Table 2.

Stimuli Used in Study 2

Stimuli
Neuroscience and biological psychology
Why does the brain make it easier for some people to use their left hand and not their right hand?
Why is it that when you get tired, your brain doesn't work as well?
How does your brain know when to have you wake-up?
Why does more blood flow to your brain when you are thinking really hard?
Sensation and perception
Why is it harder to recognize a photo of someone if it is upside-down?
Why can some people only see black and white and not colors?
Why does yellow look brighter next to purple than next to orange?
Why can dogs can hear really high sounds that humans can't hear?
Cognitive psychology
Why can children learn new languages more easily than adults?
Why do some people have trouble following directions?
How can you be really good at reading and really bad at math?
How do you recognize yourself in the minor?
Attention and memory
Why do you have to repeat phone numbers in your head in order to remember them?
Why is it hard to understand two people talking at once?
Why do people forget things?
Why is it hard to make yourself forget something?
Social psychology
Why do the very best of friends still have fights?
Why are people are more likely to get angry when they are tired?
Why do people sometimes blame their mistakes on other people?
Why do people sometimes feels like they have to do what everyone else is doing?
Personality
Why do people sometimes lie about something bad they did?
Why is it hard to break a bad habit?
Why do some people give up more easily than others?
Why is it hard to wait to do something you REALLY want to do?
Emotions
Why do people cry at a sad movie?
Why do you get nervous when you're doing something new?
Why does laughing make you happy?
Why are some people afraid of the dark?