Have you ever wondered why we think, feel and behave the way we do? 🤔
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For many people, the way we think is fascinating. We still know very little about the basics of behavior and the human mind. However, extensive research allows us to better understand why other people think, feel, and behave in certain ways. In this video, we’ve compiled eleven very interesting facts about psychology and human behavior that can help us understand ourselves and others better. Let’s jump right in! 🔝
1. What happens to us in early adulthood stays with us for a long time
Have you ever noticed how often older people talk about their early twenties? This phenomenon is called “memory bursting.” This is a preference for the experiences of adolescence and early adulthood, primarily due to the emotional intensity of this period and the number of decisions and changes made. These new experiences made this time in our lives even more memorable.
2. Thinking about problems from a third-person perspective allows us to find effective solutions
Research shows that when people think about other people’s problems, they are more likely to think more clearly and rationally. This is called Solomon’s Paradox. This suggests that regardless of age, people may think more rationally when considering the difficulties of others and dealing with their own problems. By practicing this self-distancing strategy, we can eliminate biases and improve our thinking skills.
3. Incompetent people are often the least aware of their own incompetence
You’ve probably experienced this before, perhaps at the dinner table at a holiday family gathering. An extended family member starts talking about something and claims they are right when everyone else knows they are stupid, ignorant, or just plain wrong. This person’s ignorance was obvious to everyone present, but they continued to talk, unaware of their own ignorance. This is known as the Dunning-Kruger effect, a cognitive bias in which people believe they are smarter and more capable than they actually are due to a lack of self-awareness and low cognitive abilities.
4. Hostile people tend to own aggressive dogs
Research shows that anger, aggression and hostility are common personality traits among owners of typically violent dog breeds. People may choose dogs as extensions of themselves and often choose friends or companions with similar interests and tendencies. These factors can also influence people’s aggression and lead them to choose more violent breeds, such as guard dogs like Rottweilers or pit bulls.
5. People who daydream are more creative
Although daydreaming is often viewed as a negative trait, it may actually be a sign of intelligence and creativity. Research shows that high intelligence and creativity go hand in hand, with daydreamers often experiencing high levels of mind wandering. Daydreamers tend to perform better on IQ tests and their brains appear to be more efficient. This improves thinking skills, allowing them to seamlessly return to a discussion or task without losing important details.
6. Rejection really hurts
Have you ever felt like you were punched in the stomach when someone rejected you? Well, apparently our brains respond to that. It turns out that when we experience rejection, certain parts of our brains activate just like when we experience physical pain. Even small rejections can hurt and cause literal (albeit emotional) pain.
7. Speaking a foreign language changes our decisions
One might assume that due to the difficulty of using a foreign language, people would make less systematic decisions when using a foreign language. However, the opposite is true. Using a foreign language has been shown to reduce decision-making biases. When we speak a foreign language, we must suppress our native language in order to think more rationally and suppress our innate intuition. Brain imaging studies show that the parts of the brain involved in foreign language use are also involved in rational thinking. This suppresses intuition and emotion, causing people to make more rational decisions when speaking a foreign language.
8. We tend to attribute a person’s behavior to their character
Have you ever been annoyed because someone cut you off while you were driving, only to see someone else do the same thing a few minutes later and think, “What an idiot” or “This guy is an asshole”? You might justify this behavior by saying you were in a hurry. Unfortunately, we tend to believe that others do bad things because they are bad people. This is called the fundamental attribution error, where we tend to explain a person’s behavior by referring to their personality rather than the situation.
9. We believe that others are more susceptible to our beliefs than we are
We seem to realize that advertising affects people, but we don’t always realize how it affects us. This is called the “third person effect.” People tend to recognize that advertising or persuasive messages have a greater impact on those around them than on themselves, and therefore, they are more likely to deny its impact. The situation is even worse for ads that may not interest us. We may not realize it, but we are constantly exposed to mass media messages that can subconsciously influence our emotions, desires, and even our attitudes.
10. Dopamine makes us addicted to information
Have you ever scrolled through social media for hours? This comes from the dopaminergic reward loop. Dopamine is thought to be a feel-good chemical that causes us to seek pleasure and engage in pleasurable activities, such as eating or having sex. However, dopamine also makes us curious and seek information. Scrolling through the feed activates a dopamine cycle that makes you want to keep scrolling for more information.The worry is that you’ll never be completely satisfied with the amount of information available, and will likely keep scrolling unless something interrupts your browsing session.
11. Helping others often can help us live longer
It turns out that volunteering our time, money, and energy to help others is good for the world and for ourselves. Giving back to the community through regular volunteer work can help manage stress, prevent disease and increase our sense of fulfillment in life. This may be because volunteering reduces loneliness and improves our social lives. Additionally, psychologists have found that people who volunteer regularly tend to live longer, even if they don’t participate in other health-promoting activities.
Do you find these facts interesting? They reveal a lot about human nature. Although we must remember that these findings were made by studying a small group of people, they still provide an excellent opportunity to ask questions and delve deeper into the mysterious world of psychological research.
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