Producing the Opposite Effect

1. What is an opposite effect?
2. How do you use opposite effect in a sentence?
3. What is having the opposite effect than intended?

What is an opposite effect?

Opposite effects include causal reversals, opposing signs, and inversions of well-established empirical relationships. Despite their intrinsic interest and scientific value, such effects are seldom systematically pursued by researchers. Some suggestions are offered for identifying and theorizing about opposite effects.

How do you use opposite effect in a sentence?

Strangely enough, this constant monitoring had the opposite effect to that intended. It has had the opposite effect, with an insurer now saying I cannot get cover at all. Political intransigence has had the opposite effect.

What is having the opposite effect than intended?

The term "inverse consequences" or the "Law of Inverse Consequences" refers to results that are the opposite of the expected results as initially intended or planned. One consequence is in the "reverse predicament" of the other.