Social identity is the part of a person's self-concept that is made from their membership in a social group.
Published on Apr 22, 2024
We tend to put a higher burden of proof for theories that we don't like / agree with / don't want to believe.
Published on Jan 24, 2024
In corporations, there three ways to influence behaviour...
Published on Dec 28, 2023
This model shows human needs as a 5 level pyramid. You only go to an upper level if the lower levels are satisfied.
Published on Dec 22, 2023
This is an aspect of Psychology which focuses on the environment as the cause for specific behaviours. Its a study and analysis of observable behaviour.
Published on Oct 17, 2023
Religious thinking is embedded in our cognitive process - its a mode of knowing.
Published on Jul 11, 2023
We want to finish a unit of anything we are consuming - we don't want to stop in the middle.
Published on Jan 24, 2023
Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.
Published on Jan 24, 2023
The closer to the goal we are, the more motivated we are to do it.
Published on Jan 24, 2023
These are the different methods used to motivate people to play games. But it can be used in other fields too. These can be used to drive behaviour.
Published on Jul 22, 2022
Law 2 of Behavior Change in Atomic Habits.
Published on Apr 16, 2022
Law 4 of Behavior Change in Atomic Habits.
Published on Apr 16, 2022
Law 3 of Behavior Change in Atomic Habits.
Published on Apr 16, 2022
Law 1 of Behavior Change in Atomic Habits.
Published on Apr 16, 2022
Habits are small actions repeated many times - enough to become automatic. It is the compound interest of our behavior. They can be good or bad.
Published on Apr 16, 2022
We are programmed to observe the world and generalize our experiences into mental modals that can be used to understand and predict the world.
Published on Apr 09, 2022
If we surround yourself with people who has the same habits as the one you want to build, it will be easier for you to adopt that habit.
Published on Feb 10, 2022
You can invert these laws to break bad habits.
Published on Feb 08, 2022
Behaviors have a surface level craving and a deeper motivation. Habits are current solutions to evolutionary problems.
Published on Feb 08, 2022
Habits are small actions repeated many times. It is the compound interest of our behavior. They can be good or bad.
Published on Feb 07, 2022
Habits are small actions repeated many times. It is the compound interest of our behavior. They can be good or bad.
Published on Feb 07, 2022
CBT is a Therapy model that focus on the reducing or managing symptoms of mental health conditions. CBT belongs to the Cognitive and Behavioral schools in Psychology.
Published on Dec 16, 2021
The science of understanding the mind and behaviors. This tries to understand why you do what you do.
Published on Nov 14, 2021
Our wants are driven by others. We start wanting things when we see others have it. It can have a reverse effect as well - we might want the opposite thing to from our peers to stand out.
Published on Nov 12, 2021
Situational constraints typically predict behavior far better than personality, intelligence, or other individual-level traits.
Published on Oct 06, 2021
Supernormal Stimuli is a Stimuli that is larger or more intense than naturally occuring Stimuli. Due to this they have a higher behavioural effect. Eg. porn. These are Stimuli that are outside of your brain's operating parameters.
Published on Sep 15, 2021
When receiving criticism, just accept it in the initial stage. Hear out the criticism assuming it is true. You can analyze it later.
Published on Aug 18, 2021
People make different decisions if they pause and think about the decision vs when they react immediately. System 1 is way more vulnerable to exploits.
Published on Jul 16, 2021
We attribute the reason of our own(or of our friends) failures to the environment, but the failures of others(or our enemies) to their character.
Published on Jul 15, 2021
People learn behavior by observing and duplicating the behavior of others. This starts in childhood - and continues thru life. This can lead to conflict. If one person wants something, another person sees that desire and wants the same thing. Now there are two people in competition for the same thing. This can happen to large groups as well.
Published on May 17, 2021
When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.
Published on May 17, 2021
A working environment where you are not afraid to ask for help or admit failure. You are not worried that it will cause some formal or informal action to be taken against you.
Published on Apr 23, 2021
Portraying staged events(like wrestling) as real - including the internal politics, rivalries and relationships.
Published on Feb 02, 2021
When trying to change someone's mind on something, try to find their own internal reason to change. This can be done by talking to them - asking open ended questions and listening to understand their reasons. You can do this by asking how they plan to implement their philosophy - this will show them the gaps in their understanding of the situation(Illusion Of Explanatory Depth).
Published on Jan 31, 2021
When someone holds beliefs, ideas, values that are contradictory to each other, it creates psychological stress. People will do all they can to change them till it becomes consistent so as to reduce the stress.
Published on Jan 22, 2021
There is a social aspect to belief, such that we may discount even the evidence of our own senses if we think that our beliefs are not in harmony with those around us. Peer pressure works. Just as we seek to have harmony within our own beliefs(Cognitive Dissonance), we also seek harmony with the beliefs of those around us.
Published on Jan 22, 2021
Apophenia is the tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful pattern between unrelated or random things (such as objects or ideas)
Published on Dec 15, 2020
Parasocial interaction: A kind of psychological relationship experienced by an audience with performers in media(talk show host, celebrities, fictional characters, social media influencers). Viewers or listeners come to consider media personalities as friends, despite having limited interactions with them. PSI is described as an illusionary experience, such that media audiences interact with personas as if they are engaged in a reciprocal relationship with them. A parasocial interaction, an exposure that garners interest in a persona, becomes a parasocial relationship after repeated exposure to the media persona causes the media user to develop illusions of intimacy, friendship, and identification. Positive information learned about the media persona results in increased attraction, and the relationship progresses. Parasocial relationships are enhanced due to trust and self-disclosure provided by the media persona.
Published on Dec 15, 2020
To establish a new habit, make sure that it requires no more than 2 minutes in the beginning. Work yourself up from there.
Published on Dec 08, 2020
Create and communicate clear ‘pseudo-sets’ to persuade people to complete a certain number of tasks (you've read 1 out of 4), encourage a specific number of donations (donate 6 packs, 1 for each family member), or buy a group of products (collect all 5 candles). People will stop at the reference point you set, but they are much more likely to reach it rather than abandoning earlier.
Published on Oct 23, 2020
Procrastination isn’t a inability to manage time, but a way of coping with challenging emotions and negative moods induced by certain tasks — boredom, anxiety, insecurity, frustration, resentment, self-doubt and beyond.
Published on Aug 09, 2020
Behavior Triggers(in Behavioral Psychology) fall into these categories...
Published on Aug 09, 2020