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The development of society and the progress of human civilization all need to rely on human research on natural science, and people also believe that it is the contribution of those great scientists and scholars that human society can develop faster.
In fact, the social natural sciences and humanities are of great significance to the development of mankind.
Psychology in the humanities can play an important role in people's study of the meaning of existence through the perspective of psychology.
Some psychology experts through a large number of analysis and research found that people sometimes have four very strange psychological phenomena, and people simply can not get rid of, this concentrated phenomenon people have experienced, let's take a look at these four strange psychological phenomena.
The Empty Cage Effect
By 1907, psychologist James, who had been retiring from Harvard university for a long time, had made a bet with fellow physicist Carlson.
James said that he wanted Carlson to take the initiative to raise a bird, and Carlson laughed, claiming that he would not keep people and animals in his own home.
He also told James that he didn't believe there was anything he could do to get himself to raise a bird. James smiled and said wait and see, he must have a way to do it.
A few days later, it was Professor Carlson's birthday, and as a good friend when he was teaching at the university, the two had a very good relationship.
On this birthday, James will definitely carefully select gifts for his good friend Professor Carlson. When Carlson opened the exquisite package, he saw an unusually exquisite birdcage, a black birdcage, surrounded by gold edges, very beautiful.
Carlson also liked this exquisite birdcage. So Professor Carlson placed the birdcage in the entrance of the house. Unexpectedly, every friend who came to Carlson's house would ask, this beautiful birdcage is really exquisite, but where did the bird go?
Carlson had to answer everyone's questions, and over time Carlson found himself unable to explain it to everyone at all.
In order to avoid people from asking about the whereabouts of their birds, they simply went out and bought a bird in a cage. In this way, no one will find it strange anymore, and no one will ask about the birdcage.
Carlson's bet with James also lost. The birdcage effect is to tell people that stereotypes are terrible, and can solidify people's thoughts and behaviors.
Broken window theory
This theory was also pioneered by Lipchibado, who, as associate professor of Stan, conducted an experiment in the school.
The props for the experiment are two identical cars. Professor Lip placed two cars in two completely different environments, one in a bustling city center street and the other in an area with a more complex environment and a high crime rate.
At the same time, both cars are closely watched.
After parking the car in the bustling city center for a week, there was no change or damage, and it still remained in the state it had just been put down, and the car was in good condition without difference.
The other car was not so lucky, and in the area of security, the car that did not have its owner driving away was quickly targeted. At night, someone broke the window of the car and removed the valuable parts inside to steal it, and many people found that the window of the car was broken, and the vehicle was eventually stolen and disappeared.
People are accustomed to going with the flow, once the vehicle is broken windows, then after a period of time, someone must destroy another window, which is the famous broken window theory.
This experiment reflects the psychological changes of people who are close to ink and black, and in the early days of rule making, people will seriously abide by it, and once someone breaks the balance without punishment, then people will no longer pay attention to this rule, and even no longer restrain their behavior.
The dark side of the window is stimulated by the broken window, and the window represents the social order and rules, and once broken, the dark side of the person is easily released.
Hawthorne influence
Another name for Hawthorne's influence is the cathartic effect, and professors from Harvard University have experimented with workers in a factory in the United States, through understanding workers' dissatisfaction with production methods, through psychological interviews to let workers know that they are being paid attention to by their leaders, and put aside complaints, improving work efficiency in the next work.
Hawthorne influence is also used by many managers in their daily management work to continuously motivate their employees and achieve the purpose of improving work efficiency.
Parkinson's law
Parkinson's Law derives from the theory of the scholar Parkinson's long-term study of social organization.
In this law, we can see the problems encountered in the development of social organizations, in an organization or team, with the continuous expansion of scale, the composition of managers and employees is similar to the formation of a pyramid structure.
According to this development model, not only can not improve work efficiency, but also has a negative impact on the group of employees.
By analyzing the above four strange psychological phenomena, we can see some strange psychological states that exist in people's psychology.
In social life, people are susceptible to the influence of the surrounding environment, which is originally a simple thing, but also because of the large number of people involved, it has produced complex changes.
People's psychology will continue to change, there will be laws in social groups, people will take the initiative to abide by them at the beginning, once someone breaks this environment, things will become more complicated, but also show a strange psychological state.
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参考资料：Vogel, D. L., & Wester, S. R. (2003). To seek help or not to seek help: The risks of self-disclosure. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 50(3), 351.