Critical Thinking | The Psych Files

What do psychologists really think about your dreams – do they have meaning? In this episode I talk about what...

How would you like to have an argument? Turns out that learning how to have a good argument might just...

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

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

Critical Thinking

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

Why do so many people have a negative attitude about the field of psychology? I think there are a handful...

Have psychologists recently found evidence for the existence of psychic ability? Last year, well-known psychologist Daryl Bem published an article...

The Importance of Reliability in Personality Test In this episode, as human curiosity drives us to self-discovery, we delve into personality...

What’s going on with Psychology? There have been a number of reports about poorly conducted or completely fraudulent research in...

You've probably heard that the so called "Lie Detector" test (the polygraph ) doesn't actually detect when you've lied, but...