6/3/2023 0 Comments Psychological phenomena![]() Art Markman, Ph.D., explains deja vu as a device our brains use to create a sense of familiarity in a particular situation using source memories as context clues. Have you ever visited a new place, only to get the feeling that you’d been there before? That’s called a deja vu, and it happens to almost everybody. How many of our ideas are actually our own, and how many are really memories? 9. In the case of George Harrison, however, a judge decided that cryptomnesia really was the culprit, and Harrison was charged with “subconscious plagiarism.” It’s scary when you think about it. So, it’s possible that Brian Williams simply thought he was on that helicopter, or he might have been lying. Studies have shown this phenomenon is pretty common, but it’s pretty hard to tell the difference between it and a lie. Rather than consciously stealing a song, or making up a story out of thin air, the human brain is capable of taking a story, song or idea and transforming it. They discovered that people will unknowingly “borrow” the ideas of others, rather than thinking of new ideas. The term was invented by doctors Alan Brown and Dana Murphy, after conducting three experiments at Southern Methodist University in 1989. For that matter, why did George Harrison write “My Sweet Lord” to sound just like the Chiffon’s hit 1962 song, “He’s So Fine?” Did he plagiarize, or did he not notice the similarity between his song and the other? An argument can be made for the latter in both instances, all because of something called cryptomnesia. Why did Brian Williams, noted NBC news anchor, say he was in a helicopter that was attacked in Iraq? Was he lying? Or, was there something deeper at work. We did a video about this, if you like to watch, rather than read. ![]() Here are 10 of them, with a description of the phenomenon itself (when it has one!) and an example of it in action with a real, live human being. All throughout history, humans have experienced things called psychological phenomena – mind tricks that sometimes defy explanation but are experienced by most people. Beyond its ability to help us reason, function and think, it plays some crazy tricks on us. ![]() 9.The human brain is a fascinating and complex organ. Further research indicates that a group is just as likely to provide help as an individual, devaluing Darley and Latane’s theory. Plus, many of the witnesses did in fact call the police. However, in 2007, the New York Times admitted it exaggerated the number of witnesses in the Genovese case. ![]() The group has a weak sense of responsibility to intervene. They explain several reasons a group is less likely to help, such as groupthink, diffusion of obligation, and ambiguity. The concept proposes that an individual is more likely to help a victim than a group. The shocking revelation prompted social psychologists John Darley and Bibb Latane to examine the phenomenon, with the dup coming up with the bystander effect. Two weeks later, the New York Times published an article stating that 38 witnesses refused to phone the police or help Genovese. On March 13, 1964, Winston Mosley murdered 28-year-old bartender Kitty Genovese outside her apartment. ![]()
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