the subject’s best interests.

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