1. I recently came up with the idea that if used properly, the information taught in psychology courses could be used to the advantage of those who study it. How so? Psychology studies how the human brain works. If one can gain a solid understanding of such, could it be possible for that person to manipulate their own brain? If so, and the student is one with a large degree of aptitude to begin with, isn't it quite possible that this student could escape what impedes understanding? If psychology students can understand what hinders understanding, and made a conscious effort to escape such, wouldn't they be more likely to understand concepts than other students?
2. Is there a correlation between money and happiness? This is a topic open for debate in some behavioral economics courses. And if so, what is the cause of the correlation? If not, what is the largest determinant of happiness to begin with? Personally, I believe the largest determinant of individual happiness is one's ratio of "happy hormones"(dopamine, seratonin, etc.) to "sad hormones"(Prolactin, etc.).
3. Linguistic determinism is a concept taught in college-level psychology courses. It essentially says that humans are incapable of thinking of concepts and objects that they can't assign words to. Assuming this is true, isn't it quite possible that to advance the intellectual capabilities of a single society(a society that speaks only one language), that a possible way to achieve this goal is by simply creating more words in the language? Creating more words will allow People of this hypothetical society to escape the limits of human consciousness proposed by the idea of linguistic determinism, therefore increasing the likelihood of discoveries and the like.
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