Research and Stats

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Didn’t get the flu this past winter? Thank a psychologist. What? Well, it could be that a psychologist was involved...

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...

In episode 168 I discussed reliability but the real test of a test’s “mettle” – or how confident you can...

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...

Are you embarrassed to take your clothes off in front of your doctor? Most of us are. Well, what if...

Hereâ€™s a fun piece of psychological research: finding out whether children use statistical information to figure out other people. We...