Website review: PsyBlog: Why We do Dumb or Irration...
AnitaBath discovered this in Psychology
•106 reviews since Nov 13, 2007
psychology, human-nature, science
•spring.org.uk/2007/11/10-piercing-insights-in...
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jennosborne rated 6 months ago- 10 most influential psych studies
- thehenwelder rated 7 months ago
- A good beginners taster into human psychology
- spectrekitty rated 7 months ago
- Very interesting;
- highly disturbing.
- ultraspectrum rated 7 months ago
- Quite insightful.
- ragingtexan rated 7 months ago
- Because humans are complete idiots. Problem solved!
- Bijou242 rated 7 months ago
- Man is a curious creature.
- qumahlin rated 7 months ago
- Great read for those interested in understanding oneself
- lordpuaka rated 7 months ago
Some of you might be interested in why we do dumb or irrational things. Read and vote for your favourite what you think the most brilliant Social Psychology Studies of all time.
- TouchOfEvil rated 7 months ago
Why do we do dumb and irrational things? The actual question is which one has the most to teach us about human nature? Which one gives us the most piercing insight into how our thoughts and actions are affected by other people? The Halo Effect: When Your Own Mind is a Mystery The 'halo effect' is a classic finding in social psychology. It is the idea that global evaluations about a person (e.g. she is likeable) bleed over into judgements about their specific traits (e.g. she is intelligent). Hollywood stars demonstrate the halo effect perfectly. Because they are often attractive and likeable we naturally assume they are also intelligent, friendly, display good judgement and so on. How and Why We Lie to Ourselves: Cognitive Dissonance. The ground-breaking social psychological experiment of Festinger and Carlsmith (1959) provides a central insight into the stories we tell ourselves about why we think and behave the way we do. The experiment is filled with ingenious deception so the best way to understand it is to imagine you are taking part. So sit back, relax and travel back. The time is 1959 and you are an undergraduate student at Stanford University... Just Following Orders? Stanley Milgram's Obedience Experiment What psychological experiment could be so powerful that simply taking part might change your view of yourself and human nature? What experimental procedure could provoke some people to profuse sweating and trembling, leaving 10% extremely upset, while others broke into unexplained hysterical laughter? There at least 10 reasons for our behaviour and the article is an insightful reading.
