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1. What are some psychological facts that most people don't
know?2. Lying requires a lot of mental effort.3. When people are
watched they behae better.!. "eople with low self#esteem tend to
$try% and humiliate others.&. he more difficult the decision(
the more people tend to aoid the decision.). *s a general rule(
people tend to regret quick decisions.+. "lacebos often offer as
much relief as actual treatments.,. "osting a calorie chart in
restaurants leads people to choose less healthy foods.-. "eople
seldom notice what's right in front of their nose.1. "eople need
only one thing to be happy.11. "eople buy into stereotypes more
often than not.12. /pposites don't attract. 0ou're more likely to
be attracted someone who looks
and thinks the same as you do.13. 0ou make most of your
decisions unconsciously.1!. he biggest lies we tell are the lies we
tell ourseles.1&. , he origin of many principles and theories
of psychology is the ible.1).
1+. - Listening to( and learning from( another person's
eplanation of his positionon an issue( een though wrong( is one of
the grandest gifts you can gie.1,. . 4ost responses human beings
hae to eents and other people are drien by
their emotions rather than rational intellect.1-. "sychology
5ays( We seem to ignore the ones who adore us 6 pay more
attention to those who ignore us.2. "sychology says (staying
quiet doesn't mean you'e got nothing to say. 7t
means you don8t think they're ready to hear your thoughts.21.
9epression is the result of oer thinking. he mind creates problems
that didn't
een eist.22. 9ating an awkward person is less stressful. 0ou
laugh more and hae more fun
which improes quality of life and oerall health.
23. :eer go back to an old loe( no matter how strong it is. 7t's
like reading a bookoer and oer again when you already know how it
ends.
2!. 4any people who smoke mari;uana claim they do not dream( but
after they quit(dreams become etremely iid and intense.
2&. We oerestimate our future emotional states related
topotential or upcoming situations We think that winning lottery
wouldsignificantly increase happiness( which is not true. he same
goes for negatiesituations.
2,. :egatiity bias> we are more likely to remember negatie
aspects than thepositie ones of a person
2-. "ersonality 9isorders are not easily treatable with
medications3. *"* can stand for *merican Psychiatric*ssociation as
opposed
toPsychological within the clinical area31. 7nconsistent
findings show that /mega 3 oils do not significantly improe
cognition they might reduce aniety( though32. he leel of
compleity of an enironment determines the leels of metabolic
actiity in the brain in mammals high enironmental
compleity@increasedbrain weightAhigher cognition and ice ersa
33. Bappiness comes from within and you hae complete control oer
this emotion3!.3&. Ciing can be more fulfilling than
receiing
