20 Interesting Psychology Facts You Should Know

Lukas Schwekendiek
2 min readNov 17, 2023
Photo by Pawel Czerwinski on Unsplash
  1. Turning down the car radio when looking where you are actually makes sense. Your mind cannot focus on two things at the same time.
  2. If you announce your goals to others, you’re less likely to succeed. In fact, studies show you lose motivation.
  3. Chocolate releases the same happiness-increasing neurotransmitters as being in love does.
  4. You can remember 7 +/- 2 facts at a time. This includes numbers but can be increased if you “chunk” the information.
  5. The type of music you listen to affects the way you perceive the world.
  6. Your mind cannot create faces. Meaning everybody you dream of you have met at some point in your life, even if only in passing by.
  7. You cannot multitask.
  8. Our actions toward others impact others’ beliefs about ourselves, which causes others’ to act a certain way towards us, reinforcing our beliefs about ourselves, which then influence our actions toward others. This is known as the “Pygmalion Effect” or, more commonly “The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy.”
  9. You are more creative when you are tired.
  10. Being with positive, happy people keeps you happier.
  11. Feeling ignored causes the same chemical effect as that of an injury.

--

--

Lukas Schwekendiek
Lukas Schwekendiek

Written by Lukas Schwekendiek

Life Coach, Speaker, Writer. Published on TIME, Inc & Huffington Post. Coaching available again! Email: Lukas.schwekendiek@gmail.com with the word "Coaching"

Responses (156)