Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior Quotes

“So let me get this straight. You think it is ok to murder a child in the womb, but it’s not ok to kill a serial killer.” Debater 2: “That’s not what I said. I denounce murder in any form, but abortion is not murder.”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“So, if anyone ever accuses you of being inconsistent, you now have a great comeback: “Human beings can be inconsistent, and anyway what seems inconsistent to one is perfectly consistent to another.”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“A similar thing happens when we make judgments about our abilities relative to others. All other things being equal, we rate our ability on a given task as above average, but we rate other people’s ability at the same task at or below average”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“Another way to say it is that we make excuses for ourselves. We give ourselves a break. However, as a general rule, we don’t give others a break. When we judge someone else’s actions, as a general rule we attribute their behavior to internal factors”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“there is no empirical support for the idea that anyone, including psychologists, can accurately read unspoken feelings based on subtle body movements. “But”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“Armed with “it could be worse” feelings, we feel better about our own situations and perhaps more grateful for what we do have.”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“A similar thing happens when we make judgments about our abilities relative to others. All other things being equal, we rate our ability on a given task as above average, but we rate other people’s ability at the same task at or below average (Suls, Lemosk, & Stewart, 2002; Kruganski & Mayselers, 1990).”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“part of their brainpower went toward managing the anxiety, which interfered with their ability to answer questions that they otherwise might have answered correctly. As a general rule, high levels of anxiety are detrimental to task performance”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“Consider the possibility that more than one factor interacted to cause the behavior. If you do, consider yourself a psychologist at heart and you’re well on the way to a deeper understanding of human behavior.”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“Do the right thing and your brain will follow.” Or “Act like the person you want to be and you just might become that person.” Both statements refer to the amazing thing our brains do when our behavior and attitudes don’t match.”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“As a general rule, high levels of anxiety are detrimental to task performance”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“downward social comparison (Guimond, 2005).”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“Texans had very different feelings toward guns, associating them with personal safety, defense of the home, and sport (e.g., target practice, hunting). The first time I visited my next-door neighbors, I was introduced to their gun collection, which was displayed in a quite impressive gun cabinet. I was puzzled. I couldn’t reconcile the fact that my neighbors and many other good upstanding citizens owned and enjoyed guns.”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“Scenario: Debate class. Debater 1 is arguing pro-life, and Debater 2 is arguing pro-choice. Debater 1: “Abortion is murder.” Debater 2: “No, murder means killing a person. A baby isn’t a person until birth.” Debater 1: “No, life begins at conception, so abortion is murder.” Debater 2: “Well, then”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“It is the shoe-breaking idiot.”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“Although we can think logically, it doesn’t mean we always do (Shermer, 1997).”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“Act like the person you want to be and you just might become that person.”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“This may come as a surprise, but there are no classes in reading body language in psychology Ph.D. programs. Why? Because there is no empirical support for the idea that anyone, including psychologists, can accurately read unspoken feelings based on subtle body movements.”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“You can learn to like something (or at least become more comfortable with it) by “just doing it” and continuing to do it, even if you initially don’t want to.”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“Knowing that inconsistency (a) is a normal part of human nature, and (b) can lie in the eye of the beholder could have positive effects on your personal and professional relationships.”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“Each person concludes the other is illogical, and neither can understand why their own arguments aren’t persuasive.”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“Human beings can be inconsistent, and anyway what seems inconsistent to one is perfectly consistent to another.”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“Consider the possibility that your perception is wrong, and put your energy into learning why their beliefs aren’t inconsistent to them.”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“You Can Change Your Attitudes By Changing Your Behavior.”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“It is best not to assume that you know what is going on inside someone’s head . . . unless they tell you (and there are even problems with that method, since people can mislead with their words). ”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior

“part of their brainpower goes toward managing the anxiety, which interferes with their ability to answer questions that they otherwise might have answered correctly. As a general rule, high levels of anxiety are detrimental to task performance”
― Suzanne L. Davis, Ten Interesting Things about Human Behavior