Are you a cat or dog person? What does it say about your psychology and personality if you prefer one over the other? People tend to like traits in animals that they have themselves. Therefore, they value these traits. Let’s go into these traits on the big five personality traits model. Personality Traits Extroversion &…
What is the psychology of tribalism, and why it’s causing the social experiment of multiculturalism to fail in western societies? What is Tribalism? Tribalism refers to a strong sense of loyalty and identity with a particular social group, often based on shared culture, ethnicity, religion, or other defining characteristics. Evolutionary Roots Tribalism has deep evolutionary…
What is the psychology of hate, what mindsets cause it, how it develops, and what hate can lead to if it continues to grow and fester? Potentially leading to extremism and evil acts. Groups & Individuals Hate can be focused towards individuals, and also entire groups of people. Hate towards groups is particularly dangerous. Probably…
These people have to be some of the most irritating, infuriating, and irrational people to have a disagreement or debate with the arrogant, manipulating narcissist. They are always attempting to twist things that you say. Is it possible to win a debate with them even when you have facts and evidence to back up your…
Why do people become stalkers? This article looks into the psychology and motivations behind stalking behaviour. Misunderstanding Infatuations & Obsessions I think this is mostly misunderstood by the majority. One reason for this is that not everybody has experienced the torture of having an infatuation. Therefore, they never had the impulse to stalk. It’s perhaps…
How people can be manipulated so easily and how this relates to cognitive biases and thinking distortions? Plus, why is critical thinking so important to the future of the human race, sanity, and perhaps even human survival? How the News Media Manipulate Views? All the media has to do is focus on one thing and…
What are the psychological motivations and common big five personality traits of criminals and fraudsters? Psychological Motivations Socrates believed that most evil or criminal acts were committed out of ignorance. This is because most of these people believe that money and social-status will make them happy. This belief is the ignorance he was talking about….
What is the personality and general psychology of a person that could be called a fitness fanatic? These are people that always workout and stay in shape. The Casuals Most people that workout (The Casuals) do so for temporary reasons. One example of this is working out and keeping in shape when they are single…
What motivates most politicians? Why do they care about some issues, and not others? Sometimes politicians will ignore serious issues and focus on more trivial incidents, but why is this? Scoring Political Points Most politicians are only interested in certain issues if they can score political points. For example, caring about issues that affect minorities,…
According to research conducted at MIT, in general, false views and lies spread much faster and easier than true stories. MIT has published its findings in Journal Science on what sort of information travels faster and further on social media platforms, particularly Twitter/X. The data set ranges from 2006 to 2017, looking into posts that…