Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files

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1. Erikson's Eight Stages of Life

   18 Dec 2021 · 47 min

   This week on The Psych Files we take a stroll through the various phases of life: from childhood, to adolescence, into mid-life and then we listen to two interesting voices of men nearing the end of their lives. Some…

2. Why Do Certain Songs Become Popular?

   11 Dec 2021 · 14 min

   Music researchers analyzed over 700 top Billboard songs (which included examining over 80,000 chords) and they determined that the "Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Da" is the most appealing song ever written. How in the world, you…

3. Ep 269: How To Get People To Be Creative

   25 Oct 2021 · 11 min

   Do "Blue Sky" brainstorming sessions actually produce anything creative? If you've ever sat around with a group of people and tried to "just come up with something creative" you probably found that it's pretty hard. We…

4. Singletary - Disillsionment Phase

   24 Sep 2020 · 0:40

5. Ep 336: Why is it Usually Men Who Commit Violent Acts?

   11 May 2020 · 34 min

   Another violent act in America. Another man who committed it. Why do men in our society seem to always be the ones who carry out violent acts? Is it how we bring up boys? Or is there another influence - genes. I was…

6. National Anthem

   16 Sep 2019 · 1:50

7. Summertime

   16 Sep 2019 · 4:27

8. Avengers Clip

   24 May 2019 · 0:07

9. An Interview with Dr. Nancy Haug on her Cannibis Research

   28 Feb 2019 · 36 min

10. Key Ingredients to Significance Quest Theory

    20 Apr 2018 · 2:44

11. Ep 267: Applying an Established Memory Strategy Literacy (and possibly click through on your blog post...)

    15 Nov 2016 · 10 min

    The printed word has been around for a long time. Bet you thought there was nothing new in how we put words together in a book or website. Well, guess again. Researchers at Asymmetrica have drawn upon a tried and true…

12. Ep 266: Productive Confusion with Jeremiah Sullins

    20 Oct 2016 · 22 min

    We often like it when things are explained to us clearly, but would you believe that sometimes it's better if you're just down-right confused? You could actually learn more if at some point in the learning process you…

13. Ep: 265: Why Do You REALLY Support That Candidate? The Psychology of Voting Behavior

    16 Oct 2016 · 22 min

    Why do you vote the way you do? Have you read through all the various candidates position statements, or do you just kinda go with your "gut"? Jeremiah Sullins, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Harding University…

14. Ep 264: How To Make Study Groups Effective

    1 Oct 2016 · 24 min

    In a previous episode I talked about the kinds of dynamics that can occur in groups (social loafing, diffusion of responsibility) that can make them ineffective learning experiences as well as just not fun. In this…

15. Ep 263: Using Psychology in Your Work: Part 2 of My Interview with Richard Millington

    12 Sep 2016 · 23 min

    How do you "apply a little psychology" to tough jobs like building an online community and to creating a product that people will want to use frequently? In part 2 of my interview with author and Feverbee founder…

16. Ep 262: Using Psychology to Build Active Online Communities: Interview with Richard Millington

    6 Sep 2016 · 21 min

    What do you do with a background in psychology? A lot of things. How about running an online community? I found Richard Millington, founder of Feverbee, talking about how he applies psychology to his business of…

17. Ep 261: Demonic Possession or A Lack of Skeptical Thinking?

    19 Aug 2016 · 25 min

    Is it possible that some people who we think are mentally ill are actually victims of demonic possession? One psychiatrist says yes. Another psychiatrist says no - believing this is true is a matter of not carefully…

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

    11 Jul 2016 · 27 min

    Do you think you're using the words "control group" correctly? You're probably not. In fact, you're probably also getting these terms wrong as well: "truth serum", "lie detector", "bystander apathy", "personality…

19. Ep 260: We're All Addicted To Our Phones. How You Can Feel Better About It

    22 Jun 2016 · 17 min

    Cell phones: they're here and they're not going away. So now it's time to "stop worrying and learn to love them". If you're upset about how addicted teens are to their phones I'll give you a few ideas that, hopefully,…

20. Ep 259: How Could You Have Missed That?

    26 May 2016 · 24 min

    What is change blindness? How could you miss some of the most obvious things that change right in front of you? Millions of people watch a video of kids playing basketball and they miss the fact that a gorilla walks…

21. Ep: 258 - 5 Reasons Why You're Addicted to Your Phone and What to do About it

    27 Apr 2016 · 22 min

    Why do we find it so hard to put down our phones? I'll give you 5 reasons drawn directly from psychological theories on how we learn, how teenagers are strongly affected by reward and how we are all drawn in by…

22. Ep 157: What IS in Baloney Anyway? Let's Find Out Why You Eat What You Eat

    14 Apr 2016 · 29 min

    I grew up eating baloney without ever giving a thought to where it came from. But psychology is all reflecting on who you are, why you think the way you do and why you do what you do. So let's explore our eating…

23. Ep 256 (Audio Version): Study Psychology On The Go with the Clammr App

    4 Apr 2016 · 4:20

    What if you could study for your psychology test in 24 second sound bytes on your iPhone? Now you can. I recently contacted Parviv - the founder of an app called Clammr. Typically, people use Clammr to stay on top of…

24. Ep 256: Study Psychology On The Go with the Clammr App

    31 Mar 2016 · 5:00

    What if you could study for your psychology test in 24 second sound bytes on your iPhone? Now you can. I recently contacted Parviv - the founder of an app called Clammr. Typically, people use Clammr to stay on top of…

25. How to Memorize Freud's Stages of Psychosexual Development

    22 Mar 2016 · 1:00

26. Ep 255: London Has a Problem and It's a Job for a Psychologist

    16 Mar 2016 · 18 min

    London needs help and only a person trained in psychology can fix this. There are just too many Londoners using their subway (the "tube") and instead of standing side by side as they go up the escalator, people are…

27. Ep 254: How to Create Great Ways for Seniors to Live

    20 Jan 2016 · 15 min

    What comes to mind when you think "nursing home"? Not so good, right? Let's change that. Let's use what we learn from psychology to create exciting places for seniors to live. We've got the tools provided by Maslow's…

28. Ep 253: How to Prevent Violence in Your Neighborhood

    11 Jan 2016 · 11 min

    Passengers on an airplane spring to action when a stewardess needs help - but a neighborhood in New York City does very little when a woman is attacked. What's different about these situations? How can we take what we…

29. Ep 252: How Psychology Gets You To Slow Down While Driving

    29 Dec 2015 · 18 min

    How can we use a little psychology to get you to slow down when you're driving? You'd be surprised. Very often road signs like "Slow" or a posted speed limit of, say 20 mph does not work. Drivers go past these signs…

30. Ep 251: How NOT to Get the Holiday Blues

    15 Dec 2015 · 15 min

31. Ep 250: How I Used Snapchat with My Class

    8 Dec 2015 · 20 min

    Snapchat got a pretty bad rap over the past few years, but did you know that you actually can use this video messaging app in ways that really do help students see the applications of what their teachers are learning…

32. Ep 249: How To Build a Psychology App

    25 Nov 2015 · 8:32

33. Ep 248: Guest Host Bo Bennet on Dysrationalia

    27 Oct 2015 · 7:26

34. Ep 247: Optimum Arousal Theory

    19 Oct 2015 · 4:20

35. Ep 246: Why Replications Sometimes Don't Agree with the Original Study

    14 Sep 2015 · 13 min

36. Ep 245: The Reproducibility Project: Incentives Out of Whack

    8 Sep 2015 · 17 min

37. Ep 244: Analyze This - Does the Movie Show What Therapy is Really Like?

    7 Aug 2015 · 32 min

    If you have not seen the movie Analyze This with Robert DeNiro and Billy Krystal, then you really should. It's not just a funny movie, bit also gets a lot of things about therapy right. So many movies portray…

38. Ep 243: Did Your Therapy Really Work?

    22 Jul 2015 · 31 min

39. Ep 242: The Psychology of Attractiveness: An Interview with Rob Burriss

    25 Jun 2015 · 21 min

40. Ep241:I know What You DID'T Do - the Internet of Things for Dementia and Alzheimer's

    13 Jun 2015 · 22 min

41. Ep 240: How Do You Treat People Who Are Ill?

    29 May 2015 · 24 min

42. Ep 239: Racial Divide: Why Does It Happen? How We Can Fix It

    4 May 2015 · 33 min

43. Ep: 238: A Robot's Gender, Act Like A Girl and Be A Man

    10 Apr 2015 · 28 min

44. Ep 237: What is Misophonia? More on La Cage, Empathy, and the Milgram Studies

    19 Mar 2015 · 25 min

45. Ep 236: My Cross-Dressing Experience in La Cage Aux Folles

    23 Feb 2015 · 31 min

46. Ep 235: Want to Swap Bodies?

    28 Jan 2015 · 24 min

    What if you could swap bodies with someone else? What would it be like to be someone of the opposite sex? A different race? We're getting darn close to being able to do that with new techniques like the Rubber Hand…

47. Ep 234: Tansvestism - Is It Normal? What Is Normal Anyway?

    8 Jan 2015 · 32 min

    A small number of men cross dress and many movies and broadway shows feature cross dressers (transvestites), so obviously many people find it fascinating and those who cross dress typically enjoy it. Why? What does it…

48. Ep 233: While Policemen and Black Victims - What's Really Going on?

    18 Dec 2014 · 16 min

49. Ep 232: Psychologists Involved in Torture: What Will We Do About It?

    10 Dec 2014 · 15 min

50. Ep: 231: Multiple Personalities, and Tips on Getting People to Help

    4 Dec 2014 · 30 min