24 Psychology Facts

1. Psychology Facts: "Smiling can make you feel happier."

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2. Psychology Facts: "Milgram got it right (unfortunately)."

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3. Psychology Facts: "Most "identical twins" are not "identical"."

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4. Psychology Facts: "Rorschach's nickname as a child was "inkblot"."

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5. Psychology Facts: "Dreaming occurs during NREM as well as REM sleep."

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6. Psychology Facts: "Placebos can often offer as much relief as actual treatments."

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7. Psychology Facts: "Over 50% of the U.S. population believes in psychic phenomena."

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8. Psychology Facts: "Most people experience déjà vu about a conversation or a dream."

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9. Psychology Facts: "Cats have almost 2X the number of neurons in their cortex than dogs."

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10. Psychology Facts: "Freud is widely taught at universities, except in psych departments."

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11. Psychology Facts: "Getting paid for doing something you like can make you less creative."

12. Psychology Facts: "Freud initially only sold 700 copies of the Interpretation of Dreams."

13. Psychology Facts: "The idea that there are "right brain" and "left brain" people is a myth."

14. Psychology Facts: "Alfred Binet, inventor of first intelligencetest, was trained as a lawyer."

15. Psychology Facts: "Alcohol is involved in 90% of cases of sexual assault on college campuses."

16. Psychology Facts: "John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife Caroline died due to a vestibular illusion."

17. Psychology Facts: "Negative reinforcement works better than punishment as a disciplinary measure."

18. Psychology Facts: "Posting a calorie chart in fast food restaurants leads people to choose less healthy foods."

19. Psychology Facts: "The Stanford Prison experiment had to be discontinued after 6 days instead of the planned 14."

20. Psychology Facts: "Skinner began his work on pigeons in working on a missile detection system during World War II."

21. Psychology Facts: "Maslow's study of 3000 college students found that none met the criteria for self-actualization."

22. Psychology Facts: "Van Gogh probably developed the symptoms that led to his hospitalization from absinthe poisoning."

23. Psychology Facts: "Almost half of all married couples 75 and older still have sex on a regular basis (with each other)."

24. Psychology Facts: "Schizophrenia does NOT mean "split personality," but instead means a splitting of affect, thought, and behavior."