Ostrich Effect: Burying your Head in the Sand
Have You Ever? Have you ever avoided information that you didn’t want to know, even if it was really important? Maybe you got a grade
Psychology
The Good Samaritan Experiment: Why do people help each other?
Problem You’re on your way to enjoy a free period when you see someone has dropped all of their class supplies. There are papers and
The Schachter and Singer Experiment on Emotion: Enigmatic Emotions
Introduction You’re the first student to give their presentation in Spanish class. It’s a fairly long speech, and the whole thing has to be in
Dunning-Kruger Effect: You can’t know what you don’t know!
Introduction You get assigned a group for a school project. You are working with Jimmy, a stubborn classmate who loves to argue. While you have
Salem Witch Trials: A Wicked Deadly Spell
Introduction In January of 1692, two little girls, Elizabeth Parris and Abigail Williams, started exhibiting bizarre symptoms like contorting and screaming randomly. These strange behaviors
The Piano Stairs Experiment: Making Life More Fun
Introduction Suppose you’ve just taken the subway, and you need to climb up to street level. To exit the station, you can either take the
IKEA Effect: Labor of Love
Introduction Build-A-Bud Workshop is every child’s dream store. The brand’s appeal comes mostly from the fact that customers get to personalize every possible aspect of
Violinist at the Metro Experiment: The Perception of Beauty
Introduction On Friday, January 12, 2007, Joshua Bell, a world-renowned classical violinist, began to play in a Washington D.C. metro station. Bell was wearing jeans,
Pygmalion Effect: Expect the Expected
Introduction The local newspapers have been running stories all week about Karina’s upcoming swim meet, predicting that she will blow the competition out of the
Hindsight Bias: I Knew It All Along!
Have You Ever? Have you ever been to a sports game where both teams were strong, and you weren’t quite sure who would win? You
