“It is easier to study the 'behavior' of rats than people, because rats are smaller and have fewer outside commitments. So modern psychology is mostly about rats” PeopleStudyPsychologyModernEasierBehaviorCommitmentFewerRatsModern Psychology Book:The decline and fall of science Source: The decline and fall of science
“I think it's hard to understand in economics. It's easier to understand on psychology.It's a kind of panic or a sense that the world economy is just not in as good shape as we thought and so everybody is chasing everybody else.” ThinkingWorldKindHardEconomyPsychologyEasierShapesEconomicsPanicChasingWorld Economy Author:David Wessel
“There was a period there where I was like, "No, no, no, this is crazy. I don't want to take any more drawing classes and talk about what looks best. I want to study math and psychology and physics and all these nerdy things with computers." That was fun and great, but that didn't work out. At the end of high school, I was like, "Uhh, what's easier? Drawing is easier, I'll do that".” WantLooksEndsSchoolFunClassStudyPsychologyCrazyPeriodsEasierComputerHigh SchoolWork OutMathDrawingPhysicsNerdyHigh School Ending Author:James Pearse Connelly
“Perhaps our teachings seem less religious and more technical, like psychology, so they are easier for secular people to use.” PeopleUseSeemsReligiousPsychologyTeachingEasierSecular Author:Dalai Lama
“I studied psychology in school, and the best psychology is in literature. It's so much easier to understand a character than a theory. You can recognize yourself—or other people—in a different way.” PeopleWayDifferentCharacterSchoolLiteraturePsychologyTheoryEasierDifferent Ways Author:Natalie Portman
“It is easier to understand mankind in general than any individual man.” MenScienceIndividualUnderstandingPsychologyMankindEasier Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“People can cry much easier than they can change, a rule of psychology people like me picked up as kids on the street.” PeopleKidsPsychologyStreetsCryEasierLike Me Author:James A. Baldwin