Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files

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

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 mean about the people who...

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

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

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

Ep 230: Questionable Research - With A Famous Psychologist Involved

Ep 229: What Makes a Song Popular? Psychology of Music: How We Detect Melody

Did B.F.Skinner Raise His Children in a Skinner Box?

Ep 227: I Remember How I Felt (Or Do You)?

Do "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation" or are we actually pretty happy most of the time?  As it turns out humans are far more resilient than you think.  Ever heard of the term "affective forecasting"?  It's something we do every...

Ep 226 (video): The Psychology of Dance Part 2 - Importance of Marking

Most performers "mark" when they're tired during rehearsals.  Are they "not giving it their all" or are they getting quite a benefit from doing this?  You'd be surprised at how beneficial marking can be.     If you're not...

Ep 225: What's Best for Memory - Coffee or a Nap - or Both?

  You may have been heard that taking a nap or going to sleep after you learn something helps you to retain it (which is true), but you may also have heard that drinking coffee helps your memory. So which is it? How can you drink coffee AND take...

Perf Gestalt Video

Perf Basic Research

Erikson mnemonics for Performer App

If Freud Worked Tech Support

A humorous way to learn about the Freudian defense mechanisms (actually elaborated by Anna Freud) of Displacement, Denial, Sublimation, Reaction Formation, and Projection.  A little dream analysis thrown in.  Who knows?  Maybe Freud...

Ep 223: Little Albert's Real Identity - Time to Rewrite the Textbooks

What was the name of that baby in John Watson's famous videos in which he attempts to demonstrate that fears can be acquired through conditioning (pairing a loud noise with a furry animal)?  A few years ago we were presented with information...

Ep 222: How To Remember Jokes

How many times have you wanted to remember a joke at a party but you just can't?  Well, there IS a way to remember jokes and I have got 4 jokes to tell you along with a mnemonic that will help you remember all 4 of them.  I challenge you to...

Ep 221: Facebook Study: A Brief Summary and Did They Use Informed Consent?

You may have heard that Facebook manipulated the content of user's New Feeds during January of 2012 so that some users saw more positive posts than others, which other Facebook users saw more negative posts.  How did this affect these users?...

220: PsycExplorer Roundup: More Evidence That Animals Think and Feel

In episode 217 I asked you to be frank with yourself: does your animal really think?  It's easy to believe they do, but if you're going to study this issue scientifically you have to eliminate our human tendency to anthropomorphize - to want to...

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 to human service professions or is there something about working in human services that causes...

Ep 218: Good News for Older Folks

Guess what?  There are a good number of positives to growing older.  Let's put aside all the negative stereotypes of older folks and realize that they can demonstrate a surprising level of "coolness" about life.  There's a certain...