Psychology
Exploring "Why" questions about Psychology
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Why do cats love seafood so much?
For cats, protein is essential to their diets. They're carnivores, afterall. Fish is a great source of protein and cats are attracted to foods high in protein.
Why can’t we use physical tests to detect mental illness?
We don't understand the brain nearly as well as we understand the circulatory system, though for some mental illnesses we are starting to be able to detect them with brain imaging technology. For inst
Why do we feel the need to explain our own thoughts to ourselves?
I think a large part of this is just a consequence of consciousness. The right hemisphere of our brains uses intuition to detect patterns, but it's the job of the left hemisphere to analyze those patt
Why do we feel compelled to hit/break stuff when we are angry?
fight or flight response humans when confronted with problems have a fight or flight response - animal nature. You choose to fight and tackle the problem, or flight and avoid it. When you get down to
why is it important to finish a full course of antibiotics, even when you’re feeling better?
It's actually extremely important to finish taking the whole course. The bacteria causing you to feel sick starts to die off from the antibiotics, but not all at once. Just like people, bacteria comes
Why do we feel so groggy when we first wake up, but after doing some exercise so much better and alert?
Waking up in the morning is a dormant stage. After doing something such as push-ups, this sends more blood flow to the brain, as well as taking in more oxygen to spread throughout the body
Why do we feel the need to fold our arms or cross our legs?
I like to think it's a basic measure of support for relaxing our muscles or otherwise providing comfort.
Why do dogs lick us when they’re happy?
It's a submissive show of affection. You are the dominant member of the pack. Also, people are delicious (because of the salty skin).
Why do negative experiences and emotions seem to hang around in the mind longer than positive ones?
You can be happy a hundred times and survive, it just takes one real harm to die. We remember the negatives to protect ourselves from the risks.
Why do most animals seem to love getting their chins scratched?
Should be obvious, they can't always extend their arms in certain places the way we can. So it must feel good to them that they can get a free scratch in places that's hard for them to get. It's like