Psychology
Exploring "Why" questions about Psychology
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Why can’t humans recall anything from their unconscious mind, how do we bring it back into conciousness?
With the right techniques it's easy to recall all sorts of information from the past, but 95% of it might be fake. Memory's a funny thing, you form memories as you think about them, so over time its t
Why do we choke on water or at least feel like we are choking?
Edited for accuracy: Because there is a muscle that contracts to prevent things from going down the wrong tube. When you accidentally trigger it, you will feel like you are choking. Read this: _URL_0_
Why is there so much hate for Justin Bieber?
He's also done a lot of despicable behavior that makes some people hate him, regardless of his music: - He peed in a janitor's bucket, then got profane when he saw a picture of Bill Clinton. - He clai
Why do we feel weak when we haven’t eaten?
Once your body kicks into starvation mode (which varies in onset time per individual - for super skinny/low caloric intake folks it can be as low as 8 hours, but on average its around 12-16), a lot of
why did older TV show have laughing tracks.
Because they were originally filmed in front of a live studio audience. Producers believed that audiences would miss laughing along with others and felt it would make for a better experience. Contagio
Why is it that some days after my hour long drive home, I cannot remember the journey at all?
The human brain has (as I understand it- could be wrong) a bit of an autopilot function. However, with this said, if the brain detects a problem, it pops out of it. That's the reason why you start pay
Why does it feel like HD movies are more HD than real life?
Too much detail is shown in post processing. Hence why a lot of nature photography looks much better than real life. Bringing shadows down to nearly black and making anything close to white brighter t
why lonely women are associated with having cats
It's a stereotype that, since women doesn't have a husband or kids, she adopts cats in order to take her mind of her situation. It's associated with filling up the house, since she doesn't have actual
Why do states feel the need to define marriage? If the nation decided same-sex marriages can now be recognized, why don’t the states follow suit?
To be clear, the U.S. didn't exactly decide that same-sex marriage is legal at the federal level, what the Supreme Court recently decided was that a federal law that prohibited validly married same-se
Why does it feel like you can’t breathe when you get a gust of wind in the face?
When a fluid moves rapidly, its pressure decreases, thus sucking things into it. You may have observed this when your shower curtain clings to the stream of water from your shower. Similar effect happ