#psychology

In life, we make the best decisions we can with the information we have on hand. ↗

— Agnes Kamara-umunna

#psychology #reconciliation #life

I believe that there are parts to human nature that cannot be reached by either legislation or education, but require the power of God to deal with. ↗

— Stephen R. Covey

#psychology #education

I believe there is a reason such as autism, severe manic-depression, and schizophrenia remain in our gene pool even though there is much suffering as a result. ↗

— Temple Grandin

#psychology #society #life

it seems that once again people engage in a search for evidence that is biased toward confirmation. Asked to assess the similarity of two entities, people pay more attention to the ways in which they are similar than to the ways in which they differ. Asked to assess dissimilarity, they become more concerned with differences than with similarities. In other words, when testing a hypothesis of similarity, people look for evidence of similarity rather than dissimilarity, and when testing a hypothesis of dissimilarity, they do the opposite. The relationship one perceives between two entities, then, can vary with the precise form of the question that is asked ↗

— Thomas Gilovich

#fallacy #human-behavior #logic #mind #psychology

The healthier people are, the more they are willing to admit to their limitations and so the more open they are to the possibility of improvement. ↗

— Robin Skynner

#life

Man lives on earth not once, but three times: the first stage of his life is his continual sleep; the second, sleeping and waking by turns; the third, waking forever. ↗

— Gustav Fechner

#philosophy #psychology-spirituality #life

Daniel supposed he had a secret life. Most people did; it was hardly possible to live without one. ↗

— P.D. James

#mask #mystery #psychology #secret #life

Character forms a life regardless of how obscurely that life is lived and how little light falls on it from the stars. ↗

— James Hillman

#jung #psychology #life

If I wasn't doing modeling, I'd like to study child psychology. ↗

— Shanina Shaik

#doing #i #like #modeling #psychology

He had a theory that musicians are incredibly complex, and know far less than other artists what they want and what they are; that they puzzle themselves as well as their friends; that their psychology is a modern development, and has not yet been understood. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#artists #complexity #friendship #music #musicians