PsychAnimated

PsychAnimated

Interactive animated explainers for psychology's most fascinating concepts. Tap any card to explore, interact, and learn.

Cognitive Bias1960

Confirmation Bias

“You don't find the truth — you find what you're looking for.”

Peter Wason

Cognitive Bias1920

The Halo Effect

“One good trait can make everything look golden.”

Edward Thorndike

General1957

Cognitive Dissonance

“The mind can't hold two contradictions — something has to give.”

Leon Festinger

Cognitive Bias1999

Dunning-Kruger Effect

“The less you know, the more you think you know.”

David Dunning & Justin Kruger

Clinical1895

Projection

“What bothers you most in others may be what you deny in yourself.”

Sigmund Freud

Social1968

The Bystander Effect

“The more people watching, the less likely anyone helps.”

John Darley & Bibb Latané

General1897

Classical Conditioning

“A bell, a dog, and the birth of behavioral psychology.”

Ivan Pavlov

Social2000

The Spotlight Effect

“Nobody's watching you as much as you think.”

Thomas Gilovich, Victoria Medvec & Kenneth Savitsky

Social1993

Emotional Contagion

“Emotions spread like a virus — and you're already infected.”

Elaine Hatfield, John Cacioppo & Richard Rapson

Personality1990

The Big Five Model

“Five dimensions. Infinite personalities.”

Lewis Goldberg

General1938

Operant Conditioning

“Reward it and it grows. Punish it and it hides — but never truly disappears.”

B.F. Skinner

Clinical1967

Learned Helplessness

“When you've failed enough times, you stop trying — even when the door is wide open.”

Martin Seligman & Steven Maier

Developmental1958

Attachment Theory

“How you were held as a child shapes how you hold others as an adult.”

John Bowlby

Developmental1958

Moral Development Stages

“What's 'right' changes as you grow — and most people stop growing too soon.”

Lawrence Kohlberg

Social1963

Milgram's Obedience Experiment

“65% of ordinary people will torture a stranger if an authority figure tells them to.”

Stanley Milgram

Personality1943

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

“You can't chase meaning while you're starving.”

Abraham Maslow

General1955

The Placebo Effect

“Belief is a drug — and your brain is the pharmacy.”

Henry Beecher

Social1913

Social Loafing

“The bigger the group, the less each person tries.”

Max Ringelmann

Cognitive Bias1968

Mere Exposure Effect

“You don't like it because it's good — you like it because it's familiar.”

Robert Zajonc

Social1971

Stanford Prison Experiment

“Give someone a uniform and a title — and watch who they become.”

Philip Zimbardo

Cognitive Bias1993

Peak-End Rule

“You don't remember the experience — you remember the peak and how it ended.”

Daniel Kahneman

Personality1975

Flow State

“Time dissolves. Self disappears. Only the doing remains.”

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi