A list of psychological effects observed by tRanChor which may or may not have already been observed or published by others.
Those who are in a very large and spacious room and have their eyes blindfolded will keep walking for 10-20 steps until their minds would make them believe that they are nearing a wall and that something bad would happen. Their movements would eventually become erratic and slow, which eventually puts them to stop.
They will open their blindfold and realize that they're not even half from their original destination and that their mind is actually playing a trick on them. Interestingly, even if you're logically aware that there's no wall in front of you, you will feel and move as if there's actually a wall in front of you.
Sensations of anxiety such as fear, hesitation, increased breathing rate, tightening of chest, and dizziness starts the more steps people take when blindfolded. However it seems that participants stop feeling these sensations once they have made an average of 41 steps.
A psychological effect that can be replicated during the blindfold test by telling the participants to walk a specific amount of steps, such as 10, 20, 30, and others. Whenever they are nearing to reach their destination, the anxious sensations increases and the distance per step decreases, as if they're walking on a slope.
While people think moving and doing things around many people is more scary and makes them more anxious, it's actually the opposite. On the contrary, the larger the random crowd around, the more dissipated and scattered their attention and opinions are, and the less likely they can reject you as a whole.
Thus, performing unconventional or even illegal actions while around the crowd is safer than doing them when there are small amount of people. Responsibility, attention, action, and public opinions dissipate and scatter more when the crowd is bigger.
I just realized this effect seems like an extension or just a different perspective view of the well-known Bystander Effect. Either way, this is the main guiding principle on how Modern Hunting works. The more people around, the less they care about a crying baby, a homeless beggar, a clown, or even a shoplifter.
Whenever something unexpectedly bad happens, humans, especially 20th century ones, have the tendency to subconsciously blame themselves first, finding faults within themselves just as relentless whenever they try to find excuses for their real mistakes.
Although in practice it would seem as if the opposite happens — humans immediately find someone to blame, what actually happens is that they blame themselves subconsciously at first, then their defense mechanism activates so some of them places the blame on others instead.
This effect is further illustrated when someone with reduced hearing tries to talk with someone who has low voice volume. Rather than thinking that the other person has the problem, they will first blame themselves than think that the other side or both of them probably has the problem.
Most people, even if they are definitely alone, doesn't like to be seen in public alone, so they tend to move in public spaces where there are a lot of people, even when they don't know any of these people.
This can be seen as a normal social phenomena, similar to how people in the past gather together and form tribes to increase their chances of survival. Humans as social beings instinctly avoids being alone in public.
This is further illustrated in the park where a person would be more likely to sit in one of the benches positioned in a circular space rather than sit on one of the benches positioned on a linear space.
This probably happens due to the increased feelings of when a person belongs to a group even if the sense of belonging is just a mere illusion.
Regardless of one's position in society, if one were to speak in a commanding voice and respectable posture, most people who hears them would listen and try to fulfill the orders without giving a second thought. This is probably because people are soft-wired to follow authority and please respectable looking people.
This effect also seems to apply in conversations, such that if one were to speak in a respectable tone and appear like nobility or royalty, the other party would be very engaged and try to please the respectable person. However, this doesn't mean that they like or feel emotionally connected to that person.
Hence, this explains the difference between "I want you to like me" and "I like you". The former happens if the person is respectable, while the latter only happens if a direct emotional connection is made through a bold move.
This effect lasts as long as the respectable person can keep the act. If the respectable person suddenly acts differently, then the other party would realize this and become even more guarded and hostile than if they didn't do the act.
Another characteristic of the crowd is that the individuals within the crowd tend to contribute to the completion of the goals of the crowd, especially if the crowd is a formal group or developed a sense of connection together through time and/or emotional bond.
It happens because of people's innate need for belonging, which is a powerful motivational force that allows them to try their best to complete the goal of the group despite not meeting personal goals of their own.
This explains how strangers of no relations from different places gather together to accomplish a single goal, like internet netizens pushing a joke very far or online community members counting up to 3000 for no reason.
This sociological phenomena can be applied such that people would decide by themselves to contribute to a community goal, simply by adding visual cues or marks that publicly broadcasts their contribution to the crowd, feeding both their need for belonging and the need to feel special.
"It is necessary for us to be aware of the invisible forces of psychology that influences our every move."
"The application of psychology extends to every domain and place where humans exist."
"Knowledge of Psychology can become the most practical tool or the most deadly weapon."