Michael

Social Psychology

Every since Leon Festinger gave us the term cognitive dissonance, we've been asking questions about contradictions in human behavior. For...

Cognition, Intelligence and Language Social Psychology

Blaming the victim - why do we do it? Are rape victims responsible for what happens to them? Are victims...

Cognition, Intelligence and Language Emotion Therapy

What could possibly be wrong with thinking positively? As it turns out, there could be a lot wrong with it....

Therapy

Most of us believe that we should “think positively”, but there is a negative side to doing so. In this...

Personality Therapy

Too many people dismiss Freud because he had a few controversial ideas, but as I try to point out in...

Social Psychology

Do Birds of a Feather Flock together or do Opposites Attract? Find out which proverb is correct in this episode.

Development Learning/Memory

Do you believe in spanking children to get to them to behave? There is a lot of controversy, discussion and...

Critical Thinking Research and Stats

Have you ever heard of someone who says they can predict the future? Perhaps you’ve seen magazine articles in which...

Psychology As A Career

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