hey guys it's practical psychology and this is going to be another video
collaboration with Anna Mascara who's actually a psychology major and it's
going to give us some psychological facts about ourselves that you probably
don't know yet I hope you guys enjoy to quote Aristotle knowing yourself is the
beginning of all wisdom hi there my name is Anna mascara and in today's video we
will take a look at 10 psychological facts about the self so take a seat
because these are quite revealing and some of them might even surprise you
number one self reference effect what if I told you that you can better encode
information if one way or another you link it to yourself the self
reference effect refers to our tendency to better recall info depending on how
much the self is implicated in what we are trying to memorize so next time
you're studying for an exam get yourself in there and make the material relate to
you in some way it can be as simple as thinking of when you had a Freudian slip
to help you remember what a Freudian slip actually is number two ego
depletion this is an interesting one the theory states that we all have a limited
supply of willpower and self-control from which we draw from and so by
engaging in difficult tasks that drain your energy may end up leaving you
cognitively depleted this more likely to give in to temptations and instant
gratification afterwards aka make sure the junk food is hidden
because when you come home from a stressful day at work you will be much
more inclined to reach for that bag of chips rather than taking the time and
cognitive willpower to cook up a healthier alternative number three
anchoring bias this is a cognitive bias that describes our tendency to heavily
rely on the first piece of information we hear when making a decision note the
marketing being taking full advantage of this when discount stickers are placed
next to the original price Wow a $200 t-shirt is now 100 bucks what a
bargain well what
are overlooking is that a number one adjust a t-shirt bra and number two what
if you have seen this item initially at $100 which you have bought it or would
you have found it to be expensive number four gamblers fallacy bear with me on
this one it's easier to explain with an example let's say you are taking a
multiple-choice test or the first of five answers you circled were see how
comfortable would you be circling the sixth answer SC and this weird thing we
feeling is called the gamblers fallacy which is the belief that a streak of
events is bound to stop number five the principle of cognitive consistency this
principle states that we as human beings hate incongruity and discrepancies more
than anything else especially when pertaining toward deepest beliefs about
ourselves when witnessing a clash between our self-concept how is
yourselves and our attitudes / behaviors the mind feels discomfort and attempts
to reduce this cognitive dissonance by matching the interior with the exterior
this need for consistency is so strong that a person can literally
self-sabotage themselves such as when an individual believes they are a bad
student and so will unknowingly study last minute neglect their homework or
even skip class just to get that tangible proof like a poor grade or
detention to be in alignment with their view of themselves number six
Freudian slip aha you thought I would just stick this one in there without
explaining at ha well to be honest I was gonna leave it out simply because this
concept does not have the hardcourt evidence to back it up but hey I find it
interesting and hopefully you'll give Ziggy a break and just be like wow never
thought of it that way Sigmund Freud saw slips of the tongue as hiccups of your
subconscious desires he believed that these were not random
rather revealing hidden motives of the self in other words saying nice to beat
you when you meet your ex's new girlfriend translates into your
subconscious wanting to baseball bat her in the face
number seven self-fulfilling prophecy have you ever walked into a party
thinking man this is going to be boring no one's going to talk to me everyone's
going to ignore me and she's going to spend the whole night alone on a well by
the end of the night chances are exactly that happened are you a magician should
your audition for Superman actually know you have just experienced firsthand a
self-fulfilling prophecy meaning you caused a perdition to come true simple
because you expected it to come true our beliefs and expectations about a
situation or a person can affect how we behave towards said event or individual
think of it as the circle of life our beliefs influence how we behave which in
turn influences how other people's behavior actually is towards us thus
confirming our initial beliefs number eight dee white their problem whatever
you do don't think about a white bear got it thought about why better than Joe
this phenomenon is known as the ironic process theory where deliberate attempts
to suppress a particular thought actually makes the thought more likely
to come to mind number nine the halo effect this effect is a cognitive bias
where we tend to see others holistically a global characteristics such as
handsome can subconsciously determine how we observe other qualities in said
persons such as outgoing funny intelligent one of my professor once
asked the class if Darth Vader was a good project manager as you can imagine
the majority of the class said no how can such an evil person be good at
anything right number 10 the bystander effect probably the most scary of them
all the bystander effect is a phenomenon in which we as individuals are less
likely to help a victim if other people are present in fact the more bystanders
are the less likely anyone is to step in and help I will not go into detail
because I plan on making an in-depth video about this on my channel but in a
nutshell this is said to occur because of a perceived diffusion of
responsibility and social influence on that note I would like to sum up these
10 points with one of my all-time favorite quotes from Lao Tzu knowing
others is intelligence but knowing yourself is true wisdom
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