Psychological traps: falling and not even notice Bashny.Net

We constantly fall into traps of his own mind. Experts believe that psychological models that play with us a cruel joke, developed in the process of evolution.

Their purpose was to allow ancient man to quickly assimilate information about the world and increase his chances of survival in a world full of dangers.

We cited here only some of the psychological effects that affect almost every one of us.





The gambler's fallacy

We tend to think that our future depends on our past. So, in the casino, winning five times in a row one begins to feel that his chances of winning are increased, although in reality, nothing has changed.

Biased assessment of inactivity

It is a psychological feature that compels us to judge the kind of harmful conduct, causing serious consequences, more severe than not less than harmful inaction.

The impact of the result

Caught in the psychological trap of this type, we tend to evaluate the decision on its result, not its complexity or appropriateness in the context of the time.

The effect of the perception of rhyme

We tend to think of rhymed statement is more truthful.

The depreciation of the ideas

If the proposal had been made our enemy, we deem it a failure or at least less successful than it really is.

Resistance

The impact of this psychological effect experienced, probably, everyone, especially during adolescence – the desire to do everything contrary, the sensing request (of one person or group of people), as a restriction of personal liberty.

The effect of hostility

It is under the influence of this effect we evaluate all the bad or unpleasant things failed us as a manifestation of the true qualities of their character, and all the good that these people are doing is perceived by us as a necessary step or just a Fluke.

The illusion of control

Because of this illusion a man thinks he can control random and, in fact, not dependent on his will events.

The IKEA effect

People tend to think the items they are (albeit partially) made themselves more necessary and needed.

The effect of retrospective

Falling under the influence of this effect, we begin to believe that the events of our past, it was possible to predict in advance.

Effect about consent

The degree of consent of others to our point of view is in fact lower than we think.

The uniformity of others as delusional

People tend to believe that his social circle consists of more diverse and different people compared to the social circle of others.

About objectivity

We perceive reality as a single image, assuming that our vision of reality objectively, and consider reasonable those who agree with us. Those who do not agree with our point of view is either ignorant or insufficiently informed.

Spotlight

We exaggerate the value of their own actions in the eyes of other people.

The Zeigarnik Effect

The effect is that the person memorizes the interrupted action is better than complete.

Projection

We tend to be deceived that others experience the same emotions and feelings that we do.

The effect of the familiar road

People are usually slightly overestimates the time required on the road which he was not familiar with. Conversely, if the path is known to us, we think we will overcome it in a shorter time than we need in fact.

Preference zero risk

If you have a choice: to reduce a small risk to zero or significantly reduce a large, most of us will prefer the first.

Blind spot

It seems to us that we are less likely to fall into the psychological trap than others. published

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