I know someone who is a phycologist.

He think's he's a master at what he does and to be honest, thinks he's above everyone else because of his knowledge of his ability to read people and know why they did something.

The problem is that he reads everything completely wrong. You may do something for a family member just to be kind and helpful and he will at some point in an argument bring up the fact that you did that to annoy him as you know he hates that person.

The fact is, you were just being helpful. You can tell him that, yet he knows best because "I'm a physcologist, I should know how people work" (in an arrogant way).

You can't really win as he honestly thinks you were trying to cause problems.

I'm sure I read a few months ago that someone phycologists can get that "condition" or whatever it's called that they get so caught up in their "ability" to read people and understand why someone did something that they read everything wrong.

Kind of like instantly saying "well he crossed his arms while talking to you - that means he was being defensive" but failing to see that it's -0 c outside and they were cold. They think they've got the right answer but without really breaking down the variables/details it's a false positive answer.

I'm just wondering if anyone knows what this might be called?