What are some psychological facts that people don't know?
Bilal A. Sultan, Search Engine Optimization at Knock Solutions (2016-present)

I am sharing 100 psychological facts that people don’t know and everyone should know and follow. I got them from all over the internet and Quora to keep them at one place.

    The people who give the best advice are usually the ones with the most problems.
    If you ask someone a question and they only partially answer just wait and stay silent, they will usually continue talking.
    Getting someone to do a favor for you makes them like you more.
    Keep an eye on people’s feet When talking with someone you can figure out if they are interested in the conversation by looking at their feet If they are aimed at you, they are listening, but if they are aiming elsewhere, they rather want to leave the conversation.
    People get more happiness by spending money on others rather than themselves (I’m sure you are thinking of throwing a party today).
    The secret of good sleep is to convince your brain that you had a good sleep (Now, all you need to know is how to convince your brain :P).
    Most people text faster when its someone they like.
    If you didn't move for 15 minutes ,you will fall asleep.
    The people who prefer window seat in every transport like to be alone during the travel.
    Doing things that scare you will make you happier.
    Marrying your best friend eliminates the risk of divorce by over 95%, and this marriage is more likely to last a lifetime.
    Even The Illusion Of Progress Is Motivating.
    Music impacts your perspective.
    Our brain automatically associates smiling with happiness If we force to smile, our brain will assume we are happy.
    Smile relieves stress Our body releases endorphins when we smile, even when we force it.
    People can recognize smile from up to 300 feet away, making it the most recognizable facial expression.
    Humans can’t multi-task .
    People are more likely to return a lost wallet if they find a baby picture inside of it!.
    Your mind can sense someone staring at you even when asleep!.
    Even positive events, such as graduation, marriage or a new job, can lead to depression.
    By the way, the calmer a person looks, the less often other people come to mind to contradict him. On the contrary, a person who defends his point of view with ardor, runs the risk of meeting a well-reasoned and fierce resistance.
    A person's memory is able to save 90% of what he does, 50% of what he sees and 10% of what he hears.
    Memory works best between 8-12am and after 9pm, worst of all right after lunch.
    If a person tries to remember something, but still continues to look you in the eye, be sure - you are deceived.
    Sometimes unrequited love grows into a real obsession and even fraught with mental disorders. Such as the syndrome of Adele. Adele's syndrome is a long-term painful love obsession with another person that remains unanswered.
    Intelligent people are more likely to avoid conflicts, which explains why some people notice everything but choose to say nothing.
    The best way to appreciate someone is to imagine your life without them.
    Knowledge of psychology makes life more difficult, and the application - easier.
    It's really hard to get upvotes.
    90% of people between 10–29 years sleep with their phones.
    It is possible to die due to a broken heart. It is called as stress cardiomyopathy.
    If a person sleeps a lot, then he/she is sad.
    Having conversation with a woman gives man improved mental strength.
    Intelligent people are more likely to remain faithful while in a relationship.
    You have a favourite song? That's because you are emotionally attached to that song.
    1 in 5 people of India are mentally depressed, making it the most depressed country in the world.
    Most of us suffer from Phanthom Vibration syndrome. The feeling that your phone is vibrating when it's actually not.
    There is a gene that can cause you to be negative most of the time.
    It takes only 4 min. to fall in love.
    People who easily get distracted are more creative and tend to have more IQ.
    10% of world population is left handed.
    The larger your signature, the larger your self esteem.
    The smaller your handwriting, the lesser you are open to conversation.
    If the crush on someone lasts more than 4 months, it is considered as love.
    Wearing red coloured dress makes you desirable to the opposite sex.
    Creative people tend to get bored easily.
    Eating chocolates reduces stress.
    People who give you the best advice are the ones with most problems.
    When someone says “ I hate you", they really mean “ you hurt me".
    People with high levels of testosterone get pleasure from the anger of others.
    We daydream for at least 30% of the time.
    People with low self-esteem tend to humiliate others. Subjects who were told that the results of their IQ test were poor expressed more national and religious prejudices, than those who reported higher results.
    We're happier when we're busy with something.
    People sincerely believe that their negative opinions about others are truthful and have no connection with them and their self-confidence. In fact, the humiliation of others helps them restore their own self-esteem.
    The behavior of people is affected by bodily sensations. For example, there is a strong association between heaviness and such features as “importance” and “seriousness”. A person is assessed as more serious and sustained, if his CV was applied in a heavy folder, and vice versa.
    The number of real friends we are able to have is ultimately limited.
    Similarly, the feeling of rigidity and hardness makes people inflexible. People sitting on hard chairs were more uncompromising in the negotiations. Feeling a rough surface causes in people a sense of the complexity of human relations, and cold is tightly connected with the feeling of loneliness.
    Our memories change.
    People tend to commit immoral acts or do not fulfill someone’s request for help, if no effort is needed and they do not have to refuse a person directly.
    However, more people behave “as expected” if they have to take a moral decision in front of someone.
    The clearest memories we have are often incorrect.
    Lying requires a lot of mental effort. A person who is lying has to keep in mind at the same time the lie – that it to say, and the truth – in order to hide it. As a result, he uses simple sentences and finds it more difficult to cope with mental tasks.
    Our brains are just as active during sleep as they are when we're awake.
    When people are being watched, they behave better. And the illusion of being watched works, too. It was enough to hang a picture of human eyes in a self-service cafeteria, so that more people began to collect their dishes.
    We always want more choices than we can cope with.
    Behavior affects morality. People who lied, betrayed someone or committed other immoral act begin to perceive what is good or bad in another way.
    Attractive and honest appearance can easily be misleading. People tend to trust appearance more than sincerity.
    A habit takes around 66 days to form on average not 21.
    Appearance plays an important role even when voting during elections. Maturity and physical attractiveness of politicians were mostly important for voters’ choice (unconsciously, of course).
    More successful and rich people are considered to be more intelligent and wise, and vice versa. Often, people tend to think that those who are successful or those who suffer deserve it.
    We can only concentrate properly on something for around 10 minutes.
    Happier is not the one who has a lot of money, but the one who has more than his neighbor does. People constantly compare themselves with others and feel satisfied if they are superior in some respect.
    Anger increases the desire of possession in people. People make more efforts to obtain the object that is associated with angry faces.
    We cannot avoid paying attention to food, sex and danger.
    The more complex the decision to be taken is, the more people tend to leave things as they are. If the store has too much choice and people cannot immediately find out which of the products is better, most probably they will leave without buying.
    We take most decisions subconsciously.
    When people feel they have no control over what is happening, they tend to see non-existent patterns in unrelated pictures and believe in conspiracy theories.
    People regret quick decisions, even if the results are satisfying. Not the actual time allotted for the decision matters, but the feeling that the time was enough.
    We blame other people rather than circumstances (or the circumstances instead of ourselves).
    Not all risks are the same. The same person can fearlessly jump with a parachute, but be afraid of his boss. Or to train tigers, but feel embarrassed when talking to a pretty woman.
    Boredom has a bright side. Bored people are often looking for ways to do good things as the entertainment bores them and does not bring meaning to their lives.
    Research has found that good relationships are more important to a long life than exercise.
    Your brain does more creative work when you’re tired.
    Falling in love has a similar neurological effect as getting high on cocaine.
    Optimistic beliefs about the future can protect people from physical and mental illness.
    Holding hands with someone you love can alleviate physical pain as well as stress and fear.
    Volunteers are significantly more satisfied with their lives than non-volunteers.
    The risk of both catching a cold or the flu and of having a particularly severe form of the infection drop if you exercise moderately.
    The placebo effect is getting more powerful over time. As medical technology improves, our faith in medicine becomes stronger.
    People who view TV crime shows consistently overestimate the frequency of crime in the real world.
    People with low self-esteem tend to “try” and humiliate others.
    Seeing others positively reveals our positive traits, seeing others negatively reveals our negative traits.
    Opposites don’t attract. You’re more likely to be attracted someone who looks and thinks the same as you do.
    Memories get distorted over time. The average human has at least one false piece of memory.
    Around 80% of human talk in groups, is complaining.
    We seem to ignore the ones who adore us & pay more attention to those who ignore us.
    Depression is the result of over thinking. The mind creates problems that didn’t even exist.
    Being with happy people makes you happier.
    Convincing yourself you slept well tricks your brain into thinking it did.
    Smart people underestimate themselves, and ignorant people think they’re brilliant.

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