Through social psychology experiments, psychologists are able to understand the extent to which people are influenced by the group they belong to,
people are much less aware of their inner emotions than they think.
In this experiment, participants were asked to rate a hypothetical job applicant named “Jill” based on characteristics like flexibility and likability. Each
People often have misconceptions about their inner lives. Have you ever screamed at your partner in the heat of the moment, only to apologize later, saying you were stressed out about work? Well, while you might think that stress explains your behavior, chances are you’re wrong. The truth is that people are much less aware of their inner emotions than they think. That being said, people often find justifications for their actions by taking a deeper look at their thoughts and feelings. This practice is known as introspection but, unfortunately, it doesn’t work very well. Just take a study done in 1977 by Richard E. Nisbett and Nancy Bellows. In
people spend so much energy on projects that are doomed to fail;
a given situation, not our personality, determines how we act;
gender roles exist partly as a way for us to make sense of inequality.
In this experiment, participants were asked to rate a hypothetical job applicant named “Jill” based on characteristics like flexibility and likability.
Perhaps surprisingly, the experimenters found that knowledge of the car accident had no significant effect on the average likability scores given to Jill by the participants.
they mentioned the car accident as one reason for finding Jill likable.
people just aren’t very good at remembering things.
participants in this experiment wrote daily reports about their menstrual cycles.
when they were asked two weeks later to recall how they had felt, they consistently described having been in more pain and suffering more negative emotions than they actually had.
a mystery to ourselves than
We value things we've made sacrifices for and those that are presented in a favorable light.
what psychological processes impact these decisions?
we tend to value things more if we’ve invested a lot to get them – even if they’re not actually very good.
these participants received didn’t match their expectations given their initial sacrifice, so they simply convinced themselves that the reward was better than it was, overrating the session compared to those who hadn’t gone through the initiation. The issue here is that valuing
The reward these participants received didn’t match their expectations given their initial sacrifice,
valuing things based on the sacrifice necessary to achieve them tends to produce bad decisions.
ending up with a dam that costs more money to run than it’ll produce.
1973 study conducted by John Darley and Daniel Batson
1973 study conducted by John Darley and Daniel Batson, in which theology students were asked to give a brief presentation in an adjacent building.
Through social psychology experiments, psychologists are able to understand the extent to which people are influenced by the group they belong to,
people are much less aware of their inner emotions than they think.
In this experiment, participants were asked to rate a hypothetical job applicant named “Jill” based on characteristics like flexibility and likability. Each
People often have misconceptions about their inner lives. Have you ever screamed at your partner in the heat of the moment, only to apologize later, saying you were stressed out about work? Well, while you might think that stress explains your behavior, chances are you’re wrong. The truth is that people are much less aware of their inner emotions than they think. That being said, people often find justifications for their actions by taking a deeper look at their thoughts and feelings. This practice is known as introspection but, unfortunately, it doesn’t work very well. Just take a study done in 1977 by Richard E. Nisbett and Nancy Bellows. In
people spend so much energy on projects that are doomed to fail;
a given situation, not our personality, determines how we act;
gender roles exist partly as a way for us to make sense of inequality.
In this experiment, participants were asked to rate a hypothetical job applicant named “Jill” based on characteristics like flexibility and likability.
Perhaps surprisingly, the experimenters found that knowledge of the car accident had no significant effect on the average likability scores given to Jill by the participants.
they mentioned the car accident as one reason for finding Jill likable.
people just aren’t very good at remembering things.
participants in this experiment wrote daily reports about their menstrual cycles.
when they were asked two weeks later to recall how they had felt, they consistently described having been in more pain and suffering more negative emotions than they actually had.
a mystery to ourselves than
We value things we've made sacrifices for and those that are presented in a favorable light.
what psychological processes impact these decisions?
we tend to value things more if we’ve invested a lot to get them – even if they’re not actually very good.
these participants received didn’t match their expectations given their initial sacrifice, so they simply convinced themselves that the reward was better than it was, overrating the session compared to those who hadn’t gone through the initiation. The issue here is that valuing
The reward these participants received didn’t match their expectations given their initial sacrifice,
valuing things based on the sacrifice necessary to achieve them tends to produce bad decisions.
ending up with a dam that costs more money to run than it’ll produce.
1973 study conducted by John Darley and Daniel Batson
1973 study conducted by John Darley and Daniel Batson, in which theology students were asked to give a brief presentation in an adjacent building.
Through social psychology experiments, psychologists are able to understand the extent to which people are influenced by the group they belong to,
people are much less aware of their inner emotions than they think.
In this experiment, participants were asked to rate a hypothetical job applicant named “Jill” based on characteristics like flexibility and likability. Each
People often have misconceptions about their inner lives. Have you ever screamed at your partner in the heat of the moment, only to apologize later, saying you were stressed out about work? Well, while you might think that stress explains your behavior, chances are you’re wrong. The truth is that people are much less aware of their inner emotions than they think. That being said, people often find justifications for their actions by taking a deeper look at their thoughts and feelings. This practice is known as introspection but, unfortunately, it doesn’t work very well. Just take a study done in 1977 by Richard E. Nisbett and Nancy Bellows. In
people spend so much energy on projects that are doomed to fail;
a given situation, not our personality, determines how we act;
gender roles exist partly as a way for us to make sense of inequality.
In this experiment, participants were asked to rate a hypothetical job applicant named “Jill” based on characteristics like flexibility and likability.
Perhaps surprisingly, the experimenters found that knowledge of the car accident had no significant effect on the average likability scores given to Jill by the participants.
they mentioned the car accident as one reason for finding Jill likable.
people just aren’t very good at remembering things.
participants in this experiment wrote daily reports about their menstrual cycles.
when they were asked two weeks later to recall how they had felt, they consistently described having been in more pain and suffering more negative emotions than they actually had.
Peak end bias
a mystery to ourselves than
We value things we've made sacrifices for and those that are presented in a favorable light.
what psychological processes impact these decisions?
we tend to value things more if we’ve invested a lot to get them – even if they’re not actually very good.
these participants received didn’t match their expectations given their initial sacrifice, so they simply convinced themselves that the reward was better than it was, overrating the session compared to those who hadn’t gone through the initiation. The issue here is that valuing
The reward these participants received didn’t match their expectations given their initial sacrifice,
valuing things based on the sacrifice necessary to achieve them tends to produce bad decisions.
ending up with a dam that costs more money to run than it’ll produce.
1973 study conducted by John Darley and Daniel Batson
1973 study conducted by John Darley and Daniel Batson, in which theology students were asked to give a brief presentation in an adjacent building.
