What are some things that psychologists know, but most people don't?

1. People who view TV crime shows consistently tend to overreact to the frequency of crime in the real world.
2. People tend to look to others for decisions, when they are uncertain about certain things.
3. People tend to walk faster when approaching someone wearing red and slower when approaching someone wearing blue.
4. People say “bless you” when you sneeze because this was often the first sign of the plague in medieval ages.
5. Studies show that attractive politicians receive more news coverage than their less attractive counterparts. Such is human nature.
6. Studies show that the longer you have to wait for something, the more you appreciate it when you receive it.
7. Physically attractive people tend to have better-paying jobs in higher-level positions, and tend to attract more favors than their less attractive counterparts. This preference is usually referred to as “beauty bias”.
8. Women are more likely to judge a man to be more attractive when they see another woman looking and smiling at him. For a male, the same man becomes less attractive.
9. The secret to a good night’s sleep is to trick your brain that you had a good night’s sleep. All you need to do is to know how to convince your brain.
10. Chocolate discharges the same chemicals into your body which are produced when you start falling in love. The smell of chocolate increases Theta brain waves, which trigger relaxation.
11. The idea that men always make the first move is a fallacy.
12. We are subconsciously attracted to people who are capable of reproducing.