R0043/2026-04-01/Q001/SRC04

Research	R0043 — Sycophancy Vocabulary
Run	2026-04-01
Query	Q001
Search	S03
Result	S03-R01
Source	SRC04

PMC article mapping sycophancy terminology across psychology, psychiatry, and technology domains

Source

Field	Value
Title	Shoggoths, Sycophancy, Psychosis, Oh My: Rethinking Large Language Model Use and Safety
Publisher	PMC (PubMed Central)
Author(s)	Multiple
Date	2025-2026
URL	https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12626241/
Type	Research article

Summary

Dimension	Rating
Reliability	High
Relevance	High
Bias: Missing data	Low risk
Bias: Measurement	Low risk
Bias: Selective reporting	Low risk
Bias: Randomization	N/A -- not an RCT
Bias: Protocol deviation	N/A -- not an RCT
Bias: COI/Funding	Low risk

Rationale

Dimension	Rationale
Reliability	Peer-reviewed article in PubMed Central
Relevance	Explicitly maps cross-domain vocabulary for sycophancy and related safety concepts
Bias flags	Academic publication; no commercial interest

Evidence Extracts

Evidence ID	Summary
SRC04-E01	Cross-domain vocabulary mapping: psychology, psychiatry, technology, and media terminology for sycophancy-related phenomena