1. What are some psychological facts that most people don't know?

2. Lying requires a lot of mental effort.

3. When people are watched they behave better.
4. People with low self-esteem tend to try and humiliate others.
5. The more difficult the decision, the more people tend to avoid the decision.
6. As a general rule, people tend to regret quick decisions.
7. Placebos often offer as much relief as actual treatments.
8. Posting a calorie chart in restaurants leads people to choose less healthy foods.
9. People seldom notice what's right in front of their nose.
10. People need only one thing to be happy.
11. People buy into stereotypes more often than not.
12. Opposites don't attract. You're more likely to be attracted someone who looks
and thinks the same as you do.
13. You make most of your decisions unconsciously.
14. The biggest lies we tell are the lies we tell ourselves.
15. 8) The origin of many principles and theories of psychology is the Bible.
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17. 9) Listening to, and learning from, another person's explanation of his position
on an issue, even though wrong, is one of the grandest gifts you can give.
18. . Most responses human beings have to events and other people are driven by
their emotions rather than rational intellect.
19. Psychology Says, We seem to ignore the ones who adore us & pay more
attention to those who ignore us.
20. Psychology says ,staying quiet doesn't mean you've got nothing to say. It
means you dont think they're ready to hear your thoughts.
21. Depression is the result of over thinking. The mind creates problems that didn't
even exist.
22. Dating an awkward person is less stressful. You laugh more and have more fun
which improves quality of life and overall health.
23. Never go back to an old love, no matter how strong it is. It's like reading a book
over and over again when you already know how it ends.
24. Many people who smoke marijuana claim they do not dream, but after they quit,
dreams become extremely vivid and intense.
25. Kissing helps to reduce negative energy and lower the amount of stress
hormones in the body.
26. You can increase your self-regulation through training and practice. By resisting
temptations and vices, overtime, you will be able to increase your will power.
27. Affective Forecasting: We overestimate our future emotional states related to
potential or upcoming situations (We think that winning lottery would
significantly increase happiness, which is not true. The same goes for negative
situations).
28. Negativity bias: we are more likely to remember negative aspects than the
positive ones of a person
29. Personality Disorders are not easily treatable with medications
30. APA can stand for American Psychiatric Association (as opposed
toPsychological) within the clinical area
31. Inconsistent findings show that Omega 3 oils do not significantly improve
cognition (they might reduce anxiety, though)
32. The level of complexity of an environment determines the levels of metabolic
activity in the brain in mammals (high environmental complexity=increased
brain weight/higher cognition and vice versa)
33. Happiness comes from within and you have complete control over this emotion
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35. Giving can be more fulfilling than receiving