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Type 1 reasoning is automatic, reflexive, emotional, habitual, low effort and low capacity. It is also quicker and sometimes called the "old mind". Type 2 reasoning is effortful, reflective, cog...

For the purpose of psychological research, Eysenck devised a theory of personality which would enable splitting people into different personality types. Eysenck aimed to classify people either as extrover...

This is one of the most commonly asked questions when people begin to study Psychology. Psychology is the study of human behaviour. So whilst psychologists can't read exactly 'what' you are thinking, we c...

Loftus and Palmer help explain the accuracy of eyewitness testimony and whether misleading questions can have a significant effect on distorting the accuracy of an eyewitnesses' immediate recall of an eve...

New things that are learnt can impair our ability to recall previously learnt information, for example, if you attempt to complete one task immediately after a previous one, your memory for the previous t...