Psychology Facts

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》The Pratfall Effect states that people who are considered highly competent are found to be more likeable when they perform an everyday blunder than those who don't.

》The Coolidge effect is a biological phenomenon seen in animals, whereby males exhibit renewed sexual interest whenever a new female is introduced, even after sex with prior but still available sexual partners.

》The Pygmalion effect, or Rosenthal effect, is a psychological phenomenon in which high expectations lead to improved performance in a given area.

》Einstellung is the development of a mechanized state of mind. Often called a problem solving set, Einstellung refers to a person's predisposition to solve a given problem in a specific manner even though better or more appropriate methods of solving the problem exist.

》The Golem effect is a psychological phenomenon in which lower expectations placed upon individuals either by supervisors or the individual themselves lead to poorer performance by the individual.

》Familiar Strangers effect is a social relationship in which both parties agree to mutually ignore each other, without any implications of hostility. A good example is a person that one sees on the subway every morning. If that person fails to appear, we notice.

》The spotlight effect is the psychological phenomenon by which people tend to believe they are being noticed more than they really are.

》Mere-exposure effect is a phenomenon by which people tend to develop a preference for things merely because they are familiar with them.

》The bystander effect, or bystander apathy, is a social psychological theory that states that individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when more people are present

》The generation effect is a phenomenon where information is better remembered if it is generated from one's own mind rather than simply read.

》The cheerleader effect, also known as the group attractiveness effect, is the cognitive bias which causes people to think individuals are more attractive when they are in a group.

》The Matthew effect of accumulated advantage, Matthew principle, or Matthew effect for short, is sometimes summarized by the adage "the rich get richer and the poor get poorer". The concept is applicable to matters of fame or status, but may also be applied literally to cumulative advantage of economic capital.

》The less-is-better effect is a type of preference reversal that occurs when the lesser or smaller alternative of a proposition is preferred when evaluated separately, but not evaluated together.

》The Florence Nightingale effect is a trope where a caregiver falls in love with their patient, even if very little communication or contact takes place outside of basic care

》The Google effect, also called digital amnesia, is the tendency to forget information that can be found readily online by using Internet search engines.