What are some psychological tricks, useful in daily life?
有什么心理学常识非常实用？
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You can change your eating behavior by redesigning your environment.
你可以通过改造环境来改变你的饮食习惯。
Brian Wansink, author of Mindless Eating, describes how our environment influences how we eat:
布莱恩文森克，《愚蠢的食物》以书的作者，描述了大家周围的环境是如何影响大家吃东西的：
If you use a big spoon, youll eat more. If you serve yourself on a big plate, youll eat more. If you move the small bowl of chocolates on your desk six feet away youll eat half as much. If you eat chicken wings and remove the bones from the table, youll forget how much you ate and youll eat more.
假如你用大勺子，你就吃得更多。假如你用大盘子吃饭，你就吃得更多。假如你把桌上的一小碗巧克力挪到离你6尺远的地方，你就会支持掉一半。假如你在吃鸡翅的时候把骨头从桌子上清理走了，你就会忘记已经吃了多少，从而吃得更多。
Well, you can use your environment to help you eat less without starving yourself.
当然，你可以借助环境来叫你少吃点却又不需要挨饿。
You do this by eating your food in smaller plates/ bowls.
通过用更小的盘子或者碗来吃饭解决。
When you use a large plate, you have to add a lot of food on it to make it look full. If your brain thinks youre eating less, the more likely itll be to want a second serving. .
当你用大盘子的时候，你会点不少食物让它看着非常满。假如你的大脑提醒你，你吃得太少了，那非常可能你要再点一份了。（这是存活规律）
However, if you put that same amount of food on a small plate, your mind will tell you that you are eating a large portion and youll sTOP adding food. That visual cue will trick your brain into thinking its had enough to eat.
然而，当你把等量的食物放在一个小盘子里的时候，你的大脑会对你说你已经在吃非常大一份了，如此你就不会再点了。这种视觉提示会骗过你的大脑，对你说不可以再吃了。
This is known as the Delboeuf Illusion.
这就是著名的德伯夫大小错觉。
Delboeuf was a 19th-century Belgian philosopher, and he discovered if you surround two identical circles with different amounts of white space, people think theyre looking at two different circles.
德波夫是一位19世纪比利时的物理学家，他发现假如两个有不同留白地区的一模一样的圆圈摆他们面前，大家会感觉他们在看两个不一样的圆。
The more white space around the circle, the smaller the circle appears.
圆圈周围留白部分越大，这个圆圈看着越小。
Downsizing your plates will reduce the number of calories you are eating and allow you to feel satisfied at the same time.
减小你的盘子的尺寸会降低你摄入的卡路里，而且会叫你感到满足
A study shows that eating from a 10-inch plate instead of a 12inch one cuts your calories by a whooping 22%! That means this small change could result in an estimated 10 pounds in weight loss over the course of one year!
调查显示用直径10英尺的盘子代替直径12英尺的盘子来吃饭的话，居然可以降低22%的卡路里摄入。这就是说这个小小的改变可以叫你在一年之中减重大约10英镑。
Another study followed 200 homes in Syracuse over 4 months, and found that people randomly assigned to use smaller plates lost three pounds more than those given larger plates.
另一个由在锡拉库扎的200个家庭经过4个多月完成的实验，得出的结论就是那些被安排用小盘子家庭的人随随意便就比其他用大盘子家庭的人减重的3英镑。
It is easier to change your food environment than to change your mind. Brian Wansink
改变你的用餐环境比改变你的想法容易。 -布莱恩文森克
Hope you found this helpful!
期望这对你有用！
