Name: 10 Irrtümer der Psychologie
Uploaded: 2015-02-04T15:58:50Z
Duration: 13 min 12 s
Description: Wie viel wisst ihr wirklich über euer Gehirn? In diesem Kurztrip durch die Irrtümer der Wissenschaft zeigt und entkräftet Ben Ambridge 10 häufige Märchen der Psychologie — und enthüllt gleichzeitig ein paar überraschende Tatsachen, wie unser Gehirn wirklich funktioniert.

The gender similarities hypothesis

The Rorschach, A Comprehensive System, Volume 1

The scientific status of projective techniques

Dancing About Architecture

How Much Do Our Genes Dictate Our GCSE Results?

Here I say that the genetics researchers who studied GCSE scores were at University College London, but actually they are at King’s College London.

An evaluation of the left-brain vs. right-brain hypothesis with resting state functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging

Degree of handedness, but not direction, is a systematic predictor of cognitive performance

What percentage of your brain do you use?

Music and spatial task performance

The Mozart effect: An artifact of preference

Mozart's illnesses and death

Your Perfect Partner

Here I said, "A famous study surveyed people from 32 different cultures," but I meant to say 37. [See the original paper.](https://labs.psych.ucsb.edu/roney/james/other%20pdf%20readings/Buss37cultures.pdf)

Red or Black?

Why do English players fail in soccer penalty shootouts? A study of team status, self-regulation, and choking under pressure

Behavioral study of obedience

Individual differences in judging deception: Accuracy and bias

High-stakes lies: Verbal and nonverbal cues to deception in public appeals for help with missing or murdered relatives

Wie viel wisst ihr wirklich über euer Gehirn? In diesem Kurztrip durch die Irrtümer der Wissenschaft zeigt und entkräftet Ben Ambridge 10 häufige Märchen der Psychologie — und enthüllt gleichzeitig ein paar überraschende Tatsachen, wie unser Gehirn wirklich funktioniert.

10 Irrtümer der Psychologie

Many widely held ideas about psychology, from learning styles to brain hemisphere dominance, do not hold up under scientific scrutiny. Studies reveal that differences between men and women on psychological tests are far smaller than stereotypes suggest, and that supposed learning styles make no measurable difference in retention. Even the famous Mozart effect is just a temporary boost from enjoying something, not a path to lasting intelligence. Genuine understanding of the mind comes from testing theories against real data, not accepting catchy myths.