Psychology facts🤯

Some signs of true friends -They give you advice that is based on Your best interest -They love to remind you of your strengths and the things you are capable of -They continuously inspire you to become a better person

In group settings, whenever you have to present something going first is an advantage. You finish quicker and everyone's expectation is lower because you went first. And there is no pressure because everyone in the audience is worried about when they have to go up. And if you go last Everybody is watching.

To start an easy conversation with anyone, comment on what's going on around you or other person. It works really well because you come across as relatable.

If someone insults you in a class or a meeting or anything, say you didn't hear them and ask them to repeat it. They will either repeat it and look stupid in front of everybody or they will realize they are wrong and apologize.

Wild Boy of Aveyron The “Wild boy of Aveyron” – named Victor by the physician Jean-Marc Itard – was found emerging from Aveyron forest in South West France in 1800, aged 11 or 12, where’s it’s thought he had been living in the wild for several years. For psychologists and philosophers, Victor became a kind of “natural experiment” into the question of nature and nurture. How would he be affected by the lack of human input early in his life? Those who hoped Victor would support the notion of the “noble savage” uncorrupted by modern civilisation were largely disappointed: the boy was dirty and dishevelled, defecated where he stood and apparently motivated largely by hunger. Victor acquired celebrity status after he was transported to Paris and Itard began a mission to teach and socialise the “feral child”. This programme met with mixed success: Victor never learned to speak fluently, but he dressed, learned civil toilet habits, could write a few letters and acquired some very basic language comprehension.

Drama and comedy in the classroom encourage children to listen and participate.

Gardening improves children's desire to learn and boost their confidence. Gardening helped use up surplus energy in active kids by teachers and parents.

Children won't remember anything before the age of 3

Henry Gustav Molaison (known for years as H.M. in the literature to protect his privacy), who died in 2008, developed severe amnesia at age 27 after undergoing brain surgery as a form of treatment for the epilepsy he’d suffered since childhood. He was subsequently the focus of study by over 100 psychologists and neuroscientists and he’s been mentioned in over 12,000 journal articles! Molaison’s surgery involved the removal of large parts of the hippocampus on both sides of his brain and the result was that he was almost entirely unable to store any new information in long-term memory (there were some exceptions – for example, after 1963 he was aware that a US president had been assassinated in Dallas). The extremity of Molaison’s deficits was a surprise to experts of the day because many of them believed that memory was distributed throughout the cerebral cortex.

Phineas Gage One day in 1848 in Central Vermont, Phineas Gage was tamping explosives into the ground to prepare the way for a new railway line when he had a terrible accident. The detonation went off prematurely, and his tamping iron shot into his face, through his brain, and out the top of his head. Remarkably Gage survived, although his friends and family reportedly felt he was changed so profoundly (becoming listless and aggressive) that “he was no longer Gage.” There the story used to rest – a classic example of frontal brain damage affecting personality. However, recent years have seen a drastic reevaluation of Gage’s story in light of new evidence. It’s now believed that he underwent significant rehabilitation and in fact began work as a horse carriage driver in Chile. A simulation of his injuries suggested much of his right frontal cortex was likely spared, and photographic evidence has been unearthed showing a post-accident dapper Gage.

Researchers say that mothers tend to give more attention to their most attractive children who exhibit more socialized behavior than their less attractive siblings (This doesn't work always and for everyone)

People rely on sight, sound and smell when it comes to being attracted to people, and all three senses play a vital role in making people attracted to one another

Appearance plays an important role even when voting during elections. Maturity and physical attractiveness of most politicians were mostly important for voters choice.

Bored people are often looking for ways to do good things as the entertainment bores them and does not bring meaning to their life.

Sometimes those who don't socialize are not antisocial, they just have no interest or tolerance for drama and fake people

When studying something new, teach a friend about it. Let them ask questions. If you can teach something well, you can understand it well.

Women are more attracted to men who pay attention, someone who remembers details about them without having to be reminded.