A question from someone who doesn't want to wait until college to learn about psychology?

Go to your local library, there is bound to be a text book there that a professor uses somewhere. Also google psychology textbooks, you could get one that's an old edition and probably buy it off of amazon for a supper cheep price (like $5 or less) since it is an older version.

Have you ever dealt with stubborn people who play mind games when they are arguing or debating? Here's their psychological denial and diversion tricks.

Welcome to the world of logical fallacies:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies

Example:

Moving the goalposts (raising the bar) – argument in which evidence presented in response to a specific claim is dismissed, and some other (often greater) evidence is demanded.

Circular cause and consequence – where the consequence of the phenomenon is claimed to be its root cause.

Appeal to authority – where an assertion is deemed true because of the position or authority of the person asserting it.

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