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Psychology

Top-down Processing

the perception process, in which information from past experience, knowledge and education of an individual influences the way the perceived object is interpreted and classified. 1).

Our brain and stomach are very closely connected

Our brain and stomach are very closely connected, therefore often the emotions we experience can physically affect our stomach (especially in situations where we feel strong stress).2).

Successful Psychopaths

It is characterized by a permanent pattern of disregard and violation of social norms and rights of other people. Pathological behavior is also often manifested in impulsivity, lack of responsibility, low empathy, tendency to lie or impermanent relationships. Despite their ruthlessness in action, they are able to stop pathological behavior in order to protect themselves from threatening legal consequences. These people can achieve great success in business, science or medicine. 3)

Depression affects women more often

This may be due to the fact that socially acceptable expression of emotions in women is increased or to the fact that there is some genetic connection with female chromosomes suffering from the disease. Or because other problems, such as alcoholism and addictions, mask men's depression. 4)

Observer Effect

The presence of other people can have a huge impact on behaviour. When many people witness something like an accident and the more people are present, the less likely it is that someone will come to help.5)

Ringelmann effect

The Ringelmann effect is the tendency for individual members of teams to become less productive as the size of their group increases. A tug of war is often used as an illustration of the Ringelmann effect. As more people are involved in a task, their average performance decreases, each participant tending to feel that their own effort is not critical6).

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