social tunneling

a psychological state, usually associated with a demanding task or stressful environment, characterized by a tendency to ignore social cues that may be relevant to a task, such as spoken commands or alert signals from other people. Compare cognitive tunneling.

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May 9th 2024

between-dimension consistency

see cross-dimension attitude consistency.