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What happens when people “marry outside their looks” (that is, when you marry someone who is obviously much more attractive...

Therapy

This week I discuss the importance of boundaries and guidelines between you and your therapist. These guidelines, set forth by...

Therapy

This week I discuss the importance of boundaries and guidelines between you and your therapist. These guidelines, set forth by...

Learning/Memory

In this video episode we look at what your bowling style says about you and how behaviorists can explain your...

Social Psychology

Here's a unique example of cognitive dissonance theory: the information you pay attention to (and ignore) as you search around...

Personality

How do you really raise self esteem? This week we take a look at all the talk about young people,...

Social Psychology

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

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

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...