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Social Psychology

When Good People Do Bad Things

For years, the Stanford Prison Study has been used to tout the idea that putting any individual in a position...
  • BY Michael
  • May 20, 2020
  • 3 Comments
unhappy employee
Motivation

That’s Not Fair! How Unfairness Can Affect Your Work Motivation

Suppose you were working a job where everyone makes around $12/hour and your supervisor announced that she was raising salaries...
  • BY Michael
  • May 20, 2020
  • 1 Comment
cat
Cognition, Intelligence and Language

Cats: Not As Aloof As We Think

Here’s a current topic you might want to add to the Development chapter of your psych text for students to...
  • BY woodrow
  • May 20, 2020
  • 0 Comment
iron
Gender/Sexuality

The Chore of Getting Men to Do Housework

Like it or not, certain tasks around the house seem to have traditional gender roles attached to them. Females in...
  • BY woodrow
  • May 20, 2020
  • 0 Comment
Kenneth Carter's book on Sensation Seeking: Buzz
Personality

Ep 340 What’s a High Sensation Seeker?

Do you like to bungee jump? Perhaps you’re into parachuting or wing suit flying? If so, you’re probably a “high...
  • BY woodrow
  • December 11, 2019
  • 3 Comments
What Makes a Song Appealing?
Emotion

Ep 339: What Makes a Song Appealing?

Music researchers analyzed over 700 top Billboard songs (which included examining over 80,000 chords) and they determined that the “Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Da”...
  • BY woodrow
  • December 6, 2019
  • 2 Comments
The Bechdel Test
Gender/Sexuality

Ep 338: What Role Are Women Really Playing? The Bechdel...

In movies and TV, women are understandably tired of playing roles like the “Wife” or the “Girlfriend”. Nowadays we’re seeing...
  • BY woodrow
  • November 21, 2019
  • 1 Comment
Can Women Be Funny?
Gender/Sexuality Learning/Memory

Ep 337: Why Do We Think Women Aren’t Funny?

Have you ever heard someone say that they don’t think that women can be funny? I have to admit that...
  • BY woodrow
  • November 8, 2019
  • 1 Comment
The Ape That Understood The Universe by Steve Stewart-Williams
Gender/Sexuality

Ep 336: Why is it Usually Men Who Commit Violent...

  Another violent act in America. Another man who committed it. Why do men in our society seem to always...
  • BY Michael
  • October 24, 2019
  • 7 Comments
Why Do We Believe In Conspiracy Theories?
Critical Thinking Therapy

Ep 335: Conspiracy Theories – Why So Easy To Believe?

Why do some conspiracy theories seem to have so much evidence to support them? Well, that’s because if you look...
  • BY Michael
  • October 17, 2019
  • 8 Comments
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