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Gender/Sexuality Research and Stats Social Psychology

Ep 334: The Psychology of the Fantasticks

Have you seen the musical The Fantasticks? Not only does it have wonderful music but it also has pearls of...

BY Michael
October 1, 2019
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Gender Role Stereotypes and Where They Come From

Gender/Sexuality Research and Stats

Ep 305: In the Movies, Why Does the Woman Always...

What can we learn from an old, dusty book I found in the basement? Well, if that book is...

BY Michael
May 31, 2018
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Cognition, Intelligence and Language Disorders Research and Stats Social Psychology Therapy

Ep 285: Ketamine and Depression, Raven Intelligence, and Those Darn...

What are psychologists talking about this week? Well, we’re fighting back against the unbelievable claims made by the marketers of...

BY Michael
June 12, 2017
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Cognition, Intelligence and Language Critical Thinking Research and Stats

Ep 261: Which of These Scientific Terms Are You Using...

Do you think you’re using the words “control group” correctly? You’re probably not. In fact, you’re probably also getting these...

BY Michael
July 11, 2016
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Ep 246: Why Replications Sometimes Don’t Agree with the Original...

What’s the connection between life on Mars and the need to properly replicate scientific studies? Well, replicating a study one...

BY Michael
September 14, 2015
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Research and Stats

Ep 245: The Results of the Reproducibility Project: Incentives Out...

Have you heard that about 100 Psychology studies were replicated and only about 1/3 confirmed the original findings? Why did...

BY Michael
September 8, 2015
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Critical Thinking Research and Stats Therapy

Ep 243: Did Your Therapy Really Work?

If you have been in therapy you want to believe it “worked”. We all do. And hopefully it did have...

BY Michael
July 22, 2015
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Cognition, Intelligence and Language Ethics Research and Stats

Ep 230: Questionable Research – With A Famous Psychologist Involved

Questionable Research – Exploring Psychological Frontiers Psychology strives to uncover the human mind’s mysteries, with theories ranging from established to...

BY Michael
November 20, 2014
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Cognition, Intelligence and Language Disorders Emotion Research and Stats

Ep 227: I Remember How I Felt (Or Do You)?

Do “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation” or are we actually pretty happy most of the time? As it...

BY Michael
October 6, 2014
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Emotion Ethics Research and Stats Social Psychology

Ep 221: The Facebook Study on Your Emotions: Ethical or...

You may have heard that Facebook manipulated the content of user’s New Feeds during January of 2012 so that some...

BY Michael
July 1, 2014
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