Quirkology (42 page)
Authors: Richard Wiseman
Churchill, Winston
Cialdini, Robert
Cigars and jokes
Cities
measuring helpfulness found in
measuring pace of life in
“Class clown”
Clean-shaven, people’s perceptions of
Clergy
desire to be born near Christmas
Good Samaritan test
Clinton, Bill
Close-Up
(TV show)
(TV show)
Clothing, superstitious behavior toward
Clowns
Krusty the Clown
in Sigmund Freud’s office
Clumsiness and unlucky people
Cobb, Ty
Code Book, The
(Singh)
(Singh)
Coincidences
Coins
coin tossing
disappearing coin
Collectivist approach and caring
Combinations for locks
Comedians
Communist Party, Friends of
Computers as source of humor
Concert to test impact of low-frequency sound
Congo
(Crichton)
(Crichton)
Congressional Medal of Honor Society
Conservative churches, helpfulness of
Conservative Party
Contributions, reactions to requests for
Controlling personalities
Conversational topics for dull dinner parties
Cooper, Gary
Copycat suicides
“Corpsing”
Cosby, Bill
Country music and suicide rates
Crichton, Michael
Cronkite, Walter
Crook, G. T.
Crossing fingers
Cruscoe, April
Curtis, Tony
Czechoslovakia, German invasion of
Daily Planet, The
(TV show)
(TV show)
Daily Telegraph
(newspaper)
(newspaper)
Danger and superstitious beliefs
Danish sense of humor
Danner, Deborah
Darley, John
Date of birth.
See
Birth dates
See
Birth dates
Dating
love at first sight
personal ads
pick up lines
Davis, Bette
Davis, Patrick
Day, Robin
Dean, Geoffrey
Death.
See also
Life expectancy; Longevity; Mortality rate; Suicides
See also
Life expectancy; Longevity; Mortality rate; Suicides
date of birth and time of death
electric shocks used to reanimate corpses
tax liability influencing time of death
Deception.
See also
Lying elephants acting deceptively fake memories power of suggestion self-deception
See also
Lying elephants acting deceptively fake memories power of suggestion self-deception
Decision making
DeFleur, Melvin
Degrees of separation
Democratic Party
Dennis, Sandy
Desmond, Tom
Details and lying
Diaconis, Persi
Diana (Princess of Wales)
Dickert-Conlin, Stacy
Die Hard II
(movie)
(movie)
Dijksterhuis, Ap
Dinner parties, conversational topics for
Dirty jokes
Disappearing coin trick
Disappearing teaspoons
Dishonesty
misuse of express lane in grocery stores
study of reactions to overpayment
theft
Disneyland
Dogs
Dog feces and sweater
Dogs named after Adolf Hitler
Donation boxes, reactions to requests for contributions
Doyle, Arthur Conan
“Drive Carefully” signs
Dublin, Ireland
Duchene de Boulogne, Guillaume
Dudink, Ad
Dukakis, Michael
Dunbar, Robin
Dunedin Public Art Gallery (New Zealand)
Dutton, Donald
“Dying as a Form of Social Behavior” (Phillips)
“Dying to Save Taxes” (Kopczuk and Slemrod)
Early-warning system of animals
Eastman, George
Eco, Umberto
Economic downturns and superstition
Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh International Science Festival
Edwards, Frank
Einstein, Albert
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Ekman, Paul
El Salvador, level of helpfulness in
Elderly, jokes that appeal to
Electricity used in psychological studies
Milgram’s study of authority
studying facial expressions
used to reanimate corpses
Elephants and deceptive activities
Elizabeth II (Queen)
Energetic personality and luck
England.
See also
Britain; United Kingdom pace of life in
See also
Britain; United Kingdom pace of life in
Entertainment Personalities of the Past
(Hoffman)
(Hoffman)
Envelope dropping technique
Essence of person carried by objects
Even numbers, choosing
Everitt, Jed
“Evil” clown
Express lines, misuse of
Extroversion
and sending greeting cards
Eyes
eye blinking and anxiety
fovea and retina
pupil size
Eysenck, Hans
Facial appearance, psychological importance of .
See also
Smiles
See also
Smiles
“baby-faced” appearance
in court cases
facial expression
“Facial Feedback”
facial hair
pupil size
study of facial appearance of presidents
Fake smiles
False memories
Far Side
(Larson)
(Larson)
Favorites, lying about
FBI
Federal Communications Commission
Fermat’s Last Theorem
(Singh)
(Singh)
Feynman, Richard
Fields, W. C.
Financial astrology
Finch, John
Fire zones, parking in
Fire-Horse, year of
Firewalking
First names
Fischer, Seymour
Fisher, Rhoda
“Flattery effect”
Fleetwood Mac (music group)
Flynn, Errol
fMRI.
See
Functional magnetic resonance imaging
See
Functional magnetic resonance imaging
Forbes 100 (richest men)
Forbes, Gordon
Ford, Gerald
Ford Theater
Forer, Bertram
Forgas, Joseph
Forgetting and lying
Fortune 500
Foster, George
Four (the number)
“Four degrees of separation”
Fovea
Fowler, William
Fox, Adam
Fraley, Barbara
France
honking car horns in
pace of life in
Frankenstein
(Shelley)
(Shelley)
Fraser, Scott
Frazer, James
Freedman, Jonathan
Freud, Sigmund and humor
Freud Museum (London)
Friday the thirteenth
Friend, Ted
Frowns effecting sense of humor
Förster, Jens
Full moon and patient behavior
Functional magnetic resonance imaging
Fundamentalism and laughter
Funny.
See
Humor
See
Humor
Gable, Clark
Gabriel, Peter
Gacy, John (astrological study of)
Gainsborough, Thomas
Galton, Francis
Gauquelin, Michel
Gehrig, Lou
Gemini (astrological sign)
Gender differences
and greeting cards
and jokes
in movie choices
in personal ads
and sneaker color
GéNIA
Gentiles rating jokes
Geography of Time, The
(Levine)
(Levine)
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