Amazing Psychology Facts Everyone Needs To Know

1/14 Your favorite song is likely associated with an emotional event. A study showed that long-term favourite songs differed from daily favourites, being associated with intense emotional events in listeners’ lives. Photo: Getty

2/14 Music impacts your perspective. This one seems kind of obvious! A study at the University of Groningen showed that music has a dramatic impact on your perception. Photo: Getty

3/14 The more you spend on others, the happier you are. According to various studies. Be sure to give plenty this holiday season! Photo: Getty

4/14 Spending money on experience instead of stuff also makes you happier. Collect memories not things, right? Photo: Getty

5/14 Certain religious practices lower stress. “The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Mood Disorders” shows that people who engage in meditation and prayer religiously are less stressed out. Photo: Getty

6/14 18 to 33 year olds are the most stressed out people on earth. Family, education, work, it can all be pretty stressful. Photo: Getty

7/14 Being with happy people makes you happier. Photo: Getty

8/14 Convincing yourself you slept well tricks your brain into thinking it did. Thus giving you more energy. They called it “placebo sleep”. Photo: Getty

9/14 Smart people underestimate themselves and ignorant people think they’re brilliant. It’s called the Dunning Kruger Effect. You definitely notice it in every day life. Photo: Getty

10/14 When you remember a past event, you’re actually remembering the last time you remembered it. Is your mind blown!? This is why our memories fade and distort over time. Photo: Getty

11/14 Money does buy happiness, but only up to $75,000 a year. For the average American, $75k a year buys happiness. It liberates you from poverty and gets you what you need in life. Photo: Getty

12/14 Your decisions are more rational when thought in another language. A university of Chicago study showed that Korean citizens who thought in foreign languages reduced their overall bias. Neat. Photo: Getty

13/14 If you announce your goals, you’re less likely to succeed. It’s true. Tests since the 1930’s have pretty well proven it. Photo: Getty

14/14 Kids are more high strung today than the average psych ward patient in 1950. Which is pretty scary but not surprising. About half the human population now suffers anxiety, depression, or a sort of substance abuse. Photo: Getty