So, I have decided to rest my mind off writing (And Drawing) for a while and have researched this interesting topic. Let me share with you 10 Interesting facts of Human Psychology
1.We blame a person’s behavior on their personality unless it's us.
Explanation: Has someone ever cut you off at a roundabout or intersection and made you really mad, only for you to go on to do the exact same thing to someone else just 10 minutes later? Although the person that cut you off infuriated you, you're likely to have justified your own actions to yourself because you're "in a hurry, and it's just this once". We tend to attribute our bad behavior to external forces, and other people’s bad behavior to their internal attributes.
2.We don't predict our reaction to future events very well.
Explanation: We often think that we're going to react to a future event in a certain way, only for the event to actually take place and us to find that we reacted completely differently to how we predicted. We place hope in the ability of a single occurrence to be able to change everything, but we often find that it doesn't do much to change how we feel at all.
10.We can only sustain a high level of concentration for 10 minutes.
We often think that we're going to react to a future event in a certain way, only for the event to actually take place and us to find that we reacted completely differently to how we predicted. We place hope in the ability of a single occurrence to be able to change everything, but we often find that it doesn't do much to change how we feel at all.
3.Our brains wander for about 30% of the day.
On average, we spend about 30% of our day daydreaming (though some people do it more). The upside of this is that researchers point out that people who tend to daydream more are better at solving problems and tend to be more creative.
4.Humans can’t multitask!
You may hear people claiming that they’re natural multitaskers, and you've probably even seen it in some job requirements, but humans simply cannot multitask. Sure, you can listen to music while you work, but your brain can only process one higher-function task at a time. That means that you’ll either be doing work and mainly ignoring the music or listening to the music and ignoring your work. People simply cannot think about two things at once.
5.Most of your decisions are made subconsciously.
Do you think about all the decisions you make, weighing all the options and calculating the impact of each outcome? You might think you are, but you're wrong. The majority of your decisions are made in your subconscious because otherwise, your conscious mind would be overwhelmed with information and you’ll probably get mentally frozen. The reason for this is that your brain receives over 11 million bits of information every second, and there’s simply not enough “brainpower” to go through all of it consciously.
6.You get more creative when you're tired.
If you're trying to do something creative, like writing a short story or designing a dress, you'd be better off doing it after a long and stressful day. This is because researchers have found that people actually become more creative when their brains aren't functioning as efficiently. This is one of the main reasons why people often get great ideas while taking a shower after a hard day's work.
7.“Wisdom of the Crowd” is not very wise.
Psychologists refer to this as “Groupthink". The larger the group of individuals, the more likely it is to make choices based on emotions rather than logic and common sense.
8.Crowds are easily swayed.
People with a dominant or charismatic personality can easily affect crowd opinions and manipulate groups into doing their bidding. They appeal to the group’s emotions, taking advantage of the aforementioned groupthink.
9.We can only be close with up to 150 people.
British anthropologist, Robin Dunbar, came up with Dunbar's number in the 1990s after finding a correlation between the average size of a social group and the brain size of primates. 150 is the suggested cognitive limit to the number of persons that someone can maintain a stable social relationship with. Exceeding this number is very rare, since becoming close to new people will make the quality of some older relationships deteriorate over time.
BOTTOM LINE
These facts are basically the most appealing out of 25 Facts for me and I am sure that I have learnt something about how our brain works now!
Anyways, this is Sparkle signing out for now! ✨
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