Ben Ambridge: 9 myths about psychology, debunked
Ben Ambridge: 10 mitova o psihologiji: Opovrgnuti
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your general intelligence,
vašu opću inteligenciju,
about what makes you tick,
može naživcirati i
at predicting other people's behavior
tuđeg ponašanja ili
about psychology is wrong?
psihologiji je zapravo pogrešno?
the top 10 myths of psychology.
o psihologiji.
that when it comes to their psychology,
psihološki gledano toliko
and women are from Venus.
jedni s Marsa, a drugi s Venere.
are men and women really?
uistinu različiti?
by looking at something
pogledajmo nešto
gender differences on the same scale.
psihološke razlike.
do really differ on
za muškarce,
a normal distribution curve.
krivulju.
and a few men not far at all,
ustinu daleko, a nekolicina nimalo,
the same distribution as well,
quite a big difference.
can throw a ball further
dobaciti dalje
some psychological gender differences
spolne razlike
at spatial awareness than women --
u prostornoj orijentaciji
for example -- and it's true,
je istina, no
at the size of this difference.
ova razlika.
together they almost overlap.
da se skoro preklapaju.
than 33 percent of all men,
33 % muškaraca i, naravno,
would be exactly equal.
difference and the next one I'll show you
i ona koju ću vam sljedeću pokazati
psychological gender differences
spolna razlika
that women are better
bolje
on the standardized grammar test.
standardiziranom gramatičkom testu.
but the lines are so close
linije su toliko blizu
are better than the average woman,
prosječne žene
complete gender equality.
jednakost.
a case of Mars and Venus.
Mars and Snickers:
Snickersu:
slightly nuttier than the other.
lješnjaka, luckastiji je, od onog drugog.
the famous Rorschach inkblot test.
se Rorschachovim testom mrlja.
two bears or two people or something.
medvjeda ili čovjeka ili nešto.
they're saying hello.
se pozdravljaju.
Dobro.
they are high-fiving.
saying hello or high-fiving,
ili si daju pet,
nasty, aggressive person.
borac.
three everyone shout out what you see.
pa svi recite što vidite.
(Audience shouting)
(Publika viče)
some kind of two-legged animal here,
dvonožnu životinju i
drugoj strani.
that you have difficulty
where there's a lot going on.
u kojima se štošta događa.
it doesn't mean that at all.
ne znači to.
have basically no validity
nema baš nikakvu vrijednost
people's personality
osobnosti
by modern-day psychologists.
that when you do try
je da kada pokušavate
using Rorschach inkblot tests,
Rorschachovog testa,
perfectly normal participants.
sudionika.
najbolje rezultate na ovome,
a very visual type of person.
vizualni tip.
quick quiz to find out.
da saznamo.
so hands up for each one again --
ruke --
a recipe book with pictures?
sa slikama?
as you go along?
are a visual learner
is presented in a visual style.
prezentiraju u vizualnom obliku.
you're an auditory learner,
da ste auditivni tip i
is presented to you in an auditory format.
prezentirane u auditivnom obliku.
that you're a kinesthetic learner,
kinestetički tip i
and do things with your hands.
koristite vlastite ruke.
as you've probably guessed,
the whole thing is a complete myth.
cijela je stvar potpuni mit.
not supported by scientific evidence.
dokazani od strane znanosti.
tightly controlled experimental studies,
ekperimentima,
za učenje ili
or an opposite style,
drugom stilu,
amount of information that they retain.
informacija koju zadrže.
for just a second,
that this has to be true.
the best presentation format
prezentacije ne ovisi o
but on what you're trying to learn.
naučiti.
for example,
auto
telling you what to do
govori što da radite
jednadžbe
and without writing them down?
for your architecture exams
ispite iz arhitekture
if you're a kinesthetic learner?
plesa kao kinestetički tip?
is match the material to be learned
učenje s
vama.
studenti
your GCSE results.
what you were hoping for,
kojima ste se nadali,
your learning style,
to think about blaming is your genes.
recent study at University College London
Sveučilišu u Londonu koje je
and their GCSE results
GCSE-rezultatima
so how can we tell?
pa otkud mi to znamo?
the relative contributions
100 percent of their environment
100 % okoline
share 100 percent of their environment,
share only 50 percent of their genes.
dijele samo 50 % gena.
GCSE results are in identical twins
GCSE-rezultatima jednojajčanih blizanaca
and performance is due to the environment
uspješnosti rezultat okoline,
about 58 percent due to genes.
gena.
that you and your teachers here put in.
koji ste uložili vi i vaši profesori.
that you were hoping for,
ste se nadali,
your parents, or at least their genes.
ili barem njihove gene.
krivnju je
or right-brained learner,
strane mozga
the left brain is logical,
so the right brain is better at music.
je bolji u glazbi.
because nearly everything that you do
of your brain talking together,
mozga surađuju, čak i
like having a normal conversation.
vođenja razgovora.
why this myth has survived
preživio jest
a slight grain of truth to it.
more creative than right-handed people,
your brain controls the opposite hands,
ruke,
is slightly more active
aktivnija
is more creative.
kreativnija.
than right-handed people.
for different tasks,
različite zadatke
than one-handed people,
samo jednu za sve
talk to each other a lot,
međusobno komuniciraju,
in creating flexible thinking.
načina razmišljanja.
that being ambidextrous
ambidekstrualni pojedinac
left-handers than right-handers,
nego među dešnjacima, pa
of the creative left-hander,
ljevaka,
probably heard of
Vjerojatno ste čuli da
10 percent of our brains.
našeg mozga.
even the most mundane thing,
najobičnije stvari,
naš mozak.
quite as well as we could.
onoliko koliko bi mogli.
to boost our brainpower?
bismo više koristili mozak?
to a nice bit of Mozart.
of the Mozart effect?
to Mozart makes you smarter
čini pametnijima i
performance on I.Q. tests.
IQ-testovima.
about this myth
mita jest da
there is a grain of truth to it.
imamo i tu zrnce istine.
Mozart music for a few minutes
po nekoliko minuta
IQ-testu
sat in silence.
u tišini.
some people who liked Mozart music
su neki od ljudi koji su voljeli Mozarta
the horror stories of Stephen King.
Kinga.
the music or the stories.
Mozart music to the stories
od priča
from the Mozart than the stories,
nego od priča,
the stories to the Mozart music
priče od Mozarta
from listening to the Stephen King stories
Stephenea Kinga
to something that you enjoy
uživamo
and gives you a temporary I.Q. boost
nam IQ kratkotrajno poraste kad
listening to Mozart,
Mozarta
in the long run.
not only cleverer but healthier, too.
popraviti zdravlje.
seem to be true
pokazalo istinitim
to the music of Mozart almost every day,
gotovo svaki dan,
smallpox, arthritis,
artritisa i sifilisa,
killed him in the end, syphilis.
je na kraju i ubio.
should have bit more careful, perhaps,
biti malo pažljiviji pri izboru
is sometimes spread a bit by sociologists
partner are a product of our culture,
proizvod naše kulture,
[37] different cultures across the globe,
iz 32 različite kulture iz cijelog svijeta
u partneru.
across the globe,
on physical attractiveness in a partner
privlačnost partnera nego
on ambition and high earning power.
i prihodima.
who were younger than themselves,
mlađe od njih u prosjeku
who were older than them,
"Everybody needs a Sugar Daddy."
"sponzoruša i sponzora".
to score with a partner
partnerskih pogodaka i promašaja
or football or whatever your sport is.
ili što već volite.
hot-hand streaks, Americans call them,
we sometimes say in England,
like this guy here.
poput ovog tipa.
if you analyze the pattern
statistički analiziramo obrazac
nearly always at random.
Naš mozak
from the randomness.
utemeljene na slučajnostima.
to come out somewhere in the randomness,
u gomili slučajnosti i
patterns where there are none,
obrasce tamo gdje ih nema,
and attribute meanings to them
značenja i kažemo:
get the same pattern
hits and misses at random.
pogotke i promašaje.
is penalty shootouts.
at penalty shootouts in football
penale u nogometu koje je
predstavljaju
in penalty shootouts,
uspjesima u penalima
than countries with a better record,
koje imaju bolji rezultat i vjerojatno
they're more likely to miss.
promašajima.
could improve people's performance.
naš učinak?
and seeing if that improves them.
zahvaljujući tome.
can improve performance,
mislili su da se ispituje
thought they were testing
and punishment experiment
Vjerojatno ste čuli
if you're a psychology student.
ako ste student psihologije.
were prepared to give
ono za što
electric shocks to a fellow participant
udar kolegi sudioniku
samo zato
in a white coat told them to.
kuti rekao da to učine.
for three reasons.
wasn't white, it was in fact grey.
bijela, već siva.
were told before the study
prije istraživanja i
they raised a concern,
se netko zabrinuo
they were not fatal
no permanent damage whatsoever.
didn't give the shocks
udare
in the coat told them to.
to rekao.
after the study,
intervjuirali,
that they firmly believed
vjerovali
served a worthy scientific purpose
imalo značajnu znanstvenu svrhu
enduring gains for science
znanosti za razliku
discomfort caused to the participants.
neugodnosti koje su
for about 12 minutes now,
Dobro, pričam već 12 minuta. i
sitting there listening to me,
analizirate
and body language
obrasce i govor tijela i
take any notice of what I'm saying,
ozbiljno shvatiti moje riječi.
or whether I'm lying,
probably completely failed,
podbacili.
we can catch a liar
prepoznati lažljivca
and speech patterns,
obrascima,
over the years have shown
godina dokazali su
police officers and detectives,
detektive,
to detecting lies from body language
laži preko govora tijela
iznimka:
članove obitelji.
when the relatives are missing
obitelji uistinu nestali
murdered the relatives themselves.
to shake their heads, to look away,
odvraćaju pogled i
will return safely
sigurno vratiti i
"taken from us" rather than "killed."
umjesto "ubijen".
it's about time I killed this talk,
da završim s ovim govorom,
to give you in 30 seconds
želim prikazati
a collection of interesting theories,
zanimljivih teorija,
and all of which have something to offer.
sve imaju nešto za ponuditi.
in the past few minutes
nekoliko minuta
psychological theories
teorije
prave,
makes you smarter,
pametnijima,
presented in your preferred learning style
prezentirane u vašem stilu učenja
are testable empirical predictions,
predviđanja koja se daju empirijski
jedino
against the data
podacima
experimental studies.
that we can hope to discover
otkriti koja od
are well supported,
a koja je,
I've told you about today, are myths.
tek mit.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ben Ambridge - PsychologistBen Ambridge is the author of "Psy-Q," a sparkling book debunking what we think we know about psychology.
Why you should listen
Ben Ambridge is a senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Liverpool, where he researches children’s language development. He is the author of Psy-Q, which introduces readers to some of the major findings in psychology via interactive puzzles, games, quizzes and tests.
He also writes great newsy stories connecting psychology to current events. His article "Why Can't We Talk to the Animals?" was shortlisted for the 2012 Guardian-Wellcome Science Writing Prize. Psy-Q is his first book for a general audience.
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