Ben Ambridge: 9 myths about psychology, debunked
Ben Embridž (Ben Ambridge): 10 mitova o psihologiji - raskrinkani
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your general intelligence,
vašu opštu inteligenciju,
about what makes you tick,
at predicting other people's behavior
ponašanja drugih ljudi
about psychology is wrong?
o psihologiji pogrešno?
the top 10 myths of psychology.
10 najvećih mitova o psihologiji.
that when it comes to their psychology,
o njihovoj psihologiji,
and women are from Venus.
a žene sa Venere.
muškarci i žene različiti?
are men and women really?
by looking at something
počnimo da posmatramo nešto
gender differences on the same scale.
među polovima na istom nivou.
muškarci i žene zaista razlikuju
do really differ on
a normal distribution curve.
normalnom krivom raspodele.
dosta daleko, nekoliko njih nimalo,
and a few men not far at all,
the same distribution as well,
quite a big difference.
can throw a ball further
može da baci loptu dalje
some psychological gender differences
kako neke psihološke razlike polova
at spatial awareness than women --
u prostornom snalaženju od žena -
for example -- and it's true,
na primer, što je tačno,
at the size of this difference.
veličinu te razlike.
together they almost overlap.
da se gotovo preklapaju.
than 33 percent of all men,
od 33% svih muškaraca,
would be exactly equal.
difference and the next one I'll show you
i sledeća koju ću vam pokazati
psychological gender differences
psihološke rodne razlike
that women are better
da su žene bolje
on the standardized grammar test.
standardizovanog testa gramatike.
but the lines are so close
ali linije su toliko blizu
are better than the average woman,
bolje od prosečnih žena,
complete gender equality.
a case of Mars and Venus.
Mars and Snickers:
slightly nuttier than the other.
ali u jedno ide malo više jaja.
the famous Rorschach inkblot test.
uz pomoć čuvenog testa Roršahovih mrlja.
two bears or two people or something.
ili dvoje ljudi ili nešto drugo.
they're saying hello.
da se pozdravljaju.
da bacaju kosku jedan drugom.
they are high-fiving.
saying hello or high-fiving,
da se pozdravljaju ili bacaju kosku,
prijateljski nastrojena osoba.
nasty, aggressive person.
three everyone shout out what you see.
pa na tri svi viknite šta vidite.
(Audience shouting)
(Publika viče)
some kind of two-legged animal here,
neku vrstu dvonoge životinje ovde,
that you have difficulty
da imate poteškoća
where there's a lot going on.
gde se dešava dosta toga.
it doesn't mean that at all.
have basically no validity
zapravo nije validan
people's personality
by modern-day psychologists.
that when you do try
otkrilo je da kada pokušate
using Rorschach inkblot tests,
koristeći test Roršahovih mrlja,
perfectly normal participants.
sasvim normalnih učesnika.
a very visual type of person.
quick quiz to find out.
drugi brzi test da otkrijemo to.
so hands up for each one again --
- još jednom ruke gore -
a recipe book with pictures?
kuvar sa slikama?
as you go along?
are a visual learner
is presented in a visual style.
informacije vizuelno prikazane.
you're an auditory learner,
da ste auditivni učenik,
is presented to you in an auditory format.
prikazana u audio formatu.
that you're a kinesthetic learner,
da ste kinestetički učenik,
and do things with your hands.
kada radite nešto svojim rukama.
as you've probably guessed,
kao što verovatno pretpostavljate,
the whole thing is a complete myth.
jer je čitava stvar kompletan mit.
not supported by scientific evidence.
i nisu podržani naučnim dokazima.
tightly controlled experimental studies,
eksperimentalnim istraživanjima,
or an opposite style,
preferiranom ili suprotnom stilu,
amount of information that they retain.
u količini informacija koje usvoje.
for just a second,
that this has to be true.
the best presentation format
but on what you're trying to learn.
što pokušavate da naučite.
da vozite auto, na primer
for example,
telling you what to do
kako vam govori šta da uradite,
paralelne jednačine
and without writing them down?
bez da ih napišete?
za ispit iz arhitekture
for your architecture exams
if you're a kinesthetic learner?
ako ste kinestetički učenik?
is match the material to be learned
materijal koji učite
your GCSE results.
rezultate mature.
what you were hoping for,
baš ono čemu ste se nadali,
your learning style,
to think about blaming is your genes.
da okrivite svoje gene.
recent study at University College London
na Londonskom koledžu
and their GCSE results
i njihovih rezultata mature
so how can we tell?
pa kako je možemo objasniti?
the relative contributions
relativne doprinose
istraživanje s blizancima.
100 percent of their environment
100% svog okruženja
share 100 percent of their environment,
dele 100% svog okruženja,
share only 50 percent of their genes.
dele samo 50% svojih gena.
GCSE results are in identical twins
kod identičnih blizanaca
and performance is due to the environment
varijacija i učinak zavise od okruženja,
about 58 percent due to genes.
that you and your teachers here put in.
vas i vaših profesora.
that you were hoping for,
kojima ste se nadali,
your parents, or at least their genes.
da krivite roditelje ili barem svoje gene.
or right-brained learner,
levom ili desnom stranom mozga,
the left brain is logical,
leva strana mozga logična,
so the right brain is better at music.
te je bolja u muzici.
because nearly everything that you do
jer skoro sve što radite
of your brain talking together,
koji zajedno komuniciraju,
like having a normal conversation.
poput vođenja normalnog razgovora.
why this myth has survived
zašto je ovaj mit preživeo
a slight grain of truth to it.
more creative than right-handed people,
kreativniji od desnorukih ljudi,
your brain controls the opposite hands,
kontroliše suprotne ruke,
is slightly more active
is more creative.
than right-handed people.
od desnorukih ljudi.
for different tasks,
za različite zadatke,
than one-handed people,
koji pišu jednom rukom,
talk to each other a lot,
dosta komuniciraju međusobno,
in creating flexible thinking.
u stvaranje fleksibilnog mišljenja.
that being ambidextrous
obe ruke podjednako
left-handers than right-handers,
među levorukim nego desnorukim,
of the creative left-hander,
u ideji kreativnog levorukog čoveka,
probably heard of
10 percent of our brains.
even the most mundane thing,
čak i najobičnija stvar,
quite as well as we could.
toliko koliko bismo mogli.
to boost our brainpower?
da pojačamo snagu svojih mozgova?
to a nice bit of Mozart.
of the Mozart effect?
to Mozart makes you smarter
slušanje Mocarta čini pametnijim
na testovima inteligencije.
performance on I.Q. tests.
about this myth
o ovom mitu
there is a grain of truth to it.
postoji nešto istine u njemu.
Mozart music for a few minutes
Mocartova muzika na nekoliko minuta
na testu inteligencije
sat in silence.
some people who liked Mozart music
neke ljude koji su voleli Mocartovu muziku
the horror stories of Stephen King.
horor priča Stivena Kinga.
the music or the stories.
Mozart music to the stories
Mocartovu muziku od priča
from the Mozart than the stories,
od Mocarta nego od priča
the stories to the Mozart music
priče od Mocartove muzike
from listening to the Stephen King stories
od slušanja priča Stivena Kinga
to something that you enjoy
u čemu uživate podstiče
and gives you a temporary I.Q. boost
listening to Mozart,
da će vas slušanje Mocarta,
in the long run.
je da vas slušanje Mocarta
not only cleverer but healthier, too.
već i zdravijim.
seem to be true
to the music of Mozart almost every day,
gotovo svaki dan,
smallpox, arthritis,
boginja, artritisa,
killed him in the end, syphilis.
misli da ga je ubilo, sifilisa.
should have bit more careful, perhaps,
možda trebalo da bude pažljiviji
is sometimes spread a bit by sociologists
proizvod naše kulture,
partner are a product of our culture,
[37] different cultures across the globe,
iz 37 raznih kultura širom sveta,
across the globe,
on physical attractiveness in a partner
na fizičku privlačnost partnera
on ambition and high earning power.
ambicija i moć zarađivanja.
žene koje su bile mlađe od njih,
who were younger than themselves,
who were older than them,
muškarci koji su bili stariji od njih,
"Everybody needs a Sugar Daddy."
"Svakome treba tatica."
to score with a partner
or football or whatever your sport is.
ili bilo kojem sportu.
hot-hand streaks, Americans call them,
Amerikanci nazivaju srećnim nizom
kako mi kažemo,
we sometimes say in England,
like this guy here.
poput ovog momka ovde.
if you analyze the pattern
nearly always at random.
from the randomness.
to come out somewhere in the randomness,
negde u nasumičnosti,
patterns where there are none,
gde ih nema,
and attribute meanings to them
i pridajemo im značenja
get the same pattern
hits and misses at random.
nasumične pogotke i promašaje.
is penalty shootouts.
je kazneni šesnaesterac.
at penalty shootouts in football
šesnaesterce u fudbalu
koji predstavljaju zemlje
in penalty shootouts,
kaznenih šesnaesteraca
than countries with a better record,
zemalja sa boljim izvedbama
they're more likely to miss.
veće su šanse za promašaj.
could improve people's performance.
da poboljšamo ljudske rezultate.
and seeing if that improves them.
i pratite da li ih to poboljšava.
can improve performance,
može da poboljša rezultate,
thought they were testing
and punishment experiment
učenja i kažnjavanja
if you're a psychology student.
ako ste student psihologije.
were prepared to give
pripremali da daju svojim kolegama
electric shocks to a fellow participant
da je smrtonosan električni šok
in a white coat told them to.
for three reasons.
wasn't white, it was in fact grey.
nije bio beo već zapravo siv.
were told before the study
pre istraživanja
they raised a concern,
rečeno im je da
they were not fatal
nisu bili smrtonosni
no permanent damage whatsoever.
didn't give the shocks
in the coat told them to.
govorio da to urade.
after the study,
that they firmly believed
da su čvrsto verovali
served a worthy scientific purpose
služilo naučnoj svrsi
enduring gains for science
discomfort caused to the participants.
neudobnosti za učesnike.
for about 12 minutes now,
sitting there listening to me,
and body language
i govor tela
take any notice of what I'm saying,
da obratite pažnju na ono što govorim
or whether I'm lying,
probably completely failed,
we can catch a liar
da prepoznamo lažove
and speech patterns,
i obrasca govora,
over the years have shown
godinama su pokazali
police officers and detectives,
policajce ili detektive,
to detecting lies from body language
o otkrivanju laži iz govora tela
when the relatives are missing
kada su rođaci zaista nestali,
murdered the relatives themselves.
zapravo i ubili.
to shake their heads, to look away,
odmahuju glavom, gledaju unaokolo
da će se osoba vratiti sigurno
will return safely
"taken from us" rather than "killed."
"uzeti od nas" umesto "ubijeni".
krajnje je vreme da ubijem ovaj govor,
it's about time I killed this talk,
to give you in 30 seconds
želim samo da vam dam u 30 sekundi
a collection of interesting theories,
samo skup zanimljivih teorija,
and all of which have something to offer.
i koje sve imaju nešto da ponude.
in the past few minutes
u proteklih nekoliko minuta
psychological theories
koje pretpostavke prave,
makes you smarter,
čini pametnijima,
presented in your preferred learning style
u vašem omljenom stilu učenja
are testable empirical predictions,
proverive empirijske pretpostavke
against the data
nasuprot podataka
experimental studies.
eksperimentalnim istraživanjima.
that we can hope to discover
da ćemo otkriti
are well supported,
I've told you about today, are myths.
o kojima sam vam danas pričao.
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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