The Dunning-Kruger effect: people with limited knowledge tend to overestimate their own competence.

Phobias can be transmitted culturally — children model fear responses from observing caregivers.

Fact #5022 · Psychology

The Stanford prison experiment remains controversial in modern psychology.

Fact #1038 · Psychology

People are more likely to help someone they've already done a small favor for — the foot-in-the-door technique.

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The anchoring effect shows how initial information biases later judgments.

Fact #1479 · Psychology

The Thatcher illusion disrupts facial recognition when inverted.

Fact #1491 · Psychology

Your brain is more active when you are dreaming than when you are awake.

Fact #2619 · Psychology

The confirmation bias affects how evidence is interpreted.

Fact #1496 · Psychology

Humans have a negativity bias — negative events have stronger psychological impact than equally positive ones.

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