| mean | Question |
| 2.36 | How important are romantic relationships in one's life? Can a person substitute a romantic relationship for another strong relationship? |
| 2.32 | What makes some people's "chemistry" or love? Or just basically any topic on love between two people. |
| 2.28 | What is the psychological basis for love and sex from a woman's perspective? |
| 2.16 | How do we know we feel the true emotions we think we feel? How do we know what love, hate, jealousy, envy, etc. is when it is not learned? And how do we make the connection of which emotion is which? |
| 2.12 | What careers are available to people with degrees in psychology? |
| 2.12 | How does mindset help the physical healing process after disease? |
| 2.08 | Realism of dreams and movies: What is the cause of our belief that these are real sometimes (wake up and have to check that something didn't happen or watch a movie and accept fiction to be a very probably occurrence)? |
| 2.08 | Why do only some people have an emotional reaction to music? What part of the brain is controlling a person's emotional reaction to music? |
| 2.08 | Why are people drawn to certain personality types and not others? Does environment have an effect on the development of personality? |
| 2.04 | What causes a pathological liar? |
| 2.04 | Why are women so confusing to men (and vice versa I guess)? Wouldn't it be more adaptive to have the two sexes get along better or at least understand each other better? |
| 2.04 | How can one be helped if they have been psychologically traumatized within their first years of life? |
| 2.04 | To what extent does the looks of children affect how their parents treat them in comparison to their "better looking" siblings? |
| 2.04 | What has caused asthetics to become an important everyday issue? (ex: statsitics say the prettier people have an easier and a more likely chance of being hired, cosmetic surgery, the desire to be slim, the costly expenses for makeup, face washes, clothes etc..., the persistent teasing of someone who does not fit the stereotypical pretty even at young ages...) |
| 2.00 | What are the different avenues in the career world that a graduate with a Psychology degree can take? |
| 2.00 | What rehabilitation is possible for young teens who commit horrific crimes like the Columbine shootings? |
| 2.00 | Why do people choose to associate with certain people and not others in social situations? |
| 2.00 | What motivates people to have a positive and optimistic view on life and how can we encourage people to look at things in a more beneficial light? |
| 2.00 | Anything having to do with psychological addictions to things... also physical addiction and its influence on the mind/thought processes. What parts of the personality does addiction effect immediately and/or long term? |
| 2.00 | Why makes some girls attracted to a certain type of guy? |
| 2.00 | What is it, psychologically, that makes people need religion in their lives? Is there an area in the brain for religion? |
| 1.96 | What are the best ways for a women to communicate with a man? a man with a women? how do the differing genders interpret feelings and information differently? |
| 1.96 | What are the psychological differences between men and women? |
| 1.96 | How do exercise and diet effect mood and psychological sense of well-being? |
| 1.92 | How can people be born with personalities? How can genes make people so different? |
| 1.92 | What psychological effects occur as a result of intense sibling rivalry or jealousy? |
| 1.92 | Why do people feel a need for religion? |
| 1.92 | The topic of sleeping and dreaming in "general." I am curious as to what research takes place in sleeping facilities. |
| 1.88 | What kind of impact does adoption have on a young child, especially if the biological parent and child have lived together for the first years of life? |
| 1.88 | How much do emotions affect memories? |
| 1.88 | When does the development of morality occur? Is it completely socialized, or is morality innate? Are children inhibited because of "right" and "wrong," and what role does any possible inhibition play in their adult lives (ex: sexuality)? |
| 1.88 | How do emotions affect memory storage and memory recall? |
| 1.88 | Why do different people feel so different about music and what is it that makes some people more musical than others? |
| 1.88 | What makes someone have a split personality?...and just basically anything to do with this topic. |
| 1.88 | How does one combat an anxiety disorder? |
| 1.88 | I have heard that there is no way to catch up on lost sleep. Why then do we feel so much better after daytime naps? |
| 1.88 | What is human motivation? Is there a goal or driving force that accounts for the decisions/actions we make? OR is it too narrow to limit the motivater to one thing (sex, money, love, power, etc.)? |
| 1.88 | Why do some people have get easily angered (have a temper)? |
| 1.88 | Why do humans dream? |
| 1.84 | How does music psychologically effect mood? |
| 1.84 | What is the psychological basis of addiction? |
| 1.84 | In what ways does being a first born, middle, or last affect the way that people develop and behave? |
| 1.84 | What are the social factors that affect depression? |
| 1.80 | In terms of the evolutionary psychology theory that people are attracted to certain physical aspects of particular people, are there personality traits or expressions that also tend to attract a "match"? |
| 1.80 | In clinical psychology what is the main goal? Is there a point when the patient no longer needs therapy, or is it something that will always be required? |
| 1.80 | Why are so many teenagers clinically depressed? What is it a result of (environmental changes, parents, etc.)? |
| 1.80 | Is music an effective form of therapy? for me it is, but on a large scale does it seem to be affective or is it bogus? |
| 1.80 | What part of the brain controls intuition and how does it work? |
| 1.80 | What is the psychological basis for the need for religion in people's lives? |
| 1.80 | Why do some people find it harder to commit than others? Why do some still hold on to the ideals of natural selection stonger than others? |
| 1.76 | Does birth order have any significance? |
| 1.76 | Do men need to feel like the provider? If they are not more successful than their wife or girlfriend, are there relationship problems? |
| 1.76 | What are some of the psychological remedies for obesity? |
| 1.76 | What makes people violent? |
| 1.72 | At what point does a doctor decide that his patient is sane and no longer need a treatment? |
| 1.72 | How are personality disorders developed and how are they treated? |
| 1.72 | Why does society influence the way we think about ourselves and life so much? Why are people forced to hurt themselves for society’s approval (eating disorders, suicide, peer pressure, etc.) |
| 1.72 | How do you help someone that is convinced they will fail at whatever they do? |
| 1.72 | HEALTH - (physiologically and mentally) - What thought processes can attribute to a better physical state of being? How can positivity effect your overall physical ability?..really, anything having to do with my own little philosophy... "healthy mind, healthy body... vibrant life." |
| 1.68 | What are the internal and external indications that someone is lying? And are these reliable? |
| 1.68 | How is Americans' obsession with being thin reflected in the development of our culture? |
| 1.68 | Why has there been a rise in adolescent violence? I think this can maybe be explained in relation to developmental processes, but I'm not sure. |
| 1.67 | What are the ways to detect when someone is lying? |
| 1.64 | Is there a such thing as compulsive liars or pathological liars? |
| 1.64 | Have the psychological disorders prevalent today always been around? Does it just seem like there are more because it is more socially acceptable for someone to admit they have one? |
| 1.64 | How does music affect mood (the psychological changes that take place)? |
| 1.64 | Can you explain the disorder in which a person is incapable of crying? |
| 1.64 | How do developmentally-challenged (specifically sight-impaired) children differ in their developmental process from "normal" children? |
| 1.64 | What are the psychological aspects of prejudice, racism, etc or is there one? |
| 1.64 | How does psychological mindset help physical healing after injury or disease? |
| 1.64 | What are the psychological effects of discrimination against women in modern day America? Why are so many women hestitant to consider themselves feminists and seemingly content to be paid less and allow themselves to be put into a typical gender role (for example)? |
| 1.60 | How do subliminal messages work (if they do)? |
| 1.60 | What does the treatment of the severely mentally ill consist of? What do live-in facilities hope to accomplish and are there different levels of facilities for different levels of illness? What methods of treatment do they provide? |
| 1.60 | How does music psychologically affect mood? |
| 1.60 | Why are common causes for people to become pathological liars? |
| 1.60 | How do different people perceive others in social situations and what are the psychological reasons for these outlooks? |
| 1.60 | To what extent does birth order really affect personalities? |
| 1.60 | What are the male-female brain differences? |
| 1.60 | When the cycle of anorexia or Bulimia has begun, what are the easiest ways to go about treating the patients? What is the most common reason for them to decide to combat their body dysmorphic disorder? |
| 1.60 | Depression... different causes of it, different treatments, medicine (if its needed), the most common ages for it, the altered personality of the person with depression. Just all about Depression (sorry no specif question for this, just the entire topic). |
| 1.58 | how is it that phobias may be acquired with little effort yet forming other memories requires effort and deliberation? |
| 1.58 | How much of an effect does the experiences in the first few years of life effect someone for a lifetime? |
| 1.58 | what extent do nature and nurture play in cognitive development given that the brain is already programed to wire itself? |
| 1.56 | Must a younger sibling always remain younger (emotionally) in order to keep peace with the older sibling? (I experience conflict with my older brother when I am independent and doing well in my life - no longer ask his advice, give him advice or criticism, etc.) |
| 1.56 | Why do we attribute certain characteristics to people/groups (i.e. sorority girls are blondes), and how do our impressions of individuals change the attributions (ex: everyone tells me, "I wouldn't think of you as being in a sorority because...") we make to these groups? |
| 1.52 | In what ways is psychology incorporated at the workplace? What exactly do industrial psychologists do? |
| 1.52 | When is it right to prescribe medication? Is medication the answer? Why or why not? |
| 1.52 | This is somewhat stupid but...how do the mental hospitals help their patients..? i mean...what are the treatments that are given to get them back to normal? |
| 1.52 | Why do different people have such drastic points of view on the same thing? Does the way they were brought up have anything to do with this? |
| 1.52 | How do some people become evil/lack remorse? Explained in psychological terms, not philosophical ones. |
| 1.52 | How does one's birth order affect their personality? |
| 1.52 | How much of intelligence is inherited and how much is due to growing up in an enriching environment? |
| 1.52 | What are the chemical indicators of depression and how are these chemicals related to behavior? |
| 1.48 | I'm interested in evolutionary psychology. I'm not sure of a question, just can we talk about it? |
| 1.48 | What is generally the best therapy for severe depression? |
| 1.48 | Does homelessness cause schizophrenia or does schizophrenia cause homelessness? |
| 1.48 | What types of reasearches are being held today to study the mental disorders and are they practical and effective in reaching out to the patients? |
| 1.48 | Are mental tests (like the IQ or SAT) adequate processes of determining intelligence? Can how smart a person is be gaged by grades or SATs? What is intelligence? |
| 1.48 | Why do teenagers have such a great need to rebel against parents and fit in with others their age so badly? Is this common for people younger and older than teenagers also? |
| 1.48 | Can diseases like depression, schizophrenia, personality disorders, etc. have solely physiological causes, or is there always an environmental factor? |
| 1.48 | What are the best ways to learn/study? |
| 1.48 | How important are first impressions, and can they be changed easily? |
| 1.48 | Divorces have become much more common in modern day society, especially in American culture. Do Americans indirectly advocate divorce through our freedoms and liberties? |
| 1.48 | given our greater understanding of brain function does it still make sense to regard the mind different from the brain? What is your philosophical bent on this one? |
| 1.48 | is there such a thing as any one unifying type of parenting style across cultures? |
| 1.44 | How do evolutionary psychologists explain altruism? |
| 1.42 | How do you draw the line between a complaint and a disorder (i.e. a kid is not doing very well in school because he doesn't pay attention, does this mean he has ADD? it sometimes seems to)? |
| 1.40 | What is Autism? How is it detected? |
| 1.38 | why can't we remember our own birth and infancy? |
| 1.36 | How do drugs affect our bodies? |
| 1.32 | Why is it that after I study for a test and memorize information, I cannot remember it a year from now? |
| 1.32 | Why do some people think Clinical Depression can be treated without medication? |
| 1.28 | What is Tourette's syndrome? Is it a psychological disorder? |
| 1.28 | What are the causes and treatments for Detachment Disorder? |
| 1.24 | Is it possible for a nowmally-developed person to live without any social interaction? |
| 1.20 | How do antidepressants and/or stimulants affect the brain? What are their side effects? |
| 1.16 | What is "intelligence"? |
| 1.12 | What roles do psychologists play in international foreign affairs. Do they hold any government positions. What are the different career possibilities in this area? |
| 1.04 | Are there any 'treatments' for autism available? |
| 1.04 | What should i study(in college and in graduate school) to become someome who can help the mentally depressed and the mentally ill? |
| 1.00 | Is there any recent research on the cause of autism? |
| 0.92 | If cloning humans becomes frequent, how will society be affected? Should cloning become frequent at all? |
| 0.72 | Can you tell me more about distal causes? are they more a case of small incidents that build up over time, or big incidents? |
| 0.68 | How important is it to stick to this manual and what do you do about a diagnosis if it does not match up to any one category? |
| 0.44 | Who writes the DSM? |