Before I read Chapter 1, I thought Psychology was just the study of the mind. When I heard "Psychology", I associated it with counselors and shrinks. Now I know that it is much more than just that. Psychology has been around since 1879 and has been growing ever since. It never gets old because people are all different. There are so many different things that a psychologist can study that the possibilities are endless. I have learned that Psychology is more than "the study of the mind."
Psychology affects my life every minute of every day. I am constantly thinking and behaving differently. When I interact with different people, Psychology comes into play. I have to learn how to work with different personalities. Emotions are an everyday thing with me. One minute I could be happy, the next I might be mad. When I have a bad incounter with someone or something, my mood will change. Therefore Psychology is with me everywhere I go.
I learned that humans are overconfident in most things they do. Instead of being correct, we just have that confidence and hindsight bias. We think we are too good to be wrong. I find that intriguing. Another thing I have learned is that the public is misinformed about certain statistics. Some estimates are not realistic and mislead the public. For example: We ordinarily use but 10 percent of our brain. Or is it closer to 100 percent? These statistics are undocumented and over-the-top estimates. You can think smarter by applying simple statistical principles to everyday reasoning.
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I've never thought about how psychology really is with you where ever you go. But it's true your mental state and your behaviors are always changing.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the stuff you said about overconfidence and hindsight bias. Those were 2 of the parts I was most interested in throughout what we had to read.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about humans being to overconfident. We are and we don't want to admit it. I also agree that psychology follows us around every day of our lives. My mood can change in a second depending on who I just talked to or what I have just learned. People like to think that they know it all but the truth is that we don't know half of the way our minds think.
ReplyDeleteI also find it sooooo fascinating about how humans are over confident. Even those humans that are extremley modest, or very self concious, are subconciously over confident! How interesting!
ReplyDeleteI also realized humans are overconfident. People just go for it without questioning themselves. I love that!
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