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What-the-hell effect: the psychological phenomenon where a
What-the-hell effect: the psychological phenomenon where a single violation of a commitment leads to complete abandonment of the commitment due to binary framing, abstinence violation effect, and reverse moral licensing, causing the commitment to collapse in a single catastrophic cascade rather than erode gradually.
Why This Is a Definition
This definition precisely establishes the semantic boundary of 'what-the-hell effect' by identifying its three constituent mechanisms (binary framing, abstinence violation effect, reverse moral licensing) and distinguishing it from gradual erosion. It answers exactly what X means in this curriculum context.