Critical Thinking Social Psychology Therapy Ep 219: Mental Health Professionals: Why So Liberal? Surveys find that psychologists tend to align themselves with a liberal political orientation. Why is that? Are liberal-minded people drawn... BY Michael May 27, 2014 9 Comments
Social Psychology Ep 208: The Elaboration Likelihood Model in Less Than 2... The elaboration likelihood model developed by Petty and Cacciopo is a complicated name for a not too complicated idea about... BY Michael November 7, 2013 0 Comment
Motivation Social Psychology Ep 204: The Psychology of Fundraising How do you use psychology persuasion techniques to get people to contribute to your cause? That’s what I discuss in... BY Michael September 26, 2013 1 Comment
Development Social Psychology Ep 201: Mother Nature and Blaming the Victim We know that many people have a tendency to blame victims even when something tragic and unexplainable happens to them.... BY Michael August 29, 2013 2 Comments
Gender/Sexuality Social Psychology Ep 196: What Men Need to Do to End Violence... Are jail time and new laws the only answers to men’s violence against women, children, and other men? Or... BY Michael June 3, 2013 2 Comments
I/O Psychology Social Psychology Ep 194: What Do I/0 Psychologists Really Do? What do I/0 psychologists do anyway? Are you interested in this subfield of psychology? Well, here are a few things... BY Michael April 17, 2013 0 Comment
Emotion Personality Social Psychology Ep 190: Why Do You Get So Absorbed in that... Have you ever become so immersed in a book or movie that you actually felt like the character? Or... BY Michael February 26, 2013 0 Comment
Cognition, Intelligence and Language Emotion Social Psychology Ep 189: The Psych Files Brief #6 – Facebook Untagging,... We have some great articles covered in this episode so I hope you find them thought-provoking and leave your comments... BY Michael February 13, 2013 1 Comment
I/O Psychology Motivation Research and Stats Social Psychology Ep 188: Psychologists Are Keeping You From Getting the Flu Didn’t get the flu this past winter? Thank a psychologist. What? Well, it could be that a psychologist was involved... BY Michael January 31, 2013 0 Comment
Learning/Memory Social Psychology Ep 182: Gamification – An Example of How To Do... Maybe you’ve heard of gamification, but how do you do it exactly? How do you use game principles to increase... BY Michael October 12, 2012 6 Comments