👉 Dichotomised is a concept in psychology that describes two states of being, or categories of things, that are mutually exclusive and cannot both be true at the same time. Dichotomous refers to having two separate parts, such as a dichotomy between the left and right sides of an object. For example, if we have two types of apples: red and green, these can't both be considered "healthy" because they are different in terms of nutritional value. In this sense