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Development Disorders Therapy

Ep 186: The Shootings at Newtown – Could We Have...

“Hurt people, hurt people” – The Sanctuary Model Everyone was horrified to hear that an adolescent, Adam Lanza, walked into...

• BY Michael
• January 6, 2013
• 8 Comments

Therapy

Ep 185: The Dynamics of Therapy: Transference and Counter Transference:...

  Transference and countertransference are two key concepts in psychoanalysis and they are fascinating. If you’re interested in the therapy...

• BY Michael
• November 19, 2012
• 1 Comment

Cognition, Intelligence and Language Critical Thinking Research and Stats Teaching Tools

Ep 184: Critical Thinking (Part 2) – Important? Yes. But...

In episode 183 I talked about what critical thinking is and why it’s important. Now we talk about why it’s...

• BY Michael
• November 3, 2012
• 2 Comments

Critical Thinking Research and Stats

Ep 183: Critical Thinking – Important? Yes. But Can We...

Why does it concern psychologists that the Texas GOP platform recently opposed the teaching of critical thinking? Most of us...

• BY Michael
• October 28, 2012
• 23 Comments

Learning/Memory Social Psychology

Ep 182: Gamification – An Example of How To Do...

Maybe you’ve heard of gamification, but how do you do it exactly? How do you use game principles to increase...

• BY Michael
• October 12, 2012
• 6 Comments

Cognition, Intelligence and Language

Ep 181: How Does Self Talk Improve Your Game?

Let’s talk sports psychology. When you participate in a sport, do you talk to yourself? Do you try to “psych...

• BY Michael
• September 24, 2012
• 1 Comment

Social Psychology

Ep: 180 – Body Language: What Are Your Thumbs Revealing...

What is your body position revealing about you? Some things are obvious – you probably know that crossed arms indicate...

• BY Michael
• August 28, 2012
• 2 Comments

Gender/Sexuality Social Psychology

Ep 179: Lipstick Effect, Stereotype Threat and other Gender Matters

photo credit: beast love via photo pin cc Do women who work in typically male dominated jobs “play down” their...

• BY Michael
• August 13, 2012
• 3 Comments

Cognition, Intelligence and Language

Ep 178: What Does Embodied Cognition have to do with...

There is a lot of talk these days about a fascinating idea called embodied cognition. What is it exactly? In...

• BY Michael
• July 3, 2012
• 4 Comments

Critical Thinking

EP 177: Why You Hate Psychology – Media Bias and...

In this follow-up to episode 176 I discuss two more reasons why I believe some people either don’t like or...

• BY Michael
• June 24, 2012
• 11 Comments