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Psychology
Why You Remember Weird Things Better Than Normal Ones
When Mrs. Sharma taught Indian history to her Class 10 students at Mumbai’s St. Xavier’s School, she noticed a troubling pattern. After weeks of lectures covering the Mughal Empire—detailed information…
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Psychology
Why You Think You’re Bad At Difficult Things Even When You’re Not
When seventeen-year-old Rohan from Delhi’s Modern School participated in the National Mathematics Olympiad, he walked out of the examination hall feeling completely defeated. The problems had been extraordinarily difficult—complex number…
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Psychology
Why We Blame Entire Groups for Individual Members’ Mistakes
When a student from Delhi’s Government Model School was caught cheating during an inter-school mathematics competition, seventeen-year-old Arjun from the rival St. Stephen’s School heard the news and immediately formed…
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Psychology
Why You Think You’re Complex But Others Are Predictable
When seventeen-year-old Meera from Delhi moved into a hostel for her pre-university program, she was assigned to share a room with Priya, a student from Chennai whom she’d never met…
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Psychology
Why We Defend Systems That Actually Hurt Us
At Mumbai’s Cathedral School, there was a rule that seventeen-year-old Kavya and her classmates universally disliked: students were required to arrive at school by 7:00 AM sharp, thirty minutes before…
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Psychology
Why We Have More Words for Being Social Than Being Smart
When seventeen-year-old Priya from Mumbai was assigned a school project to describe ten classmates using adjectives, she started listing words enthusiastically: friendly, outgoing, kind, charming, warm, cheerful, fun, helpful, caring,…
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Psychology
Why You Take Credit for Success But Blame Others for Failure
When Delhi’s Modern School cricket team lost to their rivals by just three runs in a thrilling inter-school match, seventeen-year-old Arjun, the team captain, had a clear explanation ready. “We…
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Psychology
Why You Think “They’re All The Same” But “We’re All Different”
When Delhi’s prestigious St. Stephen’s School and the nearby Government Model School were paired for an inter-school cultural exchange program, seventeen-year-old Arjun from St. Stephen’s wasn’t enthusiastic. “Government school students…
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Psychology
Why You Think Your View of Reality Is The Only Correct One
In February 2015, a simple photograph of a dress posted online created one of the most revealing moments in the history of human perception. The image showed a striped dress,…
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Psychology
Why You Think Others Are More Selfish Than You Actually Are
When Mrs. Kapoor assigned a major science project to Class 10 students at Delhi’s St. Xavier’s School, she divided them into groups of four. Seventeen-year-old Rahul found himself grouped with…
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Psychology
Why We Judge Actions by Results Instead of Intentions
On a rainy evening in Mumbai, two friends—Arjun and Rohan—were driving home from school separately, each in their family’s car. Both were seventeen-year-old students who had just received their licenses.…
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Psychology
Why We Blame Victims and Believe Bad Things Only Happen to Bad People
When news spread through Delhi’s Rajendra Nagar that Mr. Sharma, the beloved chemistry teacher, had been seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident, seventeen-year-old Arjun expected everyone to express sympathy and…
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Psychology
Why You Think You Understand Others Better Than They Understand You
Seventeen-year-old Meera and Priya had been best friends since childhood at Delhi’s Bal Bharati School. They shared everything—secrets, dreams, fears, and daily life. Yet during a psychology class project on…
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Psychology
Why We Think Beautiful People Are Kind and Smart People Are Trustworthy
When Kavya transferred to Mumbai’s Cathedral School in Class 10, she made an immediate impression. Tall, confident, and strikingly attractive, she walked into the classroom on her first day and…
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Psychology
Why Judging a Whole Group by One Person’s Actions Is Unfair
At Delhi’s Ramjas School, the cricket team had just won the inter-school championship. Seventeen-year-old Arjun, the team captain, was celebrating with his teammates when an incident occurred that would teach…
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