it’s possible for you to be forgiven for not understanding human behavior very well.
Things are way more complex than alpha vs. beta among animals.
Same with the pecking order in groups ofroostersand hens.
Humans lead considerably more nuanced lives than animals.
The alpha theory just isnt a useful or accurate way of categorizing people.
He had subjects hold a pen in their mouths to force them to smile then showed them some comics.
According to his research, smilers said they found the comics funnier than the control group.
But in 2016, 17 labs tried and failed to replicated Stracks results.
Maybe things have changed since then.
Or maybe the original result was an outlier.
Not that facial feedback is entirely bunk; it just doesnt seem to make much of a difference.
The marshmallow test and delayed gratification
The experiment was flawed for a number of reasons.
The experiment didnt even control for whether the kidslikedmarshmallows.
A similar study in 2018 with a larger sample size didnt find the same correlation as the original experiment.
Or B) Value logic more than feelings?
It is also largely bullshitbasically a more complicated version of a horoscope.
Personality traits, including the four measured by the MBTI, are normally distributed.
It was basically a reality show.
The roles of the students were never actually guard and prisoner.
This is done largely through understanding non-verbal communication.
There are a ton of life coaches who use the technique.
But neuro-linguistic programming is probably a crock.
(Woo hoo!)
But maybe we dont, and even if we do, it doesnt seem to matter.
How could I have remembered it wrong?
may be the thought process at work.
While theres no one-size-fits-all approach to psychological counseling,meta-analsyis of CBT researchstrongly indicates its effectiveness.
Dreams mean something
Many cultures believe dreams are prophetic.
Freud believed dreams reveal our unconscious mind through symbolism.
Theres no end of dream interpretation material out there.
But these theories are probably all wrong.
When you wake, you create a dream story around the imagery.
