15 Things You Didn't (Want To) Know About Human Psychology

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15 Things You Didn't (Want To) Know About Human Psychology

Contrary to popular belief, psychology wasn't just some bullshit college course we all took to make us think we could analyze why our dumb friends were doing the dumb things they do.

No, it turns out psychology has been a useful tool in teaching us all sorts of really interesting stuff about humanity. And also some really disturbing things as well, like ...

RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE STUDY OF ECONOMICS AND SELFISH PEOPLE SEEM TO GO HAND IN HAND. ME 3 ME ME WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE SELFISH PEOPLE CAN ONLY FIND CO
CRACKED COM In a 1939 study, orphans of varying ages were separated into two groups and given different types of reinforcement and therapy. Each group
The Bystander Effect If a group of people witness an emergency, they are less likely to help as they all wait for someone else to act first. This was
CRACKEDCO Studies show that when people are unsure, they automatically follow what others are doing. This is the reason laugh tracks work. Is it funn
CRACKEDCO When the brain has nothing to do it begins to make things up. Students who took part in a sensory deprivation study remained in a plain whit
In a psychological study performed at Newcastle University, UK, they found that human beings are more honest when they feel they are being watched, ev
In a 1968 exercise on discrimination, the blue. eyed students in an elementary school class were segregated from the darker-eyed children. They were t
CRACKEDcO COM Men are more likely to perform risky (or even life threatening) stunts in front of women they find attractive! A study explains that men
Hallucinatory voices such as those heard by schizophrenics seem to be shaped by the culture in which the sufferer resides In the US voices tend to be
Depression is not only tough on your mind but also your body A study suggests that severe depression CRACKED.COM actually ages cells making sufferer
According to a Nobel Prize winning paper bye a group of chemists at the University of Pisa, biochemically there is no difference between people who ar
One of the reasons psychopaths are So difficult to spot is because they are skilled at presenting an attractive front to the world. A group of student
After three in the afternoon, our ethical behavior goes out the window! A study found that people are up to 50% more likely to be unethical or untruth
Contrary to popular opinion, being a drone pilot for the US army does not 'desensitize' you to killing if the kill shot is initiated even thousands of
A study by researchers at Duke University and Princeton University may explain why we find it SO easy to walk right by homeless people... MRI studies

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