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We see this sort of in-group, out-group
psychology
all the time.
And knowing so much about the
psychology
of people prepared her well for her current job, which is that of a psychoanalyst.
We've got this wonderful, great chain of explanation, we're used to it, where physics explains chemistry, chemistry explains biology, biology explains parts of
psychology.
People talked about the human psychology, of how difficult it was to let go of their individual personalities and egos.
And I discovered that while I'd been busy playing business games, there'd been this incredible revolution in so many areas of interest: cosmology to
psychology
to evolutionary
psychology
to anthropology to ... all this stuff had changed.
Or you can view it as an evolutionary
psychology
kind of thing: did our genes invent this as a kind of trick to get us to behave in certain ways?
In biology, the notions of symbiosis, group selection, evolutionary
psychology
are contested, to be sure.
And how much of what you think you know about
psychology
is wrong?
Let's find out by counting down the top myths of
psychology.
You've probably heard it said that when it comes to their psychology, it's almost as if men are from Mars and women are from Venus.
It's worth bearing in mind that this difference and the next one I'll show you are pretty much the biggest psychological gender differences ever discovered in
psychology.
This idea, the effect that punishment can improve performance, was what participants thought they were testing in Milgram's famous learning and punishment experiment that you've probably heard about if you're a
psychology
student.
Speaking of which, it's about time I killed this talk, but before I do, I just want to give you, in 30 seconds, the overarching myth of
psychology.
The myth is that
psychology
is just a collection of interesting theories, all of which say something useful and all of which have something to offer.
In fact, the hardest thing I've ever done in my life is move across the Atlantic to New York City to get my doctorate in
psychology.
In 2002, my colleagues and I published an article describing the PMS and PMDD research, and several similar articles have appeared in
psychology
journals.
LS: One of my favorite quotes in
psychology
comes from the social psychologist Solomon Asch, and he said the fundamental task of
psychology
is to remove the veil of self-evidence from things.
So I set out to learn more about the
psychology
of motherhood.
So, I'm hesitant to give you any tips about neuroscience or
psychology.
He's a professor of
psychology
in Vancouver who carried out an incredible experiment I think really helps us to understand this issue.
I never thought I'd have to understand things like child psychology, infant development.
But in psychology, learning means something else.
Research in social
psychology
suggests that we're quick to form lasting impressions of others based on their behaviors.
Still, recent advancements in neuroimaging and cognitive
psychology
narrow down the field of prospects.
So let me give you some examples from cognitive psychology, from complexity science, from social psychology, and of course, rock 'n' roll.
So cognitive
psychology
first.
Let's talk about social
psychology.
In the 1890s, William James, the father of American psychology, said, "Most of us do not meet our mental potential."
If romantic love has a purpose, neither science nor
psychology
has discovered it yet.
He's a
psychology
professor at New York University.
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