Posted Conformity in Japanese Prank Show to Section 24 PSY 1001pub
In social psychology, conformity refers to people's tendency to change their behavior due to group pressure, and a Japanese prank show displays this tendency. In the script of the prank, a stranger walking in an empty alley encounters a...
Posted New emoticons - I feel awkward!!! to Section 24 PSY 1001pub
Do you like this "emoticon"? In fact, this one is a Chinese character! When Professor Gewirtz talked about emoticons that are culturally constructed, I thought this one would be a good example too. This emoticon describes the awkwardness a...
Posted Funny transliterated Chinglish to Section 24 PSY 1001pub
I was thinking about linguistic relativity when I saw these kind of funny pictures. They are funny because English speakers don't make sense of the illogical and strange words, and thus make fun of the generativity. According to the...
Posted Amygdala - the boss of fear to Section 24 PSY 1001pub
Reading the two articles, I realize that amygdala controls the sense of fear. But I can hardly find a situation in which we can live without any fear. It is the fear that alerts us and restricts our crazy...
Posted Amygdala - the boss of fear Yuhuan Xiao to Section 24 PSY 1001pub
Reading the two articles, I realize that amygdala controls the sense of fear. Two experiments confirmed the hypothesis: one is that researchers who inserted electrodes into people's brains found cells in amygdala alerting when people saw the images of animals;...
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