Everyday Psychology
Discover why people act in predictably irrational ways, from the mental shortcuts your brain takes to why social situations overpower personality. Uncover the hidden psychological forces shaping your daily decisions, memories, and relationships.
Like Duolingo, but for Everyday Psychology. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
A short one: 12 levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes end to end, roughly 5 days at five minutes a day. It moves through Decoding Your Own Mind and Decoding People in Context. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in Everyday Psychology
- Deliberate, step-by-step thinking drains significant mental energy and glucose
- Fast intuitive shortcuts evolved to preserve mental bandwidth for survival and routine tasks
- Shortcuts are efficient trade-offs, not flaws in brain hardware
- Confirmation bias leads people to accept supporting evidence immediately without much scrutiny
- Contradictory evidence is either ignored, forgotten, or subjected to intense skepticism
- The first number encountered acts as a psychological benchmark (anchor)
- Subsequent judgments adjust relative to the anchor rather than assessing the item's objective value
- The discounted item feels like a dramatic bargain compared to the full-price item
- Memories that are vivid, emotional, or recent are recalled much faster by the brain
- The availability heuristic causes people to equate ease of recall with statistical frequency
- Statistically common risks that lack dramatic imagery are routinely underestimated
- The automatic brain produces an immediate, intuitive gut reaction first
- Interrupting a shortcut requires intentionally inserting a pause to engage reflective thinking
- Scrutinizing counter-evidence must occur during the pause before finalizing an action
- The practical sequence required to interrupt an automatic cognitive bias in real time
- Memory stores fragmented pieces of information rather than continuous video clips
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Everyday Psychology the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
Why did our brains evolve quick intuitive shortcuts instead of analyzing every single detail?
Get it right to open this lesson and 11 more in the app.
How to learn Everyday Psychology, step by step
Go in order. 12 short levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes in all, five minutes a day.
- 1
Decoding Your Own Mind
- Catching Your Brain's Shortcuts
- Why Memory Isn't a Video Recorder
- 2
Decoding People in Context
- The Hidden Power of the Situation
- What Truly Drives Human Action
2 sections · 4 units · 12 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
Questions about Everyday Psychology
How do I learn Everyday Psychology?
Go in order: start with Decoding Your Own Mind, then Decoding People in Context. On Tomo that's 12 short levels, about 24 minutes in all, played five minutes a day. Start free and play the first level in under a minute.
Is there a Duolingo-style app for Everyday Psychology?
Yes. Tomo works like Duolingo: short daily lessons, streaks and quick quizzes. Everyday Psychology is one of its free courses, and you can type any other topic to get a course of your own.
Is the Everyday Psychology course free?
Yes. Everyday Psychology is playable on Tomo's free plan, which doesn't expire. No credit card, no waitlist. Download the app and start your first lesson.
How long does it take to learn Everyday Psychology?
12 levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes of play in total. It's built for five minutes a day, so you finish it a little at a time instead of all at once.
Do I need any background to start Everyday Psychology?
No. It's pitched at a beginner level, so it starts where you are and builds up. If you can tap a phone, you can start.
Tomo is in ChatGPT
Tomo is also a ChatGPT plugin: the same playable courses, built and played inside your chat.
Add Tomo to ChatGPT- What to ask
- “Make me a Tomo course on black holes.” “Turn this chat into a Tomo course.”
- What you get
- Quick questions with instant feedback, hearts and stars, ready to play in about a minute.
- Where it goes
- No sign-up to start. Connect your Tomo account and your streak carries on in the app.
You pick the voice
Everyday Psychology is taught in the Bestie style: your friend who just gets it. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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Start Everyday Psychology today.
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