100 Biggest Ideas in Psychology to Fall Asleep to

In this SleepWise session, we’re diving into the biggest ideas in psychology. From the roots of human behaviour to the complexity of the mind, this video takes you through the discoveries that changed how we understand ourselves. Let your thoughts slow down and drift into sleep as these biggest insights are revealed.

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⏱️Time Stamp
00:00 The Unconscious Rules Reality
02:15 The Self is a Story
4:40 Personality Needs Social Context
7:13 Empathy is not natural
9:33 Self worth grows internally
12:04 Two types of intelligence
14:29 Trauma lives inside body
16:38 Inferiority drives neurosis
18:59 The tyranny of “Should”
21:17 The truth must be discovered
23:34 Birth of the self
26:01 The good life evolves
28:27 Meaning ends suffering
30:37 Unconscious speaks through language
32:51 We share Archetypal symbols
35:33 Hate must be taught
37:51 We learn by modelling
40:11 Seven is memory limit
42:37 insanity linked to genius
44:43 Breakdown can be breakthrough
47:10 Belonging over knowledge
49:35 Perception is guided hallucination
51:52 Interrupted task sticks better
54:08 Only good people suffer
56:31 Mental illness is social
59:16 Autism mirrors male brain
01:01:41 The four temperaments
01:03:56 The reasoning soul
01:06:07 Hypnosis begins with Dormez!
01:08:33 Concepts gain power through conflict
01:10:49 Be your true self
01:13:10 Nature & Nurture
01:15:30 Hysteria is a Universal Pattern
01:18:06 Psyche infernal connection collapse
01:20:26 Mental life starts early
01:22:47 Consciousness eludes clear definition
01:25:08 The sight of the tasty food
01:27:31 Unrewarded acts fade out
01:29:47 Training overrides nature
01:32:10 Life is maze
01:34:32 Habits form from repetition
01:36:42 Affection can be conditioned
01:38:52 Learning is just not possible
01:41:18 Imprinting is permanent
01:43:38 Reinforcement shapes behaviour
01:46:06 Relaxation replaces fear
01:48:21 Lifelong instinctual conflict
01:50:49 Superego challenges the ego
01:53:16 Adoption needs more than love
01:55:38 Potential demands fulfilment
01:58:04 Human growth requires struggle
02:00:31 Beliefs shape emotions
02:03:01 Families build personality
02:05:28 Drop out to awaken
02:08:01 Insight isn’t always helpful
02:10:20 Past doesn’t dictate future
02:12:36 Fathers stay emotionally silent
02:15:10 Instinct is pattern behaviour
02:17:35 Footsteps activates baby’s brain
02:19:53 Knowledge is a process
02:22:17 Conviction resists change
02:24:48 Surfaces can mislead
02:27:10 Only one voice is heard
02:29:31 Memory folds time loops
02:31:49 Understanding requires intervention
02:34:10 Conformity is strong
02:36:22 Life is a performance
02:38:45 Familiarity breeds liking
02:41:06 Competence faces gender bias
02:43:40 Emotion fixes flash bulb memories
02:46:06 We are social beings
02:48:35 Justice shapes beliefs
02:50:47 Crazy acts aren’t madness
02:53:13 Obedience overrides morality
02:55:39 Environment shapes behaviour
02:58:04 Trauma is socially rooted
03:00:33 Education enables new thinking
03:03:00 We become through others
03:05:22 Children aren’t parental property
03:07:49 Growth follows a plan
03:10:22 Attachment starts at birth
03:12:54 Comfort builds connection
03:15:30 Preparing for the unknown
03:17:50 Sensitivity builds secure attachment
03:20:33 Girls excel academically
03:23:02 Morality develops in stages
03:25:20 Language organs mature naturally
03:27:37 List the uses of toothpick
03:30:00 Three motivations drive performance
03:32:28 Emotion begins unconsciously
03:34:42 Environment guides behaviour
03:37:08 Sane and insane blur
03:39:44 Three faces of Eve
03:42:10 Multiple intelligence exists
03:44:43 Memory rewrites experience
03:47:04 Emotions comes before awareness
03:49:35 Willpower gets depleted
03:51:58 Brain expects early love
03:54:14 Decision precedes awareness
03:56:39 Laughter builds social bond