Copied from wiki:
'Reactance is an unpleasant motivational arousal (reaction) to offers, persons, rules, or regulations that threaten or eliminate specific behavioral freedoms. Reactance occurs when a person feels that someone or something is taking away their choices or limiting the range of alternatives.'
Basically, if we are told to do something, it is likely that we will do the opposite.
Anyone else think that Bojo govt has ordered us to stay indoors so that we do the opposite and go out? Possibly for herd immunity purposes...
Or maybe I've just got too much time to think atm 🤷♀️