Psychology
Exploring "Why" questions about Psychology
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Why are new technological leaps so expensive? For instance, it can’t seriously cost so much more to produce DDR4 memory than it does to produce DDR3.
It's a couple reasons. One is research. New technology requires millions and sometimes billions of dollars of research and development.
Why do we feel embarrassed for others who have nothing to do with us?
I'm no expert so I'll just do my best here. In our brains are something called Mirror Neurons. These are used to help us communicate and see things from someone else's perspective.
why do flash drives increase in memory like 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, etc, but a hard drive can have odd numbers?
hard drives increased in this fashion too back when they were this small. Part of it is how they are made, flash drives use multiple blocks of a common size, which is going to be a multiple of 8.
Why do people forget nouns more often but not verbs or adjectives?
There are far, far more nouns needed in everyday speech then there are verbs or adjectives. Often, if you can't think of a verb or adjective, you can just replace it with another one. That's not the c
Why can’t we remember exact smells but can remember how they made us feel?
Our olfactory pathway (pathway from the "smell" to what our brain does with it) is tied much more closely with our limbic system (emotion system) than all other senses. There are structures called the
Why do people ask for advice, yet get angry when it’s given?
Many times the advice isn't what we want to hear, and humans have a strong bias in favor of information that agrees with what we already know. That's also why politics and religion can be so divisive.
Why does love hurt ?
It's because you vest a degree of emotional trust and attachment to someone. Not only do you lose your love, but maybe your best friend too.
Why did adding laugh tracks to comedy shows become the norm?
Originally, the shows were filmed before a live audience, or just aired live with an audience, so people got used to the laughter and producers thought that they wouldn't like the silence. A fair numb
Why does the American government hate Cuba so much?
There is a constituency of Cuban immigrants, mostly in Florida, who have a bit of power and hate the government of Cuba.
Why is it sometimes so hard to remember someone’s exact face?
I'll be mainly referencing How to Create a Mind by Ray Kurzweil. According to the book, the brain's working mechanism heavily relies on redundancy. The more you experience something, the brain creates