10 of The Most Widely Believed Myths in Psychology

In a sense we're all amateur psychologists – we've got our own first-hand experience at being human, and we've spent years observing how we and others behave in different situations. This intuition fuels a "folk psychology" that sometimes overlaps with findings from scientific psychology, but often does not. Some erroneous psychological in tuitions are particularly widely believed among the public and are stubbornly persistent. This post is about 10 of these myths or misconceptions. It's important to challenge these myths, not just to set the record straight, but also because their existence can contribute to stigma and stereotypes an d to misinformed public policies in areas like education and policing. < br / > < br / > < a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KLGJ0djY000/V5X3kmAhYVI/AAAAAAAADx8/teCAcsWPLHQSi53foiCK7EmzbLNF3NPmgCK4B/s1600/ThinkstockPhotos-56371920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" > < img border="0" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KLGJ0djY000/V5X3kmAhYVI/AAAAAAAADx8/teCAcsWPLHQSi53foiCK7EmzbLNF3NPmgCK4B/s200/ThinkstockPhotos-56371920.jpg" width="200" / > < /a > < span style="font-size: large;" > < b > 1. We learn more effectively when taught via our preferred "learning style" < /b > < /span > < br / > This is < a href="http://www.wired.com/2015/01/need-know-learning-styles-myth-two-minutes/" > the idea < /a > that we each learn better when we're taught via our own favoured modality, suc...
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