5 small psychology lessons you can learn right now
Learn-as-you-go
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1 min readSep 21, 2021
- Foot-in-the-door technique. With the help of consistency and commitment, you can persuade almost anyone to do anything for you. But, start small. Get them committed and then they follow their own consistency. Why? Because they chose it.
- What you gain through pain, you will value more. More the intensity of pain, stronger your commitment to the group or cause.
- Written commitments are proof that you did commit and also it can influence others to believe that you are your words, even if you don’t entirely believe in it.
- People remember unfinished things better. If a song is stuck in your head then think about the last few lines and you will forget it faster. This is called Zeigarnik Effect.
- People who take interest in serial killers turn out to be better conversationalists.
