things psychology tells you about yourself

Not only are groups poor at making decisions, they are also easily swayed by dominant self serving personalities who manage to play off of the groups spirit. In spite of this, however, studies still tell us that two heads are usually better than one.

Labeled group think by psychologists this effect essentially tells us that more heads does not necessarily mean more smarts as large groups of people tend to make decisions based on hyperemotionalism.

If you have read our article on25 things you didnt know about sleep, then you are probably already a professional in this field, but for the rest of you

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At least thats what you think. Known as the third person effect this psychological phenomenon tells us that while we acknowledge the effect of advertising and other influences upon our peers, we deny them upon ourselves. The effect is compounded when the source of influence is something we dont care about (an ad for a TV when you already bought one). In reality though, many advertisments subconsciously affect your mood, attitude, and desires.

Are you a day dreamer? According to scientists we all are, at least 30% of the time. Some of us though, wander a bit more than others. Thats not always a bad thing though, as researchers have pointed out that people with a high predisposition to mind wandering are generally more creative and better at solving problems.

Evidently the ability to delay fulfilling your desire for immediate gratification as a kid leads to more success in school, better grades, and a greater ability to deal with stress and frustration. Fortunately for those of you how lack in this regard, researchers are developing methods to teach people ways of distracting themselves while they wait.

In a study done outside of a supermarket not too long ago researchers set up a tasting table with 6 varieties of jam. They then alternated this table with a much larger selection of 24 jams. What they found was that although more people stopped for a taste at the 24 jam table, almost 6 times as many made a purchase at the 6 jam table. This can be attributed to the fact that although we think we want more, our brains can only handle so much input at a time (#24).

We know, you are a professional multi tasker. Unfortunately, if you really believe that, you are also overly self confident, because the truth of the matter is that humans cannot multi task. At least not in the sense of the term that we often use. While you can certainly walk around while talking to your friend, your brain can only focus on one higher level function at a time, which means you cannot be thinking about two things at once.

Because we experience our memories as mini movies that play in our heads we tend think that our memories are stored away as complete little files much the same as a video on your computers hard drive. This, however, is not the case. Every time you think back to your third grade classroom that memory is reconstructed by your mind. This leads to the obvious conclusion that no two recollections are ever the same. In fact, our memories change over time and can influence one another.