Cognition, Intelligence and Language Learning/Memory Mnemonics Social Psychology Ep 277: How to Remember Names It’s hard to remember names – but here’s how to do it. You’ll use your imagination and some weird... BY Michael March 22, 2017 7 Comments
Social Psychology Ep 274: Be the First To Act – or the... Complete strangers in New York City come together in a simple but moving act: they decide as a group to... BY Michael February 6, 2017 0 Comment
Social Psychology Ep 273: Stereotypes and How We Get Past Them One reason stereotypes exist is because, sometimes, there’s some truth in them. As an Italian-American I can say that, yes,... BY Michael January 20, 2017 0 Comment
Social Psychology Ep 270: We Are Polarized. Here’s What We Can Do... The US just had a very contentious election which showed us, if nothing else, that we are a divided nation.... BY Michael December 8, 2016 2 Comments
Cognition, Intelligence and Language Emotion Social Psychology Ep: 266: Why Do You REALLY Support That Candidate? The... Why do you vote the way you do? Have you read through all the various candidates position statements, or do... BY Michael October 16, 2016 0 Comment
Learning/Memory Social Psychology Teaching Tools Ep 265: How To Make Study Groups Effective In a previous episode I talked about the kinds of dynamics that can occur in groups (social loafing, diffusion of... BY Michael October 1, 2016 0 Comment
Motivation Psychology As A Career Social Psychology Ep 264: Using Psychology in Your Work: Part 2 of... How do you “apply a little psychology” to tough jobs like building an online community and to creating a... BY Michael September 12, 2016 1 Comment
I/O Psychology Social Psychology Ep 263: Using Psychology to Build Active Online Communities: Interview... What do you do with a background in psychology? A lot of things. How about running an online community? I... BY Michael September 6, 2016 0 Comment
Cognition, Intelligence and Language Emotion Social Psychology Ep 260: Kids Can’t Put Their Phones Down – How... Cell phones: they’re here and they’re not going away. So now it’s time to “stop worrying and learn to love... BY Michael June 22, 2016 3 Comments
Cognition, Intelligence and Language Social Psychology Ep 259: How Could You Have Missed That? A conversation is a conversation whether it happens in person or in a car, right? Well, wrong. You can only... BY Michael May 26, 2016 1 Comment