4,465 Quotes About Psychology

The individual becomes for himself what he is in himself through what he manifests for others.

The psychology of attraction is controlled by childhood traits undiscovered within the self.

Get your customers to feel differently, not think differently, about your feel good healthy food.

It’s cognitive dissonance.”I open my eyes and look at him. His expression is nonchalant. He shrugs again, equally nonchalant.“I have no idea what that means.”“It’s what happens when your mind is struggling to hold two contradictory beliefs at the same time. On the one hand, you still kinda want to kill me for, well, you know. And on the other, you’re totally blown away by how manly, wonderful, and devastatingly sexy I am. And by my mad cooking skills. How’s the pasta, by the way?

Elsie is treated as a non-person, simply a reflection of how her mother sees herself.

Afterward the Captain was to tell himself that in this one instant he knew everything. Actually, in a moment when a great but unknown shock is expected, the mind instinctively prepares itself by abandoning momentarily the faculty of surprise. In that vulnerable instant a kaleidoscope of half-guessed possibilities project themselves, and when the disaster has defined itself there is the feeling of having understood beforehand in some supernatural way.

There have been many studies claiming to demonstrate the occurrence of paranormal phenomenon, but none of them have really stood up to scientific investigation. In every case, the findings can be explained by poor experimental procedures, selective publication, or even downright cheating.

Human rationality depends on sophisticated emotionality. It is only because our emotional brains work so well that our reasoning can work at all.

Within just about every serial predator, there are two warring elements: A feeling of grandiosity, specialness, and entitlement, together with deep-seated feelings of inadequacy and powerlessness and a sense that they have not gotten the breaks in life that they should