The mind is awesome.

[BiscuitTrouser]

Who else finds psycology amazing? I do. I never cease to be facinated by the things we do and say in the face of tests and challenges. Monkeys too act in amazing ways that are both bizare and unnervingly familiar in showing us how we think.


I thought this was hilarious. Even animals have a great, VERY STRONG, concept of fairness.
The monkey was incredibly upset when it realised it was being treated unfairly compared to other monkeys. It even threw a hunger strike of sorts and refused the food given to it because it demanded equal "pay".

Whats the coolest psych experiement youve seen? Share cool ideas here. Or share one youve always wanted to conduct?

 

[BloatedGuppy]

Frankly I'm more amazed by some of the retarded things our brains do. I read recently that there's an actual reason why we walk into a room and instantly forget what we were doing. Apparently the brain considers the act of walking through a door a transitional event and quickly wipes itself clean to take in new information.

Stupid brain!

 

[SaetonChapelle]

Ive done a lot on psychology, and we've done many tests within it dealing with the human brain. I think one thats fascinating but HORRIBLY cruel would have to be Seligman and Maier Learned helplessness. I was an awful experiment, but it taught how eventually the psyche eventually can't handle certain situations, and even when given the opportunity to leave an awful or painful situation, after a time they chose not to.

another one was a test done about those who, no matter what the situation, will follow orders. Many people questions how so many followed the rules and actions of the nazi party, but they set up a situation where they forced a group of people to reenact the same principals.

They had a group of people in on room, and another in an opposite room. The first set couldn't see the second. They were told to give the second set an electric shock, one very small, and keep increasing the volume of the shock. The second group however were not being harmed, ut as time went on pretended to scream in agony. Even with the "knowledge" that they were harming the second set, the first under the orders of their peers, continued to do damage to these individuals. They didnt ENJOY it mind you, but the continued to do it because they were ordered. Only one woman refused, another psychologist.

It shows how the human brain reacts to stress and what it will do under pressure. Quite fascinating.

 

[Total LOLige]

My mind is awesome. If I were to project my thoughts to any of you your mind's would explode because of an awesome overload. But seriously I forget everything my mind is shit, I'll spend a whole day constantly reminding myself to do some thing then I forget to do it.

 

[SaetonChapelle]

My mind is awesome. If I were to project my thoughts to any of you your mind's would explode because of an awesome overload. But seriously I forget everything my mind is shit, I'll spend a whole day constantly reminding myself to do some thing then I forget to do it.

/Put down phone. .3 milliseconds later: "Where the hell is my phone..." Spend all day looking for phone. on desk exposed to the world the entire day.

=My mind. xD

 

[Hazy992]

My mind is awesome. If I were to project my thoughts to any of you your mind's would explode because of an awesome overload. But seriously I forget everything my mind is shit, I'll spend a whole day constantly reminding myself to do some thing then I forget to do it.

/Put down phone. .3 milliseconds later: "Where the hell is my phone..." Spend all day looking for phone. on desk exposed to the world the entire day.

=My mind. xD

I once spent ages looking for the TV remote only to realise it was in my hand. Beat that :3

 

[Axolotl]

My mind is awesome. If I were to project my thoughts to any of you your mind's would explode because of an awesome overload. But seriously I forget everything my mind is shit, I'll spend a whole day constantly reminding myself to do some thing then I forget to do it.

/Put down phone. .3 milliseconds later: "Where the hell is my phone..." Spend all day looking for phone. on desk exposed to the world the entire day.

=My mind. xD

I once spent ages looking for the TV remote only to realise it was in my hand. Beat that :3

I once spent a lifetime trying to find myself, only to realise I was there all along.

You should have seen the look on my face.