What are some cool psychological phenomena? (kbin.social)

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Just any psychological biases/effects/conditions/disorders/syndromes or other phenomena that you find interesting.

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[-] Merlu@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Herd mentality

Any normal human being can be a bloodthirsty beast when he's a part of a group. The group effect demultiplicate the violence of their members and can lead them to acts that they would never do when isolated. Really terrifying mechanism.

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