Amazing Psychology Facts Everyone Needs To Know

 

1. Your
favorite song is likely associated with an emotional event.

–              You and
everyone else.

2. Music impacts your perspective.

–              This one seems kind of obvious! A
study at the University of Groningen showed that music has a dramatic impact on
your perception.

3. The
more you spend on others, the happier you are.

–              According
to various studies. Be sure to give plenty this holiday season!

 

4.
Spending money on experience instead of stuff also makes you happier.

–              Collect
memories not things, right?

5. Kids
are more high strung today than the average psych ward patient in 1950.

–              Which is pretty scary but not
surprising. About half the human population now suffers anxiety, depression, or
a sort of substance abuse.

6.
Certain religious practices lower stress.

–              “The American Psychiatric Publishing
Textbook of Mood Disorders” shows that people who engage in meditation and
prayer religiously are less stressed out.

7. Money
does buy happiness , but only up to $75,000 a year.

–              For the average American, $75k a
year buys happiness. It liberates you from poverty and gets you what you need
in life.

8. Being
with happy people makes you happier.

–              This
should come as no surprise.

9. 18 to
33 year olds are the most stressed out people on earth.

–              Family,
education, work, it can all be pretty stressful.

10.
Convincing yourself you slept well tricks your brain into thinking it did.

–              Thus
giving you more energy. They called it “placebo sleep”.

11. Smart
people underestimate themselves and ignorant people think they’re brilliant.

–              It’s called the Dunning Kruger
Effect, it’s real, and just go on Facebook and you’ll see what I’m talking
about.

12. When
you remember a past event, you’re actually remembering the last time you remembered
it.

–              Alright, that one blew the hell
out of my mind. This is why our memories fade and distort over time.

13. Your
decisions are more rational when thought in another language.

–              A university of Chicago study
showed that Korean citizens who thought in foreign languages reduced their
overall bias. Neat.

 

14. If
you announce your goals, you’re less likely to succeed.

–              It’s
true. Tests since the 1930’s have pretty well proven it.

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