A Comprehensive Report on Human Behavior and Complexity in Psychology

This report delves into the intricacies of human behavior and complexity, drawing on research from experimental psychology and neuroscience. It explores how cognitive biases, such as confirmation bias, influence decision-making processes. The report highlights the role of emotions in shaping choices and behaviors, citing studies that demonstrate the impact of emotional processing on rational decision-making. The report references the work of researchers like Bechara (2004) and Ariely & Loewenstein (2006) to illustrate how seemingly rational decisions are often influenced by underlying emotional processes. The report also touches on the influence of framing effects on decision-making, referencing the work of De Martino et al. (2006). The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of understanding these complexities to better comprehend and predict human behavior, and also references the work of Cicmil, Cooke-Davies, and Richardson (2009), and Cooke-Davies and Crawford (2011) with regard to complexity in project management.

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The nature of people is always fascinating since we always choose to see what we want
to see and not what exists in reality. Be it a wall painting, text in a book or rather when we are
faced with evil in our midst (Cooke-Davies, & Crawford, 2011). We often get all the warning
signs that something is wrong, but we do not always choose to notice them.
As subjective neuroscience supplements the results of experimental psychology with the
watched movement of the mind acquired from PET scans and fMRI pictures, a photo emerges of
the way that feelings and other cerebrum works that are not open to human cognizance
consolidate with motivation to spur and direct all human choices and conduct. For instance, Paul
Wason's investigations in the 1960s on "corroborative thinking" uncovered the human inclination
to search for and select confirmation that backings a particular speculation, as opposed to what
negates it
Research shows that over the last decade or two, neuroscientists, for example, Bechara
(2004) have shown the exceptional movement of those parts of the cerebrum that procedure,
control, and coordinate feelings while reasonable basic leadership errands are being attempted. It
creates the impression that our apparently "sane" action of central leadership is entirely impacted
by passionate work that presents an entire arrangement of inclinations into the procedure.

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References
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Bechara, A. (2004). The role of emotion in decision-making: Evidence from neurological
patients with orbitofrontal damage. Brain and Cognition, 55(1), 30–40.
De Martino, B., Kumanran, D., Seymour, B., & Dolan, R. J. (2006). Frames, biases and rational
decision-making in the human brain. Science, 5787(313), 684–687.
Cicmil, S., Cooke-Davies, T., Crawford, L., & Richardson, K. (2009). On the complexity of
projects: Exploring the implications of complexity theory for project management theory
and practice. Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute.
Cooke-Davies, T., & Crawford, L. (2011). Aspects of complexity: Managing projects in a
complex world. Newtown Square, Pa: Project Management Institute.