The Ape That Understood the Universe Gender/Sexuality

Ep 311: The Ape That Understood the Universe

  • October 3, 2018
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How are men and women different – really? There’s plenty of debate over this, but let’s take a look at the differences between males and females across a wide variety of species. What are the reliable differences we see again and again? That’s exactly what author Steve Stewart-Williams has done in his latest book, The […]

How To Memorize Medications Disorders Learning/Memory

Ep 310: How To Memorize Psychiatric Medications

  • September 18, 2018
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Use Mnemonics to Quickly Memorize Psychiatric Medications Introduction Having a hard time memorizing psychiatric medications and which disorder they are used to treat? These memory tricks will get them into your head in minutes – and they’ll stick so you can get a better grade on your test. I’ve got ways to remember 12 medications […]

What-the-best-college-teachers-do Learning/Memory Teaching Tools

Ep 309: College Teaching Needs To Change

  • September 7, 2018
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  College teaching needs to change. This doesn’t mean using a new fad technique. It doesn’t mean dumbing anything down to get “today’s students”. It does mean that professors need to adopt more of the approaches to teaching that Ken Bain identified in his must-read book, “What The Best College Teachers Do“. In this episode […]

Do i-Statements Really Work? Cognition, Intelligence and Language Critical Thinking Social Psychology Therapy

Ep 307: Do Those i-Statements Actually Work and Did Koko the Gorilla Really Use Language as We Do?

Remember those “i-statements” you’re supposed to use when you get mad at someone? “I feel ____ when you ____ because ____“. Does that actually work? Does talking in this way resolve problems better and not get the other person defensive? We’re going to find out. Also, Koko the gorilla died recently. But did she really […]

The Causes of Violent Extremism Motivation Personality Social Psychology

Ep 302: Violent Extremism: What’s the Psychology Behind It?

  What draws people toward violent extremist groups? Psychologists have conducted a lot of research to find this out and in this episode I summarize the findings of key researchers in this area. Researchers Arie Kruglanski, Katarzyna Jasko, David Webber, Marina Chernikova and Erica Molinario explain how their theory, called SQT or Significance Quest Theory […]