Oh, That's What It's Called: 14 Social Phenomena Terms
![Oh, That's What It's Called: 14 Social Phenomena Terms](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/1/9/774819_320x180.jpg)
There are plenty of specific observable situations we may not know why they exist, but at least we know that they exist. Some people have even gone so far as to give them names, and we must honor their daring deeds of definition by learning them.
We're talking really shocking social phenomena like the pygmalion effect, which describes the fact that expectations directly affect performance. Looks like we should potentially fish out copy of ‘The Secret’ out of the trash. There's also the tragic ‘Sagan Effect’ wherein people perceive popular and public facing scientists to be less scholarly than their more private peers.
Here are 14 social phenomena that the next time someone points one out, you can impressively drop the name. The name of the social phenomena that describes people who obsessively drop fascinating facts and trivia? Well that's not technically in here, but we usually just call them Cracked readers.
![Tamagotchi Effect 1 8 when people develop emotional attachments to robot or machines](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/0/774860.jpg)
Source: The iJournal
![Lake Wobegon Effect how most people believe their skills are above average, even though this can't be true](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/9/774859.jpg)
Source: APA PsycNet
![Snapchat Dysmorphia when patients seek surgery in order to appear like themselves with social media filters](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/7/774857.jpg)
Source: ScienceDaily
![Foodie Call when someone sets up a date in order to get a free meal](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/3/774853.jpg)
Source: Science Daily
![Hikikomori when people socially withdraw to an extreme, which may be heightened by spENding time online](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/2/4/774824.jpg)
Source: Science Daily
![The Coolidge Effect the novelty of a new sexual partner can renew sexual interest in animals (especially males)](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/1/8/774818.jpg)
Source: APA PsycNet
![The Cinderella Effect data shows that stepchildren receive worse treatment than biological children](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/3/774793.jpg)
Source: Florida Atlantic University
![Cross-Race Effect the troubling phenomenon that people have difficulty distinguishing between people of races different from them](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/2/5/774825.jpg)
Source: ScienceDaily
![The CSI Effect CSI viewers have higher expectations for any form of evidence in court cases](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/1/7/774817.jpg)
Source: National Institute of Justice
![Pygmalion Effect positive expectations affect performance positively and negative expectations have a negative effect](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/2/774792.jpg)
Source: Duquesne University
![Dawson Casting WCHS the tendency for adults to play teenagers on TV (mostly due to labor laws)](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/1/774791.jpg)
Source: VICE
![Missing White Woman Syndrome MISSING! the disproportionate media coverage that young, white, middle- to upper-class missing women receive](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/0/774790.jpg)
Source: NPR
![Do-Gooder Derogation putting down others who are morally motivated, like meat-eaters who make fun of vegetarians](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/6/774786.jpg)
Source: SAGE Journals
![The Sagan Effect the perception that popular scientists are less academic than their less public-facing peers](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/8/5/774785.jpg)
Source: The Journal of Neuroscience