Common sense in psychology is an illusion - it seems like common sense because psychological findings should be consistent with what we see in individuals and society. However, due to hindsight bias, we tend to think "we know it all along" after the fact.
The only people who say its common sense are those who've never taken any courses for it. If they had they would be more humbled about their opinions, after realizing how limited our perceptions are and how susceptible they are to our biases.
Video games... Look up Bandura and his thoughts on reinforcement and behavior manifestation. The point is not just that we learn behavior and reinforce behvior by doing it over and over but games actually reinforce it by giving points or leveling up through violent behavior. If psychological health was common sense we would all be well adjusted and balanced individuals and no one would need psychologists.
Yes, we act the way we are conditioned. The more times we do an action, the more dendrites we grow in the neural network. If you express anger a lot, you might get used to expressing yourself that way. That is why in anger management they tell you to breathe and try to calm yourself.
The catharsis hypothesis, although a popular meme has very little evidentiary basis. I can see how it can be conflated with other forms of therapy that genuinely do work. The bottom line is that crap like Primal Scream Therapy doesn't work (Yes, it's been tested) whereas talk therapies like PCT and general psychotherapy do work very well.
good vid. i wasn't really talking about catharsis, i'm talking about feeling feelings as they are, being aware of what they are where they come from, and dealing with them sooner rather than later.
@gothatfunk the only problem with your statement is that no one really knows what motivated their emotions or behaviors. We invent reasons when we don't know, and believe those lies pretty strongly. And the thing is, we don't know that we don't know. The best way to tell is if it has sufficient reasoning behind it. Otherwise, chances are, what you think motivated a behavior/emotion in you is probably just your mind fabricated a reason.
im a psych student at mun and this kid is right
FunkyDandy420 11 months ago
Common sense in psychology is an illusion - it seems like common sense because psychological findings should be consistent with what we see in individuals and society. However, due to hindsight bias, we tend to think "we know it all along" after the fact.
The only people who say its common sense are those who've never taken any courses for it. If they had they would be more humbled about their opinions, after realizing how limited our perceptions are and how susceptible they are to our biases.
ncPsychosis 1 year ago
Video games... Look up Bandura and his thoughts on reinforcement and behavior manifestation. The point is not just that we learn behavior and reinforce behvior by doing it over and over but games actually reinforce it by giving points or leveling up through violent behavior. If psychological health was common sense we would all be well adjusted and balanced individuals and no one would need psychologists.
brucewayneproduction 1 year ago
Yes, we act the way we are conditioned. The more times we do an action, the more dendrites we grow in the neural network. If you express anger a lot, you might get used to expressing yourself that way. That is why in anger management they tell you to breathe and try to calm yourself.
UncomfortableSilence 2 years ago
That intro is held for too long SAB.
Dhorpatan 2 years ago
You should check out YT user "Drinkingwithbob"... He lets his anger out in a rather cathartic way. :)
eagleeye1975 2 years ago
Psychology ftw!
HonestDiscussioner 2 years ago
Hell yes :]
SuperAtheistBrothers 2 years ago
The catharsis hypothesis, although a popular meme has very little evidentiary basis. I can see how it can be conflated with other forms of therapy that genuinely do work. The bottom line is that crap like Primal Scream Therapy doesn't work (Yes, it's been tested) whereas talk therapies like PCT and general psychotherapy do work very well.
hadr0n 2 years ago
I am glad you liked it :]
Yea I really enjoy Psychology too, and I pretty much only take it in college for fun.
SuperAtheistBrothers 2 years ago
good vid. i wasn't really talking about catharsis, i'm talking about feeling feelings as they are, being aware of what they are where they come from, and dealing with them sooner rather than later.
gothatfunk 2 years ago
Yea I was worried about that :p
I thought I might be sort of strawmanning you.
SuperAtheistBrothers 2 years ago
@gothatfunk the only problem with your statement is that no one really knows what motivated their emotions or behaviors. We invent reasons when we don't know, and believe those lies pretty strongly. And the thing is, we don't know that we don't know. The best way to tell is if it has sufficient reasoning behind it. Otherwise, chances are, what you think motivated a behavior/emotion in you is probably just your mind fabricated a reason.
ncPsychosis 1 year ago