Posts about psychology

The Stanford prison experiment
The Stanford prison experiment showed how power and roles can transform ordinary people into oppressors or victims in a matter of days.
The Stanford prison experiment
The Stanford prison experiment showed how power and roles can transform ordinary people into oppressors or victims in a matter of days.

The Marshmallow Experiment: Can a craving predict your future?
The Marshmallow Experiment revealed how patience and self-control can influence future success.
The Marshmallow Experiment: Can a craving predict your future?
The Marshmallow Experiment revealed how patience and self-control can influence future success.

The Pygmalion effect: What happens when your environment trusts you?
The Pygmalion effect shows how expectations can transform a person's performance and destiny.
The Pygmalion effect: What happens when your environment trusts you?
The Pygmalion effect shows how expectations can transform a person's performance and destiny.

The Dunning-Kruger effect
The Dunning-Kruger Effect reveals how ignorance can breed overconfidence, while true knowledge fosters humility.
The Dunning-Kruger effect
The Dunning-Kruger Effect reveals how ignorance can breed overconfidence, while true knowledge fosters humility.

How far would you obey an order?
The Milgram experiment revealed how obedience can trump morality. A shocking study of human nature.
How far would you obey an order?
The Milgram experiment revealed how obedience can trump morality. A shocking study of human nature.

Is it true that disorder leads to crime? The broken windows theory
Discover the broken windows theory: how a simple sign of disorder can trigger more crime and what sociological experiments reveal about the impact of the urban environment.
Is it true that disorder leads to crime? The broken windows theory
Discover the broken windows theory: how a simple sign of disorder can trigger more crime and what sociological experiments reveal about the impact of the urban environment.