Quotes About Psychology

Nudge policies, in essence, can be used to encourage us to mimic the way that we would behave if we were as rational as economic man.

Drawing on a wide array of psychological research, the New Economics Foundation has distilled the findings down to five simple acts that are proven to promote well-being: connecting to the people around us, being active in our bodies, taking notice of the world, learning new skills, and giving to others.

Much of what we do in life is repair work on our childhood. We try to make it better than it was when we were growing up. But usually our insecurities remain our insecurities.

When you've got a father who beats you, as a kid you think it's your fault. You develop a self-destructive belief that you're no good. The conflict Pat's always had is whether he's worth anything or worth nothing. MARION O'NEILL, Ph.D., ABPP, clinical psychologist

Quand on nie le surnaturel, il n'est pas prudent de disserter sur des choses qui n'ont de sens que par lui, ni de s'occuper de la psychologie de ceux qui l'admettent.

Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.

Don't let us forget that the causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequent explanations of them.

To be too conscious is an illness. A real thorough going illness.

What you call the subconscious, is in my opinion the real human consciousness.

It seems a pity that psychology has destroyed all our knowledge of human nature.

Code writers and engineers often maintain the fiction that their own psychology has little bearing on their work. Reason rules.

There are invariably many ways to achieve roughly the same technical ends. Technical choices are often highly personal. While shaped by commercial considerations, technical decisions also reflect human values and psychology. Cutler

Before the computer, the animals, mortal though not sentient, seemed our nearest neighbors in the known universe. Computers, with their interactivity, their psychology, with whatever fragments of intelligence they have, now bid for this place." While

There must be reasons why we men are so hipped on breasts as if we'd all been weaned too soon.

I do not know where this mania for understanding oneself has come from, he said, but it clearly exerts a powerful hold on people.

Sam's doctor said to him, "The good news is that the pain is in your head." But I am in my head, Sam thought.

Eye contact made people think you were being truthful even if you weren't.

There are no ghost, but up here"--she gestured to her head--"it's a haunted house.

There are no ghosts, but up here", she gestured toward her head "it's a haunted house".

The good news is that the pain is in your head." But I am in my head, Sam thought.

There are no ghosts, but up here" --she gestured to her head-- "It's a haunted house.

He found himself uttering a series of "excuse mes" that he did not mean. A truly magnificent thing about the way the brain was coded, Sam thought, was that it could say "Excuse me" while meaning "Screw you.

There are no ghosts, but up here' -- she gestured toward her head-- 'it's a haunted house.

I found I had a knack for the combination of discipline, communication, psychology, politics, stagecraft, and creativity that planning a wedding requires.