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Episode 69: Personal Space Invasions – Ethical Implications of one...

Remember the psychological study conducted in a men's room? Think it was silly? Unethical? Let's revisit this study and take...

BY Michael
September 1, 2008
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Episode 64: Self Help Book – How To Tell if...

Self Help books: why are there so many out there? How do you choose? Can they cure depression? Help you...

BY Michael
July 21, 2008
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Episode 63: Cognitive Dissonance, the Monty Hall Problem and a...

Cognitive Dissonance - one of the most established and respected theories in psychology - is under attack. An economist -...

BY Michael
July 13, 2008
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Episode 55: Is It Really Better to Give Than to...

It's time to scientifically answer the question: is it better to give than to receive? Psychologists have recently examined the...

BY Michael
April 24, 2008
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Episode 54: Math Anxiety – Causes and Cures

Could it be that the roots of math anxiety lie not with math itself but with the way math is...

BY Michael
April 13, 2008
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Episode 52 (video): Research Design Part 2 – Factorial Designs

Need to understand how factorial designs work? This video is for you. In this episode I show how a two...

BY Michael
March 31, 2008
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Episode 50: Psychological Study Ripped Straight from….the Bible?

How many scientific studies find their inspiration from a parable in the bible? I'll go over a very interesting study...

BY Michael
March 13, 2008
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Episode 45: Basic Research Design – Part 1

Independent variables, dependent variables, t-tests, anovas, experiments, between subjects, within subjects, confounds...confused? You won't be after you watch this week's...

BY Michael
February 6, 2008
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Episode 39: Mashups and the Future of Psychological Research

Have you heard about Mashups? What do they have to do with psychology? In this video Iï¿½ll show you how...

BY Michael
December 23, 2007
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Psychology Research Methods: Check Out “The Mappr”!

Taking a psychology class? Confused about Research Methods? Let me know what you think of a new tool I built...

BY Michael
October 11, 2007
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