Blushing reassures people around us that we are truly feeling embarrassed, shy, or sorry, even if we do not want to show the feeling. Like other psychological experiences with a physical presence, blushing tries to save one’s face. […]
Excitation-transfer effect explains how a person decides they are in love with another person without really having special feelings for them. As confusing as it looks, the phenomenon is commonly experienced, for example, in a loud and crowded pub. […]
There are many studies conducted on the brain when passionate love is involved. Researchers scanned people’s brains in an fMRI scanner while they looked at photographs of either strangers or people they were in love with. The results showed interesting things about brain activities in love. […]
Many people use “Oh, I’m in love” much more often than they should, merely because they use it in the wrong places. Liking someone is not falling in love with them, neither is loving them. […]
When groups form, prejudice and conflict are usually inevitable parts of the process. There are conflicting goals, limited resources, competitions, and various biases. However, there are a few ways to overcome all these factors and reduce conflicts. […]
To reach a goal faster, to win competitions, to survive more efficiently, people form groups. In the process, some biases, prejudice, and conflicts inevitably form. But how do people decide who to group with, and how do they know their group is better than the other? […]
Does prejudice come from specific characteristics that dogmatic people hold? Research has provided some surprising answers to these questions. […]
Despite its difficult name, the interdependence theory has a simple base: people have a standard for measuring costs in a relationship and deciding if the relationship is worth it. Still, some people stay in highly costly relationships, while they know the costs are beyond their standards. […]
Carol Gilligan was a psychologist who suggested men and women form different systems of morality based on their gender roles in society. She proposed that both systems can be right, and there are different ways of viewing the world. She put forth a six-stage system of care-based relationship. […]
When the mind and mental states were introduced as the main building blocks of human identity in the 1950s, psychological studies once again started to study the human mind. One of these studies conducted by Lawrence Kohlberg was based on how human beings develop morality. […]
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