25 Psychology Facts about Human Behavior

some fascinating facts from deep inside

or Noggin I'm Mike with list 25 and here

are 25 psychology facts about human

behavior 25 habit forming we humans love

forming habits you could say we've

developed a habit for forming habits but

how long does it take for a habit to

actually form back in 2009 a study at

University College London explored how

habits happen using things like food and

exercise as examples experts concluded

that a habit can form in approximately

66 days on average it can take as long

as 254 or form in just 18 24 30% wander

hey your mind can easily wander and it

can wander in the most inappropriate

situations like when someone is

explaining something really

important oh sorry just had to cough

there what a coincidence in 2014 it was

reeled by an academic study that the

mind wanders 30% of the time during the

day you may be surprised or not to learn

that that percentage can go much higher

when driving on a quiet Road you're

potentially wandering mentally at a rate

of

70% 23 don't think so much it's

depressing thinking is good but not

always

according to psychologists you can get

caught in a trap worrying over this and

that obsessing over your problems turns

into a train of misery that won't stop

and has even been described as

destructive anyone who's had a sleepless

night thinking about stressful stuff

knows exactly what I'm talking about try

not to work your brain overtime and read

up on some coping strategies 22 food is

better when someone else makes it

fascinating isn't it and the explanation

behind it pretty surprising you see your

expectations taste-wise are reportedly

low because someone else made it and you

don't really know how tasty it's going

to be if you make it you know your own

skills in whether the sandwich is going

to be a doozy or not so when you eat an

unknown sandwich and it's really

delicious that experience lands

differently 21 preservatives pickle your

brain preservatives don't just affect

your body's Health in 2021 a study was

released by Southampton University

looking at how we eat breakfast

specifically how children eat breakfast

between the ages of 6 and 12 can you

believe that your IQ is affected by

sugary cereals and such when you're

young if you take the healthier option

you're potentially boosting children's

brain power by around

14% 20 loneliness is dangerous if you

enjoy your own company great just don't

become too isolated you might end up

with psychological issues like

depression connection with our fellow

humans is an important part of the thing

we call life

sometimes we're never lonelier than when

we're on social media or indeed watching

a YouTube video but we'll ignore that

for now being alone can take its toll on

our brains and the consequences can be

serious 19 Authority is traumatic being

rich and Powerful isn't all it's cracked

up to be and that's not me talking it's

science Professor Dr Kelner of UC

Berkeley concluded in 2017 that holding

a powerful position can actually damage

your brain's ability to operate

effective L you may develop a lack of

empathy which theoretically allows bad

behavior in companies to go unnoticed so

be warned get rich and suffer mental

trauma 18 longer lines faster reading

here's a weird as heck fact people read

longer lines quicker than they do short

ones this research comes from NC Dyson

in 2004 and has been applied to text on

screen while it makes sense that readers

want shorter lines supposedly to digest

information faster the longer lines of

100 characters are going to be digested

more rapidly it feels wrong but it's

right 17 maximum friend capacity how

many friends can you handle the maximum

is reportedly 150 according to Robin

Dunbar this Anthropologist came up with

the idea of dunbar's number in the late

20th century how did they work it out

well it's all to do with your neocortex

in other words layers inside your brain

that perform higher functions the

average sized human brain is capable of

juggling up to 100 50 FRS does anyone

else think that number is surprisingly

High 16 emotional pain memory think

emotional pain isn't as damaging as

physical think again the two areas are

pretty closely linked emotional pain can

in fact trigger physical pain such as

headaches or even discomfort in your

joints when your brain is in trouble

your body listens all this can only be

bad news for your psychological State

resulting in unhealthy behaviors 15 the

mysterious middle remember the last

great movie you saw I mean you probably

recall how it started and how it ended

but what about the stuff that happened

in the middle we reportedly find

beginnings and endings easier to process

when thinking about a sequence referred

to in psychology as the serial position

effect it applies to things like

remembering shopping lists and writing

study notes during a lecture 14 your

mind and cells work together did you

know that the cells in your body change

when you feel an emotion in other words

when you experience say anger then your

brain will reprogram your cells this is

due to the receptors on the cells being

hit with

neuropeptides the simple definition of

these is chemical Messengers so angry

emotions lead to angry peptides which

makes contact with your cell receptors

as you probably know cells divide and

they may be spreading that anger all

across your insides like spores from a

dandelion a very angry

dandelion 13 you can convince yourself

you committed a crime

worryingly you can be manipulated into

believing you're responsible for

something heinous this is done in

situations such as police interview

rooms where wrongful convictions

theoretically happen because suspects

are overwhelmed by what's going on a

study was released addressing this

frightening situation in 2015 false

memories are created and before you know

it you're behind bars 12

95% that's the percentage of our

decisions that are made subconsciously

yes we're kind of asleep at the wheel

when all manner of choices are being

made True many of these are routine

things we can handle this way with no

problems yet it shows how we're

technically sleepwalking through life

that explains why I went online to buy a

pair of shoes and came out with 20

Blu-rays some combat pants and a

subscription to a car magazine 11 blue

and productivity busy schedule have you

thought about painting your office blue

this is psychologically the best color

to focus you according to University of

lond study from 2006 blue has an

association with relaxation and even

Serenity and here I thought it was just

a miserable color because of the Blues

and such 10 fruity chromosomes you've

probably heard the word chromosome

before but didn't have a clue what it

meant basically a chromosome is a thread

inside your cells that holds your genes

genes carry Vital Information that's

passed down the hereditary line so your

mom and dad pass genetic info on to you

you passed on to your kids and so on and

so forth affecting your behavior the

chromosome theory of inheritance

addressing these issues was first

mentioned in the early 20th century it

wasn't proved until a few years later

when Thomas Hunt Morgan studied

mutations in the eyes of fruit flies yes

flies decades earlier people were doing

genetic studies with p's also so it

really isn't that weird nine the crazy

truth about

dopamine dopamine is the chemical

associated with pleasure released when

we do something

enjoyable or is it

could dopamine actually be a booster for

the brain it might lead to us becoming

more Curious and able to tackle crazy

new ideas thanks to a dopamine hit just

because the name sounds Dopey doesn't

mean you become Dopey as a result eight

angry owners like angry dogs dogs are

often like their owners is it the case

that dogs react to their home

environment and that's the reason an

angry person has an angry pet oh the

picture isn't clear for example in 2012

a study from the University of leester

revealed that young people might openly

choose an aggressive dog to match their

own aggressive personality so this anger

is baked in right from the get-go seven

Itchy and Scratchy if you've been in a

long-term relationship you might feel

yourself getting restless after 7 years

don't worry it is perfectly normal this

is an actual thing which gets its name

from a classic movie called The

seven-year itch the idea isn't 100%

scientific but relationships do tend to

struggle at approximately 7 years

weirdly experts haven't managed to work

out why this

happens six internet addiction sure the

internet is addictive however does being

online all the time lead to psychiatric

issues the jury's out on an official

diagnosis yet excessive internet use has

been linked to depression and obsessive

compulsive behaviors research is ongoing

but it's fair to say that the likes of

social media can have a significant

impact on someone's

psychology five work and play a state of

busyness is apparently essential to a

happy and healthy life that said there's

being busy and then there's being

swamped with work and life stuff what

you may need is the right amount of free

time or discretionary time this is when

you're not fulfilling obligations to

your boss or your family and friends so

how much time do you have to set aside

each day some experts say 9 and 1/2

hours now that sounds great but

completely impractical others say you

can probably do okay with two anything

where you're not burning yourself out is

surely a good thing four self-fulfilling

prophecy Behavior self-fulfilling

prophecies are a weird and sometimes

dangerous way of predicting the future

you don't have to have any knowledge of

what's going to happen you just make an

assumption and then project that

assumption onto a person say that you

think a person is an chances are

the pressure you put on them means the

person will eventually behave like an

three sunk cost fallacy

how far would you go with something even

if you'd spent a bunch of money on it

and things weren't working out if you

want to keep going you're probably

experiencing the sunk cost fallacy it's

another way of saying that you're

throwing good money after bad why do we

do it when we know it might hurt us it's

connected to cognitive bias in the way

that we view things subjectively two

control is an illusion well we do have

control over things but probably not as

much as we believe so logically people

are encouraged to believe they have

control when actually what's happening

is they're being guided to think that

way and to an extent there's nothing

wrong with that or we'd all be nervous

wrecks worrying about what was around

every corner one mirror neurons people

tend to learn by copying others it's

true of humans and it's true of animals

but what's the reason behind this in the

early 1990s a study of maak monkeys led

to the discovery of something in their

brains called mirror neurons neurons areyour body's Messengers nerve cells that

drive your daily functions as a living

breathing being some experts believe

that mirror neurons are behind our

psychological habit of copying and

learning the next time someone yawns

then you yawn too it might be your

mirror neurons doing their thing and

that's it for our rundown of cool

psychology facts about human behavior of

course the human body is equally

fascinating and that's why we made a

video about it you can check that out

here I'll be exercising both my body and

mind by filming another list which I'll

post soon