Posts about psychology
Confidence or ignorance?
The Dunning-Kruger Effect reveals how ignorance can breed overconfidence, while true knowledge fosters humility.
Confidence or ignorance?
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.
Why don’t we act when we see someone being assaulted?
The bystander effect reveals the cruelty of collective passivity: more witnesses, less help. Science, history, and examples.
Why don’t we act when we see someone being assaulted?
The bystander effect reveals the cruelty of collective passivity: more witnesses, less help. Science, history, and examples.
Informal fallacies. Avoid being manipulated with language.
An informal fallacy is an argument or reasoning that seems valid but is not actually valid. Don't let them use it to manipulate you.
Informal fallacies. Avoid being manipulated with language.
An informal fallacy is an argument or reasoning that seems valid but is not actually valid. Don't let them use it to manipulate you.