Four Parenting Styles: How Parental Guidance Affects Your Personality
From the infantile stage to the mental growth spurt exhibited in teenagehood, your parents and guardians witnessed your development every day of your budding life.…
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5 Social Psychology Studies: How do Humans “Tick”?
How do people “tick”? Simple question, but it doesn’t equate to a simple answer. We at Psych2go became absorbed with this topic! Below, we gathered…
10 Interesting Facts About Introverts
Roughly one third to half of the world’s population is made up of introverts. Introversion is commonly misunderstood today with many stereotypes and myths surrounding…
Conformists, Step Aside: Everyone Loves Misfits!
When it comes to dating, almost everyone gets the feeling they’re supposed to fit a certain image. To get a date, we can often feel…
12 Tips for Instant and Prolonged Happiness
It seems like people are always chasing happiness, we want it but it always seems to be just out of reach. This may be because…
7 Psychology Facts On Improving Your Well Being
Life can be tough and sometimes what we need are a few simple reminders to keep going. In the midst of hardships, it’s so easy…
An introverts perspective of a chatterbox with Sophia Dembling
After reading “An open letter to people who talk too much” , I decided to search for more work written by Sophia Dembling. Her book, Introverts in…
The Bystander Effect: 5 Ways To Understand Why We Don’t Help
With technology and social media being the way in which a good section of the population gains its information and knowledge, it isn’t a wonder…
Study Breaks Make You Smarter
Imagine studying non-stop for hours, desiring to get at least a 5-minute distraction. But you start feeling guilty, thinking you haven’t studied enough. Wouldn’t it…
Why Do We Close Our Eyes When We Kiss?
“From the first kiss. Had your eyes wide open. Why were they open?” sang Bruno Mars in Grenade. This made us wonder why was he…
10 Psychological Lessons we can Learn from the Harry Potter Series
While watching the movies and reading the books (and fanfiction?) about our favorite wizard is already amazing and fun in its own right, there is…
The Psychological Benefits of Adoption
Though adoption isn’t given the credit it deserves, it is still important to note how beneficial adoption can be. Adoption gives children in the system…
Harry Potter and the Theory of Cognitive Dissonance: How did Fudge keep denying Voldemort’s return?
Throughout the Harry Potter series we can see some interesting psychology at work. In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the…
Nice Guys Finish Last? Science Says Not Always!
We have all probably heard the phrase “nice guys finish last” some time in our lives. Oftentimes people, or straight guys, believe that straight girls…
fMRI Machines and Our Brains
In your blog post titled “I have seen your brain and it might not be so pretty” you focus on how fMRI can show a physiological response…
5 Mental Health Benefits of Laughter
We all know that laughter is a response to humor. It happens every time people find something that is hysterical to them, which seems to…
5 Reasons Why We Help: Does True Altruism Exist?
Have you ever wondered what makes us help each other? We each have our own theories on why we think humans decide to help each…
5 Tips to Know Before Taking a Psychology Class
So you want to take a psychology class, that’s awesome! Maybe you’re looking to become a therapist or maybe you’re looking to become a researcher.…
Are You A Victim of the “Overchoice Effect”?
From clothes to phones, to retirement plans, people today have an incredible amount of options to choose from! This must be a good thing, right?…
8 Ways to Read Someone Better
People can sometimes give out mixed signals, or our natural intuition or skill is confused with our own perception, values and past experiences. So, how…