Truth or Hoax?
Despite popular belief, we use far more than this small percentage of our brain on a daily basis.
What is 10%?
This famous Experiment was conducted by a russian psychologist. Where the subjects would demonstrate classical conditioning by associating a neutral stimulus (like a bell) with an unconditioned stimulus (food), leading to a conditioned response (salivation) to the bell alone.
What is Pavlov’s Dog?
This ability to understand and manage one’s emotions, as well as recognize emotions in others, is considered crucial for social and professional success.
What is emotional intelligence (EQ)?
This psychological phenomenon occurs when individuals in a group are less likely to take action because they assume someone else will step in.
What is the bystander effect?
This 1960s experiment by a Yale psychologist tested obedience to authority. The psychologist split people into two groups: learners and teachers. He instructed participants to administer what they believed were painful electric shocks to another person when they got a question wrong. The twist: the learners were chosen, and the teachers were the actual participants.
What is the Milgram Experiment?
This famous psychological test uses inkblots to analyze a person’s thoughts and emotions.
What is the Rorschach inkblot test?
This psychological phenomenon causes people to seek out and believe information that supports their existing beliefs while ignoring contradictory evidence.
What is confirmation bias?
In this 1961 experiment by psychologist Albert Bandura, children observed an adult aggressively interacting with an inflatable toy, then often imitated the same violent behavior, supporting the theory of observational learning.
What is the Bobo Doll Experiment?
This psychological phenomenon occurs when people conform to group pressure to maintain harmony, even if they disagree.
What is groupthink?
Despite being used in criminal investigations, this machine that measures physiological responses like heart rate and sweating is unreliable for detecting deception.
What is a polygraph (lie detector test)?
In this infamous 1971 psychological study, participants were assigned roles of prisoners and guards, leading to shocking displays of power dynamics and authority abuse. The study was supposed to last two weeks but was shut down after 7 days.
What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?
Howard Gardner proposed this theory, suggesting that intelligence is not a single ability but consists of multiple forms, such as linguistic, spatial, and interpersonal.
What is the theory of multiple intelligences?
This widely believed belief suggests that people are either logical or creative, but research shows both hemispheres work together.
What is the left-brain/right-brain myth?
In this 1920 experiment by John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner, a young child was conditioned to fear a white rat by pairing it with loud, frightening noises, demonstrating classical conditioning in humans.
Who or What is Little Albert?
This small, almond-shaped brain structure is responsible for processing emotions like fear and aggression.
What is the amygdala?