PSYCHOLOGY FACTS EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW
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39 PSYCHOLOGY FACTS EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW!
HERE ARE 39 PSYCHOLOGY FACTS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW, AND
SOME OF THEM MIGHT SURPRISE YOU.
FACT#1: BEING WITH HAPPY PEOPLE MAKES YOU HAPPIER.
FACT#2: SIXTY EIGHT PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE SUFFER FROM
PHANTOM VIBRATION SYNDROME, THE FEELING THAT ONE’S PHONE IS VIBRATING WHEN IT’S
NOT.
FACT#3: A HUG LONGER THAN TWENTY SECONDS WILL RELEASE
CHEMICALS INTO YOUR BODY THAT MAKE YOU TRUST THE PERSON YOU’RE HUGGING.
FACT#4: AROUND 80% OF HUMAN TALK IN GROUPS, IS COMPLAINING.
FACT#5: CHOCOLATE DISCHARGES THE SAME CHEMICAL INTO YOUR
BODY THAT IS PRODUCED WHEN YOU START FALLING IN LOVE.
FACT#6: CONVINCING YOURSELF YOU SLEPT WELL TRICKS YOUR
BRAIN INTO THINKING IT DID.
FACT#7: DEPRESSION IS THE RESULT OF OVER THINKING.
THE MIND CREATES PROBLEMS THAT DIDN’T EVEN EXIST.
FACT#8: FALLING IN LOVE HAS A SIMILAR NEUROLOGICAL EFFECT
AS GETTING HIGH ON COCAINE.
FACT#9: HAPPINESS, ANGER, SADNESS, FEAR, DISGUST, AND
SURPRISE ARE THE SIX EMOTIONS THAT ARE UNIVERSALLY EXPRESSED.
FACT#10: HOLDING HANDS WITH SOMEONE YOU LOVE CAN
ALLEVIATE PHYSICAL PAIN AS WELL AS STRESS AND FEAR.
FACT#11: HUMAN BEHAVIORAL STUDIES SUGGEST THAT A PERSON
WHO LOSES THEIR CELL PHONE EXPERIENCES A PANIC SIMILAR TO A NEAR DEATH
EXPERIENCE.
FACT#12: MEMORIES GET DISTORTED OVER TIME.
THE AVERAGE HUMAN HAS AT LEAST ONE FALSE PIECE OF MEMORY.
FACT#13: NO ONE BORN BLIND HAS EVER DEVELOPED
SCHIZOPHRENIA.
FACT#14: OPPOSITES DON’T ATTRACT.
YOU’RE MORE LIKELY TO BE ATTRACTED SOMEONE WHO LOOKS AND
THINKS THE SAME AS YOU DO.
FACT#15: OPTIMISTIC BELIEFS ABOUT THE FUTURE CAN PROTECT
PEOPLE FROM PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ILLNESS.
FACT#16: PEOPLE ARE MORE HONEST WHEN PHYSICALLY TIRED.
THIS IS WHY PEOPLE CONFESS THINGS DURING LATE NIGHT
CONVERSATIONS.
FACT#17: PEOPLE TEND TO BE HAPPIER WHEN THEY ARE KEPT BUSY,
AS THIS PREVENTS THEM FROM THINKING ABOUT THE NEGATIVE THINGS IN LIFE.
FACT#18: PEOPLE WHO VIEW TV CRIME SHOWS CONSISTENTLY
OVERESTIMATE THE FREQUENCY OF CRIME IN THE REAL WORLD.
FACT#19: PEOPLE WITH LOW SELF-ESTEEM TEND TO “TRY” AND
HUMILIATE OTHERS.
FACT#20: PHOBIAS MAY BE MEMORIES PASSED DOWN THROUGH
GENERATIONS IN DNA, ACCORDING TO A NEW RESEARCH.
FACT#21: RELIGIOUS PRACTICES, LIKE PRAYER AND ATTENDING
SERVICES, IS ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER LEVELS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS.
FACT#22: RESEARCH HAS FOUND THAT GOOD RELATIONSHIPS ARE
MORE IMPORTANT TO A LONG LIFE THAN EXERCISE.
FACT#23: RESEARCHERS ARE DEBATING ON ADDING INTERNET
ADDICTION TO THE LIST OF MENTAL DISORDERS.
FACT#24: ROMANTIC LOVE IS BIOCHEMICALLY INDISTINGUISHABLE
FROM HAVING A SEVERE OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER.
FACT#25: SEEING OTHERS POSITIVELY REVEALS OUR POSITIVE
TRAITS, SEEING OTHERS NEGATIVELY REVEALS OUR NEGATIVE TRAITS.
FACT#26: SMART PEOPLE UNDERESTIMATE THEMSELVES, AND
IGNORANT PEOPLE THINK THEY’RE BRILLIANT.
FACT#27: THE AVERAGE HIGH SCHOOL KID TODAY HAS THE SAME
LEVEL OF ANXIETY AS THE AVERAGE PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT IN THE EARLY 1950’S.
FACT#28: THE BRAIN TREATS REJECTION LIKE PHYSICAL PAIN.
FACT#29: THE MORE UNCERTAIN YOU ARE, THE MORE YOU DIG IN
AND DEFEND YOUR IDEAS.
FACT#30: THE PLACEBO EFFECT IS GETTING MORE POWERFUL OVER
TIME.
AS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES, OUR FAITH IN MEDICINE
BECOMES STRONGER.
FACT#31: THE RISK OF BOTH CATCHING A COLD OR THE FLU AND
OF HAVING A PARTICULARLY SEVERE FORM OF THE INFECTION DROP IF YOU EXERCISE
MODERATELY.
FACT#32: THE TYPE OF MUSIC, YOU LISTEN TO AFFECTS THE WAY
YOU PERCEIVE THE WORLD.
FACT#33: VOLUNTEERS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE SATISFIED WITH
THEIR LIVES THAN NON-VOLUNTEERS.
FACT#34: WE SEEM TO IGNORE THE ONES WHO ADORE US &
PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THOSE WHO IGNORE US.
FACT#35: WHEN YOU REMEMBER A PAST EVENT, YOU ARE
REMEMBERING THE LAST TIME YOU REMEMBERED IT.
FACT#36: YOUR BRAIN DOES MORE CREATIVE WORK WHEN YOU’RE
TIRED.
FACT#37: YOUR DECISIONS ARE MORE RATIONAL WHEN THOUGHT IN
ANOTHER LANGUAGE.
FACT#38: YOUR FAVORITE SONG IS PROBABLY YOUR FAVORITE
BECAUSE YOU ASSOCIATE IT WITH AN EMOTIONAL EVENT IN YOUR LIFE.
FACT#39: YOUR MIND “REWRITES” MONOTONOUS SPEECH OF BORING
PEOPLE TO MAKE IT SOUND MORE INTERESTING.
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