Context: This is notes made from the book 'How to Take Smart Notes' by S Ahrens - Website of the Book
Published on Jan 15, 2021
Feelings are noisy signals about met & unmet needs.
Published on Jan 06, 2021
Allergy, Intolerance & Sensitivity are distinct things, with different mechanisms
Published on Jan 06, 2021
The theory states that, besides our physical needs, evolution's also given us 3 main psychological needs.
Published on Jan 06, 2021
You will remember interrupted/incomplete activities better than completed activities. Open tasks tend to occupy our short-term memory - until they are done.
Published on Jan 05, 2021
Temporary reduction in the capacity or willingness to engage in action(controlling the environment, controlling self, making choices, initiating action) caused by prior exercise of choice.
Published on Jan 05, 2021
Psychological phenomenon by which people tend to develop a preference for things merely because they are familiar with them. Doing something many times makes us believe that we are good at it - independent of our actual skill. Used in advertising - seeing the advertisement of a brand multiple times will make us like it more.
Published on Jan 05, 2021
This is a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their skills, talents or accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a "fraud". Individuals with impostor syndrome incorrectly attribute their success to luck, or interpret it as a result of deceiving others into thinking they are more intelligent than they perceive themselves to be.
Published on Jan 05, 2021