Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files

By Michael Britt

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Learn how theories in psychology affect you in everyday life. Upbeat and interesting podcasts from experienced psychology teacher Michael Britt give you a bit more insight into you and your life.

Episode Date
My 3 Favorite Psych Articles This Week - March 8, 2024
Mar 08, 2024
From Insane Asylum to Psychiatric Center: A Brief History
Jan 20, 2024
Episode 104: Can Positive Affirmations Improve Your Self Esteem?
Jan 18, 2024
Episode 64: Self Help Book - How To Tell if It's Any Good
Jan 18, 2024
How to Remember Names
Aug 08, 2023
Part 2: How Do Actors Memorize All Those Lines?
Jun 29, 2023
How Do Actors Memorize Lines? Interview With Jared Kelner
Jun 10, 2023
Do Brain Training Games Work?
Apr 10, 2023
How Actors Use the "Number-Shape" Mnemonic Technique
Apr 06, 2023
Questionable Research - With A Famous Psychologist Involved
Mar 29, 2023
Actors Use Keywords to Memorize Lines
Mar 24, 2023
Human Emotions: The Two Factor Theory
Mar 15, 2023
Games and Videos as Therapeutic Tools: Dr. Anna Vagin (part 2)
Mar 07, 2023
Using TableTop Games and Videos in Therapy: Interview with Anna Vagin
Feb 22, 2023
How Psychology Gets You To Slow Down While Driving
Jan 13, 2023
The TV Show Luther, Logical Thinking and Crinkly Plates to Lose Weight
Jan 12, 2023
The Psychology of Tipping
Dec 04, 2022
How Smart Do You Want Your Fitness Tracker to Be?
Nov 26, 2022
How to Prevent Violence in Your Neighborhood
Nov 12, 2022
Adele Faber Interview on Parenting (Part 2)
Oct 04, 2022
Adele Faber Interview on Parenting (Part 1)
Oct 04, 2022
Racial Divide: Why Does It Happen? How We Can Fix It
Sep 26, 2022
What is Music Therapy?
Sep 07, 2022
What Can We Do To End Anti-Gay Bullying in Schools?
Aug 15, 2022
How To Create a Human-Like Voice
Aug 15, 2022
Want to Swap Bodies?
Aug 08, 2022
Manhood: Are You A "Real Man"?
Jun 18, 2022
Testosterone Doesn't Necessarily Cause Men to be Aggressive
May 19, 2022
The Secret Life of Pronouns - an Interview with James Pennebaker
May 10, 2022
In the Movies, Why Does the Woman Always Have to Die? And Other Gender Stereotypes
May 10, 2022
Owning Bipolar: A Conversation with Michael Pipich - Part 2
May 04, 2022
An Example of How Psychoanalysts Really Interpret Dreams
May 04, 2022
Owning Bipolar: A Conversation with Michael Pipich - Part 1
Apr 26, 2022
Why Do You Talk To Your Dog Like That? And Does It Understand You?
Apr 18, 2022
Trauma Recovery with Dr. Matt Jaremko
Apr 14, 2022
The Psychology of A Quiet Place and Mission Impossible
Apr 12, 2022
Motivational Interviewing and the TV Show Columbo
Mar 25, 2022
It's So Fluffy!
Mar 19, 2022
Personal Space Invasion: What Happens When Someone Invades Your Personal Space?
Mar 06, 2022
Computer Programmers: Obsessed With Efficiency
Feb 25, 2022
Giving Voice To Our Digital Assistants
Feb 18, 2022
The Team Behind Q – World’s First Genderless Digital Voice
Feb 18, 2022
Ep 276: "Because I Said So" Doesn't Work for Teens
Feb 01, 2022
Ep 334: The Psychology of the Fantasticks
Jan 30, 2022
Ep 170: Is the Web Making You More Narrow-Minded?
Jan 30, 2022
Ep 338: What Role Are Women Really Playing? The Bechdel Test
Jan 24, 2022
Ep 191: What Was B. F. Skinner Really Like?
Jan 24, 2022
Episode 99: Animal Emotions - Does Your Pet Really Have Feelings?
Jan 23, 2022
Ep 190: Why Do You Get So Absorbed in that Book (or Movie)?
Jan 23, 2022
Ep 185: The Dynamics of Therapy: Transference and Counter Transference: An Interview with Kerry Malawista
Jan 22, 2022
Ep 185: The Dynamics of Therapy: Transference and Counter Transference: An Interview with Kerry Malawista
Jan 22, 2022
How to Change the Mind of a Conservative
Jan 22, 2022
Ep 324: Put Your Love Life on Automatic
Jan 22, 2022
Ep 229: What Makes a Song Popular? Psychology of Music: How We Detect Melody
Jan 22, 2022
Ep 243: Did Your Therapy Really Work?
Jan 22, 2022
Episode 108: More Harm Than Good? Kubler-Ross' Five Stages of Grief
Jan 22, 2022
Episode 122: DSM-V and On Being Sane - Are Psychiatric Labels Really Harmful?
Jan 19, 2022
Ep 221: Facebook Study: A Brief Summary and Did They Use Informed Consent?
Jan 16, 2022
Ep 335: Conspiracy Theories - Why So Easy To Believe?
Jan 16, 2022
Episode 75: Science Proves Subliminal Tapes Work! Well….not really
Jan 16, 2022
Ep 278: How to Memorize Your Lines or Lyrics - Techniques You Never Heard Of
Jan 15, 2022
Episode 50: Psychological Study Ripped Straight from….the Bible?
Jan 14, 2022
Episode 125: False Memories - How Can Your Memory Be So Bad?
Jan 13, 2022
Episode 36: Kitty Genovese: What Really Happened?
Jan 13, 2022
Ep 246: Why Replications Sometimes Don’t Agree with the Original Study
Jan 13, 2022
Episode 106: Your Sexual Orientation - How Did It Develop?
Jan 13, 2022
Episode 25: The Brains Behind Erikson Part 3
Jan 12, 2022
Episode 24: The Brains Behind Erikson Part 2
Jan 12, 2022
Episode 103: Raising Children - Interview with Author Jamie Raser
Jan 12, 2022
Episode 57: Expectancy Theory, Goal Setting and Getting in Shape
Jan 12, 2022
Episode 94: How Do You Learn to Act Like a Woman or like a Man?
Jan 12, 2022
Episode 107: Freud, Projective Tests and .... Poetry
Jan 06, 2022
How To Make Learning Fun Again Part 1 – Piaget
Dec 24, 2021
Beauty and the Beast: Psychological Themes
Dec 23, 2021
Ep 309: College Teaching Needs To Change
Dec 18, 2021
Episode 90: The Learning Styles Myth: An Interview with Daniel Willingham
Dec 18, 2021
What Was Life Like in an Asylum?
Dec 18, 2021
Do Those i-Statements Actually Work and Did Koko the Gorilla Really Use Language as We Do?
Dec 18, 2021
Erikson's Eight Stages of Life
Dec 18, 2021
Why Do Certain Songs Become Popular?
Dec 11, 2021
Ep 269: How To Get People To Be Creative
Oct 25, 2021
Singletary - Disillsionment Phase
Sep 24, 2020
Ep 336: Why is it Usually Men Who Commit Violent Acts?
May 11, 2020
Katie Weiser: National Anthem
Sep 16, 2019
Katie Weiser: Summertime
Sep 16, 2019
Avengers Ending
May 24, 2019
Avengers Clip
May 24, 2019
An Interview with Dr. Nancy Haug on her Cannibis Research
Feb 28, 2019
Key Ingredients to Significance Quest Theory
Apr 20, 2018
Ep 267: Applying an Established Memory Strategy Literacy (and possibly click through on your blog post...)
Nov 15, 2016
Ep 266: Productive Confusion with Jeremiah Sullins
Oct 20, 2016
Ep: 265: Why Do You REALLY Support That Candidate? The Psychology of Voting Behavior
Oct 16, 2016
Ep 264: How To Make Study Groups Effective
Oct 01, 2016
Ep 263: Using Psychology in Your Work: Part 2 of My Interview with Richard Millington
Sep 12, 2016
Ep 262: Using Psychology to Build Active Online Communities: Interview with Richard Millington
Sep 06, 2016
Ep 261: Demonic Possession or A Lack of Skeptical Thinking?
Aug 19, 2016
Ep 261: Which of These Scientific Terms Are You Using Incorrectly?
Jul 11, 2016
Ep 260: We're All Addicted To Our Phones. How You Can Feel Better About It
Jun 22, 2016
Ep 259: How Could You Have Missed That?
May 26, 2016
Ep: 258 - 5 Reasons Why You're Addicted to Your Phone and What to do About it
Apr 27, 2016
Ep 157: What IS in Baloney Anyway? Let's Find Out Why You Eat What You Eat
Apr 14, 2016
Ep 256 (Audio Version): Study Psychology On The Go with the Clammr App
Apr 04, 2016
Ep 256: Study Psychology On The Go with the Clammr App
Mar 31, 2016
How to Memorize Freud's Stages of Psychosexual Development
Mar 22, 2016
Ep 255: London Has a Problem and It's a Job for a Psychologist
Mar 16, 2016
Ep 254: How to Create Great Ways for Seniors to Live
Jan 20, 2016
Ep 253: How to Prevent Violence in Your Neighborhood
Jan 11, 2016
Ep 252: How Psychology Gets You To Slow Down While Driving
Dec 29, 2015
Ep 251: How NOT to Get the Holiday Blues
Dec 15, 2015
Ep 250: How I Used Snapchat with My Class
Dec 08, 2015
Ep 249: How To Build a Psychology App
Nov 25, 2015
Ep 248: Guest Host Bo Bennet on Dysrationalia
Oct 27, 2015
Ep 247: Optimum Arousal Theory
Oct 19, 2015
Ep 246: Why Replications Sometimes Don't Agree with the Original Study
Sep 14, 2015
Ep 245: The Reproducibility Project: Incentives Out of Whack
Sep 08, 2015
Ep 244: Analyze This - Does the Movie Show What Therapy is Really Like?
Aug 07, 2015
Ep 243: Did Your Therapy Really Work?
Jul 22, 2015
Ep 242: The Psychology of Attractiveness: An Interview with Rob Burriss
Jun 25, 2015
Ep241:I know What You DID'T Do - the Internet of Things for Dementia and Alzheimer's
Jun 13, 2015
Ep 240: How Do You Treat People Who Are Ill?
May 29, 2015
Ep 239: Racial Divide: Why Does It Happen? How We Can Fix It
May 04, 2015
Ep: 238: A Robot's Gender, Act Like A Girl and Be A Man
Apr 10, 2015
Ep 237: What is Misophonia? More on La Cage, Empathy, and the Milgram Studies
Mar 19, 2015
Ep 236: My Cross-Dressing Experience in La Cage Aux Folles
Feb 23, 2015
Ep 235: Want to Swap Bodies?
Jan 28, 2015
Ep 234: Tansvestism - Is It Normal? What Is Normal Anyway?
Jan 08, 2015
Ep 233: While Policemen and Black Victims - What's Really Going on?
Dec 18, 2014
Ep 232: Psychologists Involved in Torture: What Will We Do About It?
Dec 10, 2014
Ep: 231: Multiple Personalities, and Tips on Getting People to Help
Dec 04, 2014
Ep 230: Questionable Research - With A Famous Psychologist Involved
Nov 21, 2014
Ep 229: What Makes a Song Popular? Psychology of Music: How We Detect Melody
Oct 28, 2014
Did B.F.Skinner Raise His Children in a Skinner Box?
Oct 22, 2014
Ep 227: I Remember How I Felt (Or Do You)?
Oct 06, 2014
Ep 226 (video): The Psychology of Dance Part 2 - Importance of Marking
Sep 27, 2014
Ep 225: What's Best for Memory - Coffee or a Nap - or Both?
Sep 16, 2014
Perf Gestalt Video
Aug 18, 2014
Perf Basic Research
Aug 18, 2014
Erikson mnemonics for Performer App
Aug 18, 2014
If Freud Worked Tech Support
Aug 15, 2014
Ep 223: Little Albert's Real Identity - Time to Rewrite the Textbooks
Jul 24, 2014
Ep 222: How To Remember Jokes
Jul 07, 2014
Ep 221: Facebook Study: A Brief Summary and Did They Use Informed Consent?
Jul 01, 2014
220: PsycExplorer Roundup: More Evidence That Animals Think and Feel
Jun 16, 2014
Ep 219: Mental Health Professionals: Why So Liberal?
May 27, 2014
Ep 218: Good News for Older Folks
May 04, 2014
Ep 217: Let's Be Honest: Is Your Dog Really Displaying Intelligence?
Apr 05, 2014
Ep 216 (video): YouTube Power Search Tips
Mar 25, 2014
Ep 216: Working Remotely - the Psychological Advantages and Disadvantages
Mar 09, 2014
Ep 215: What Was Life Like in an Asylum?
Feb 19, 2014
Ep 214: Your Adolescence is Giving Me A Mid Life Crisis
Feb 03, 2014
Ep 213: Leveraging Our Natural Curiosity for Learning and for Blog Clicks
Jan 16, 2014
Ep 212: The Psychology of The Matrix Movie
Jan 10, 2014
Ep 211: Is a Little Deception Okay? Paid Crowds and Native Advertising
Dec 16, 2013
Brain Mnemonics video for bn2 app
Nov 21, 2013
Ep 210: How to Memorize Kolhberg's Stages of Moral Development
Nov 21, 2013
Ep 209: If Freud Worked in Tech Support
Nov 16, 2013
Ep 208: The Elaboration Likelihood Model in Less Than 2 Minutes
Nov 08, 2013
Ep 207 (audio): The Psychology of Vine
Nov 02, 2013
Ep 207: The Psychology of Vine
Nov 01, 2013
Ep 206: What It's Like to Have Autism - Interview with Alex Lowrey
Oct 22, 2013
Ep 205: Secondhand Autism: What is it Like to Grow Up with an Autistic Sibling?
Oct 06, 2013
Ep 204: The Psychology of Fundraising
Sep 27, 2013
Ep 203: Psychology of Dance
Sep 13, 2013
Ep 202 (audio): How To Memorize Freud's Stages of Psychosexual Development
Sep 13, 2013
Ep 202: How To Memorize Freud's Stages of Psychosexual Development
Sep 07, 2013
Ep 201: Mother Nature and Blaming the Victim
Aug 29, 2013
Ep 200: Reflections on the 200 Show
Aug 16, 2013
Ep 199: Depth Perception - How Your Brain Sees What's Not There
Aug 01, 2013
Ep 198: What's it Like to Work in Psychology?
Jul 11, 2013
Ep 197: Using the Word Guy for Women, Robots Helping the Elderly and Supernormal Foods
Jun 27, 2013
Ep 196: What Men Need to Do to End Violence Against Others
Jun 03, 2013
Ep 195: How To Memorize Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development
Apr 26, 2013
Ep 194: What Do I/0 Psychologists Really Do? Testing and Evaluation
Apr 17, 2013
Ep 193: Mindfulness Benefits on Tests and at Work
Apr 10, 2013
Ep 192: An Example of How Psychoanalysts Really Interpret Dreams
Mar 21, 2013
Ep 191: What Was B. F. Skinner Really Like?
Mar 11, 2013
Ep 190: Why Do You Get So Absorbed in that Book (or Movie)?
Feb 26, 2013
Ep 189: The Psych Files Brief #6 - Facebook Untagging, Money and Happiness, and Memory and Aging
Feb 13, 2013
Ep 188: Psychologists Are Keeping You From Getting the Flu
Feb 01, 2013
Episode 72 (video): Memorize the Parts of the Brain mp4 version
Jan 29, 2013
Ep 187: I'd Like to Have an Argument Please! (critical thinking part 3)
Jan 23, 2013
Ep 186: The Shootings at Newtown - Could We Have Prevented It?
Jan 06, 2013
Ep 185: The Dynamics of Therapy: Transference and Counter Transference: An Interview with Kerry Malawista
Nov 20, 2012
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Ep 184: Critical Thinking (Part 2) - Important? Yes. But Can We Teach It? Well….
Nov 03, 2012
How SSRIs and MAO Inhibitors Work
Oct 31, 2012
Ep 183: Critical Thinking - Important? Yes. But Can We Teach It? Well….
Oct 28, 2012
Ep 182: Gamification - Here's How To Do It
Oct 12, 2012
Ep 181: How Does Self Talk Improve Your Game?
Sep 24, 2012
Ep: 180 - Body Language: What Are Your Thumbs Revealing About You?
Aug 28, 2012
Ep 179: Lipstick Effect, Stereotype Threat and other Gender Matters
Aug 13, 2012
5 Essential Study Techniques
Aug 09, 2012
Ep 178: What Does Embodied Cognition have to do with Baseballs and Robots?
Jul 02, 2012
EP 177: Why You Hate Psychology - Media Bias and Misunderstandings about How Science Works
Jun 24, 2012
EP 176: Why You Hate Psychology - Self Esteem Movement and Positive Thinking
Jun 19, 2012
Ep: 175 - How to Protect Yourself from the Persuasive Tactics of the Car Salesperson
May 22, 2012
Ep 173: The First Replication of Daryl Bem's Research on Psychic Phenomenon
Apr 23, 2012
Ep 173: An Interactive Neuron and Map Using ThingLink
Apr 11, 2012
Ep 172: Interview with Natalie Nahai - The Web Psychologist
Apr 04, 2012
Ep 171 Psych Files Brief #5: Yawning, Telling Jokes to Babies, Politics and Looks
Mar 08, 2012
Ep 170: Is the Web Making You More Narrow-Minded?
Feb 15, 2012
Ep: 169 - Validity - Having Confidence in the Results of a Personality Test
Feb 12, 2012
Ep 168: Reliability - the Foundation of Any Good Personality Test
Jan 19, 2012
Ep: 167: The Fat Trap - How Not to Get Discouraged About Difficulty Losing Weight
Jan 03, 2012
Ep: 166: The Secret Life of Pronouns - an Interview with James Pennebaker
Dec 31, 2011
Ep 165 (video): Psychological Research Under Fire - What Can We Do About It?
Nov 16, 2011
Ep 164: What's So Disgusting About Poop?
Nov 05, 2011
Ep 163: Psych Files Brief #4: Animals Smiling, Yogurt De-Stressing, and the Psychology of Success
Oct 22, 2011
Ep 162: How to Spend Your Money and Truly Make Yourself Happy
Oct 11, 2011
EP 161: Self Help You Can Believe In: Interview with Dr. Tim Wilson, Author of Redirect
Oct 03, 2011
Ep 160: How to Spend Your Money and Truly Make Yourself Happy
Sep 19, 2011
EP 159 Psych Files Brief #3: Evidence in Favor of Affirmations? The Licensing Effect and the Power of Gossip
Sep 06, 2011
Ep 158: Tired of Low Grades? 5 Ways to Raise Your Test Scores (and 1 Warning!)
Aug 19, 2011
Ep 157: Do Pets and Religion Make You Happier?
Aug 10, 2011
Ep 156: Grad School in Psychology: What's It Like and How To Get In?
Jul 29, 2011
Ep 155: On Cuddling, Baths, Google, Body Language and Phantom Cell Phone Vibration - Psych Files Brief #2
Jul 19, 2011
Ep 154: 5 Reasons Why Casey Anthony MIGHT Be Innocent
Jul 08, 2011
The REAL Truth About Why You Support (or Oppose) Gay Marriage - Episode 153
Jun 28, 2011
How Do You Change Your Behavior? Interview with Scott Milford Episode 152
Jun 21, 2011
Heuristics (Video): Rules of Thumb Explained - Episode 151
Jun 18, 2011
Audio: Object Permanence - Does Your Dog Have It? Episode 150
Jun 07, 2011
Video: Object Permanence - Does Your Dog Have It? Episode 150
Jun 07, 2011
Date Rape: How Can We Prevent It? Episode 149
May 31, 2011
What Can We Do To End Anti-Gay Bullying in Schools? Episode 148
May 22, 2011
On Yawning, Swearing, Credit Cards and Sex: Psych Files Brief #1
May 18, 2011
Borderline Personality: What is it? Could Your Cell Phone Help Deal With It?
May 12, 2011
Episode 145: Why a Tiger Mom Approach to Parenting Does NOT Work
Apr 12, 2011
Episode 144: The Drowsy Chaperone Holds the Key to Life!
Mar 25, 2011
Episode 96 (video): The Phonetic Alphabet Part 2
Mar 20, 2011
The Phonetic Alphabet Part 1
Mar 20, 2011
Episode 143: EMDR - An Interview with Founder Francine Shapiro
Mar 19, 2011
Episode 142: How To Make Jobs More Satisfying and Motivating
Mar 06, 2011
Episode 141: Psychology Gets Smart: A New Kind of Lie Detector?
Feb 27, 2011
Episode 140: Psychoanalyzing Jack Lalanne
Feb 06, 2011
Episode 139: Blaming the Victim in Reverse - the Justice Motive
Jan 23, 2011
Episode 138: Zombies - 6 Reasons Why Are We So Fascinated By Them
Dec 23, 2010
Episode 137: Objectivity and the Scientific Impotence Excuse
Dec 13, 2010
Episode 136: Adele Faber Interview on Parenting (Part 2)
Nov 28, 2010
Episode 135: Adele Faber Interview on Parenting (Part 1)
Nov 19, 2010
Episode 134: Hypnosis - Myth and Reality
Nov 02, 2010
Episode 133: Replace Your Doctor With a Robot?
Oct 22, 2010
Episode 132: Opera on the Brain
Oct 13, 2010
Episode 131: Even Children Do Statistics!
Sep 16, 2010
Episode 130 (video): Why Are We So Fascinated by Famous People?
Aug 23, 2010
Episode 129 (video): Science Shows Superstitions Actually Work! Sort of
Jul 25, 2010
Episode 128: Do Brain Training Games Work?
Jul 13, 2010
Episode 127 (video): Phrenology: Maybe They Were On To Something
Jul 03, 2010
Episode 126: SuperNormal Stimuli: Is This Why We're Overweight?
Jun 17, 2010
Episode 125: False Memories - How Can Your Memory Be So Bad?
Jun 07, 2010
Episode 124: Flashbulb Memories - Are They As Accurate As We Think?
May 31, 2010
Episode 123 (video): What Does Your Dog Know About You?
May 06, 2010
Episode 122: DSM-V and On Being Sane - Are Psychiatric Labels Really Harmful?
Apr 22, 2010
Episode 121 (corrected): Top 10 Psychology Apps for the iPad, iPhone, & IPod
Apr 12, 2010
Episode 120: Big Words Make You Look Less Intelligent
Mar 29, 2010
Episode 119: Are You Lying in that Email?
Mar 23, 2010
Episode 118: Are You REALLY Listening? Sanford Meisner, Acting and Psychology
Mar 12, 2010
Episode 117: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - An Interview with Bobbi
Feb 23, 2010
Episode 116: Social Loafing - Don't Be a Sucker or a Free Loader!
Feb 12, 2010
Episode 115 (Video): Violent Video Games - What Does the Research Say?
Jan 23, 2010
Episode 114 (video): Finding Little Albert
Jan 05, 2010
Episode 113: Interview with Scott Lilienfeld on the 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology
Dec 28, 2009
Episode 112: Evolutionary Psychology - David Buss Responds to Critics Part 2
Dec 17, 2009
Episode 111: Evolutionary Psychology - David Buss Responds to Critics
Dec 06, 2009
Episode 110: Narcissism Among Celebrities, on Facebook and in Shakespeare
Nov 22, 2009
Episode 109: Correlation and Causation
Nov 11, 2009
Episode 108: More Harm Than Good? Kubler-Ross' Five Stages of Grief
Oct 26, 2009
Episode 107: Freud, Projective Tests and .... Poetry
Oct 18, 2009
Episode 106: Your Sexual Orientation - How Did It Develop?
Oct 12, 2009
Episode 105 (video): Smart Birds are More Successful with the Ladies
Sep 25, 2009
Episode 104: Can Positive Affirmations Improve Your Self Esteem?
Sep 10, 2009
Episode 103: Raising Children - Interview with Author Jamie Raser
Aug 30, 2009
Episode 102 (video): How to Create an Online Experiment
Aug 24, 2009
Episode 101: The Psychology of Music: The Role of Expectations and Minor Chords
Aug 01, 2009
Episode 100: Reflections on 100 Episodes of The Psych Files
Jul 20, 2009
Episode 99: Animal Emotions - Does Your Pet Really Have Feelings?
Jul 15, 2009
Episode 98: Evolutionary Psychology - An Interview with Dr. David Buss
Jun 20, 2009
Episode 97: Stanley Milgram Obedience Study Finally Replicated
Jun 08, 2009
Episode 96 (video): Mnemonics Advanced: The Pegword System Part 2
May 27, 2009
Episode 95 (video): Mnemonics Advanced: The Pegword System Part 1
May 25, 2009
Episode 94: How Do You Learn to Act Like a Woman or like a Man?
May 19, 2009
Episode 93: Your Brain on a Website
May 13, 2009
Episode 92: Passion For Your Work is Overrated
Apr 24, 2009
Episode 91: The Psychology of Effective Meetings
Apr 14, 2009
Episode 90: The Learning Styles Myth: An Interview with Daniel Willingham
Mar 29, 2009
Episode 89: Don't Touch That Dial! Why You Should Love Commercials
Mar 16, 2009
Episode 88: Sexual Harassment: Who is Most Likely to be a Victim?
Mar 07, 2009
Episode 87: Manhood: Are You A "Real Man"?
Feb 27, 2009
Episode 86 (video): Educational Games
Feb 21, 2009
Episode 31 (video): Lemon Slices and a New Face on Mars! Gestalt Principles at Work
Feb 09, 2009
Episode 85: How to Make Learning Fun Again? Constructivism and Democratic Schools - Part 2
Jan 30, 2009
Episode 84: How To Make Learning Fun Again Part 1 - Piaget
Jan 19, 2009
Episode 83 (video): New Year's Resolutions to Lose Weight: Why So Hard To Keep?
Jan 14, 2009
Episode 82: What's the Best Personality to be a Waiter?
Dec 29, 2008
Episode 81: Talking (and not Talking) in Psychotherapy - Part 2
Dec 09, 2008
Episode 80: Talking (and not Talking) in Psychotherapy - Part 1
Dec 08, 2008
Episode 79: Models of Leadership - Joan of Arc, Alexander the Great and Ginger the Chicken?
Nov 24, 2008
Episode 78: The Psychology of Tipping
Nov 11, 2008
Episode 77: Lost at School - An Interview with Ross Green Part 2
Nov 03, 2008
Episode 76: Lost at School - An Interview with Ross Green Part 1
Oct 29, 2008
Episode 75: Science Proves Subliminal Tapes Work! Well....not really
Oct 21, 2008
Episode 74: Social Influence in a Virtual World - A Virtual Door in the Face
Oct 07, 2008
Episode 73: On the Folly of….Politics
Oct 02, 2008
Episode 72 (video): Memorize the Parts of the Brain
Sep 22, 2008
Episode 71: Horse Sense or Nonsense? Clever Hans is Alive and Well
Sep 18, 2008
Episode 70: Coincidence or Synchronicity? You Be The Judge
Sep 10, 2008
Episode 69: Personal Space Invasions - Ethical Implications of one of Psychology's Strangest Studies
Sep 02, 2008
Episode 68 (correction): Mnemonic Device for Erikson's Eight Stages of Development
Aug 24, 2008
Episode 68 (video): Mnemonic Device for Erikson's Eight Stages of Development
Aug 22, 2008
Episode 67: The Olympic Silver Metal? What a Bummer!
Aug 13, 2008
Episode 66: What to do about Mom? Personal Control and Aging
Aug 11, 2008
Episode 65: God and Self Help, Synchronicity, and Listener Feedback
Jul 30, 2008
Episode 64: A Scientist Goes Looking for a Self Help Book....
Jul 21, 2008
Episode 63: Cognitive Dissonance, the Monty Hall Problem and a Possible Solution?
Jul 14, 2008
Episode 62: Sustainability and Human Behavior
Jul 08, 2008
Episode 61: The Mozart Effect - Is There Anything To It? Part 2
Jun 24, 2008
Episode 60: The Full Monty Backstage - Body Image and Gender Differences
Jun 17, 2008
Episode 59 - The Mozart Effect: Is There Anything To It?
Jun 10, 2008
Episode 58: Speed Dating - You Don't Know What You Want
May 25, 2008
Episode 57: Expectancy Theory, Goal Setting and Getting in Shape!
May 16, 2008
Episode 56: What is Music Therapy?
May 10, 2008
Episode 55: Is It Really Better to Give Than to Receive?
Apr 24, 2008
Episode 54: Math Anxiety - Causes and Cures
Apr 13, 2008
Episode 53: Mindful Learning, NCLB, and the True Foundations of Success
Apr 02, 2008
Episode 52 (video): Research Design Part 2 - Factorial Designs
Mar 28, 2008
Episode 51: Elliot Spitzer's Wife: Hero or Victim?
Mar 18, 2008
Episode 50: Psychological Study Ripped Straight from....the Bible?
Mar 13, 2008
Episode 49: Classroom Management - An Interview with Dr. Ross Green part 2
Mar 06, 2008
Episode 48: Classroom Management - An Interview with Dr. Ross Green part1
Mar 01, 2008
Episode 47: The Little Albert Study: What You Know is...Mostly Wrong
Feb 20, 2008
Episode 46: Thinking Positively - or Running Away from Your Feelings?
Feb 09, 2008
Episode 45 (video): Basic Research Design - Part 1
Feb 06, 2008
Episode 44: Human Emotions: The Two Factor Theory
Jan 30, 2008
Episode 43: Email Feedback
Jan 22, 2008
Episode 42: Taking A Psychology Class?
Jan 18, 2008
Episode 41: EMDR - A Critical Perspective
Jan 08, 2008
Episode 40: Performance Anxiety (and sopranos on their heads)
Dec 31, 2007
Episode 39 (video): Mashups and the Future of Psychological Research
Dec 23, 2007
Episode 38: How Big is Your Office: Another Classic Study in Psychology
Dec 18, 2007
Episode 37: The Effects of Video Game and Media Violence
Dec 07, 2007
Episode 36: The Myth of the Kitty Genovese Story
Nov 25, 2007
Episode 35 (video): The Psychology of Extreme Sports
Nov 14, 2007
Episode 34: Timeout Revisited - Dealing with Challenging Kids Part 2
Nov 04, 2007
Episode 33: Timeout Revisited - Dealing with Challenging Kids Part 1
Oct 28, 2007
Episode 32: Midterms, Mnemonics and Two Keys to Learning
Oct 14, 2007
Psych Majors: Check Out “The Mappr”!
Oct 11, 2007
Virgin Mary on a Lemon Slice? I got ya beat.
Sep 25, 2007
Episode 30: Equine Assisted Therapy
Sep 23, 2007
Episode 29: Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic vs. the Motivation To Learn
Sep 16, 2007
Episode 28: Is Time Out Really Effective?
Sep 05, 2007
Episode 27: From Insane Asylum to Psychiatric Center: A Brief History
Aug 28, 2007
Episode 26: Why Do Statistics Make Us So Queasy?
Aug 22, 2007
Episode 25: The Brains Behind Erikson Part 3
Aug 11, 2007
Episode 24: The Brains Behind Erikson Part 2
Aug 10, 2007
Episode 23: Do Teachers Have to be Actors Today?
Aug 01, 2007
Episode 22 (video): The Brains Behind Erikson Part 1 - Timeliner
Jul 20, 2007
Episode 21: Erikson's Eight Stages of Life
Jul 09, 2007
Episode 20: Conflict Resolution: A Classic Psychological Study
Jun 27, 2007
Episode 19: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: an interview with Jamie O’Neil
Jun 19, 2007
Episode 18: Critical Thinking and the Overflowing Cup
Jun 11, 2007
Episode 17: Energy Medicine: an Interview with Pat Heavren
Jun 06, 2007
Episode 16: They’re at it again - My Favorite Weird Psychology Studies
May 28, 2007
Episode 15: It’s Not Fair! Equity in Life and Work
May 19, 2007
Episode 14 (video): What Does Your Car Say About You?
May 08, 2007
Episode 13: Big Brother? What Your Grocery Store Knows About You
May 03, 2007
Episode 12: The Necessity of the Frame in Psychotherapy
Apr 25, 2007
Episode 11 (video): What Does Your Bowling Style Say About You?
Apr 18, 2007
Episode 10: What does your search behavior on Amazon.com say about you?
Apr 12, 2007
Episode 8: Why do Contradictions Bother Us So Much? Cognitive Dissonance in Our Daily Lives.
Mar 20, 2007
Episode 7: Blaming the Victim and other Biases
Mar 11, 2007
Episode 6: The Negative Side of Positive Thinking
Mar 04, 2007
Episode 9: How Do You Really Raise Self-Esteem? The Incredibles vs. American Idol
Mar 02, 2007
Episode 5: In Defense of Defense Mechanisms
Feb 25, 2007
Episode 4 (video): On Birds Flocking and Opposites Attracting: the data on Love
Feb 19, 2007
Episode 3: Predictions, Predictions
Feb 11, 2007
Episode 2: Rewards and Punishments
Feb 11, 2007
Episode 1: What this podcast is all about.
Jan 23, 2007