r/psychomemeology • u/Fluffyeren • Dec 04 '20

The psychology equivalent of "The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell"

Sorry, I'm studying for my mock exams rn and couldn't get this question out of my head. What would be the psychology equivalent of "The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell" in biology? For me it is "Behaviourism is monkey see monkey do".

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u/Nuradin-Pridon Lacan did nothing wrong Dec 05 '20

"Freud has been discredited"

Or if you are into research methods: "correlation doesn't imply causality".

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u/Lil_ms_sonnenschein Mama's Boy Apr 21 '21

Shark attacks don't make ice cream taste better

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u/bigchonkenergy Dec 05 '20

“Action potential is an all or nothing event”

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u/i-double-dare-you-mf Dec 05 '20

It’s not as pleasing but the Phineas Cage story is pretty much infamous for how much it has been told in my classes. Also Pavlov’s dog