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Entrances

Stanford Prison Experiment 

The Stanford Prison Experiment, or SPE for short has been one the most talked about psychology experiments from the 1970’s. Conducted by Philip.

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Neurons

Mirror Neurons and Their Role in Empathy and Imitation

While many animals are involved in mimicry, humans are the best. Some earlier thinkers suggested that our ability to imitate was related to.

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Learning

Perceptual Processing 

Sensation is the process by which our sense organs gather information about the world, whereas Perception refers to the meaning we attach to.

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Biopsychology Neurons

Synaptic Transmission: How Information Travels in the Brain

Imagine your brain as a bustling city, with its roads and highways linking its many regions, neurons in this case. The ‘traffic’ within.

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Cognitive

Placebo vs. Nocebo: Can Belief Heal Or Hurt You?

Think of taking a sugar pill and noticing your headache disappear like it had not even existed, or going so far as to.

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Cognitive

Mere Exposure Effect

You head to the supermarket to pick up a box of cereal. You don’t have much idea about other brands, but you buy.

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Cognitive

The Five Stages of Memory 

Memory is strange. We suddenly remember random jingles from childhood ads. And then there are times when we meet someone and instantly forget.

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Motivation

Self-Determination Theory 

Questions about what motivates us have fascinated psychologists for decades. Early theories suggested that it is rewards and punishments that drive us to.

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Cognitive

Psychology of Deception

Lying is as old as the life of man itself. White lies to fat lies, we lie occasionally to rescue others, some to.

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Cognitive

Loss Aversion Explained: What Shapes Our Fear of Losing? 

Remember the sinking feeling of misplacing something valuable or watching a dream opportunity slip away? Loss has a heaviness to it and feels.

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