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Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files

Learn how theories in psychology affect you in everyday life. Upbeat and interesting podcasts from experienced psychology teacher Michael Britt give you a bit more insight into you and your life.

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Ep 170: Is the Web Making You More Narrow-Minded?

Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files ·

2012/02/15

You probably know that sites like Facebook are using the information they have about you - like your age, gender and interests - to serve up ads that are most likely to appeal to you. That's a little bit harmless and perhaps even helpful. But how about the more subtle filtering that is going on that you may not be aware of? Search engines are using information they have about you to show you news that these search tools think will most likely appeal to you based on your previous search

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Ep: 169 - Validity - Having Confidence in the Results...

Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files ·

2012/02/12

In episode 168 I discussed reliability but the real test of a test's "metal" - or how confident you can be in the results - comes when you subject it to lots of validity tests. You'll learn a lot about validity if you take a psychology class. High validity is what separates the many fun-to-take but essentially meaningless tests you'll find on the web, and a truly solid test of your personality.

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Ep 168: Reliability - the Foundation of Any Good...

Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files ·

2012/01/19

Can you tell your personality from what flavor ice cream you like? There are lots and lots of so called Personality tests on the web. How do you know when you've come across a good one? For example, are the inner workings of your personality revealed in the playlists you have on your smartphone or mp3 device? In this episode we take a look at the first thing you should demand from any test - reliability. If you're interested in psychology you are going to learn A LOT about the different kinds

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Ep: 167: The Fat Trap - How Not to Get Discouraged...

Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files ·

2012/01/03

Guess What? Bad news: if you've ever been overweight and you're trying to lose weight it's even harder than you think. Yikes. Pretty de-motivating. However, let's see what motivational psychologists would have to say about this. How to keep from throwing up your hands at the whole effort.

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Ep: 166: The Secret Life of Pronouns - an Interview...

Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files ·

2011/12/31

What do you reveal about yourself in the way you use the smallest and seemingly most insignificant words you use every minute? That's the focus of Dr. James Pennebaker's fascinating book and one of the most interesting psychology books of 2011: The Secret Life of Pronouns. If you're fascinated by language then you'll find this episode especially interesting.

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Ep 165 (video): Psychological Research Under Fire -...

Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files ·

2011/11/16

What's going on with Psychology? There have been a number of reports about poorly conducted or completely fraudulent research in the field. Well, there's bad research in all fields, but psychology, which has through its history struggled for scientific credibility, is particularly sensitive to this issue and many psychologists have come out with strong recommendations to make sure that our research is of the highest quality.In this episode I look at how research can be conducted poorly and what to

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Ep 164: What's So Disgusting About Poop?

Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files ·

2011/11/05

Just about everyone finds poop disgusting right? So who finds it not so disgusting? Would you believe women in their 20s who are in the middle of their menstrual cycle, and who have motherhood as one of their goals in life? Disgust has become quite a popular topic in psychology lately. Join me as I discuss one of the more interesting studies that looks at how the intensity of our emotions can be affected by our nonconscious goals. MOre interesting than you might think really. And certainly not

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30:56

Ep 163: Psych Files Brief #4: Animals Smiling, Yogurt...

Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files ·

2011/10/22

Do animals smile? Do they feel emotions and if so how many kinds of feelings do they share with us? In this episode we also take a look at the probiotics in yogurt - how do they affect your thinking and do they might help protect you from stress. It turns out that these probiotics increase the production of the neurotransmitter GABA which helps quiet down your neurons. I also talk about the work of female psychologists: Carol Dweck on the psychology of success, and and a tribute to Evelyn Hooker

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Ep 162: How to Spend Your Money and Truly Make...

Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files ·

2011/10/11

In episode 160 I discussed the first 2 ideas on how to spend your money wisely. In this episode I'll talk about 4 more great ideas on how to get the most from your money and 2 things you have to be careful about. Get the latest findings from positive psychologists on this episode of The Psych Files.

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EP 161: Self Help You Can Believe In: Interview with...

Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files ·

2011/10/03

Looking for a self-help book with some meat? One that won't insult your intelligence with flowery words and hyped up promises and pseudoscience? Take a look at the book Redirect by psychologist and author Tim Wilson. Redirect will give you a lot to think about and some new insights into human nature.

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Ep 160: How to Spend Your Money and Truly Make...

Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files ·

2011/09/19

Why aren't rich people happier than those of us with less money? We think that money will bring happiness, but research in the area of positive psychology has consistently found that having more money does NOT make us happier. Find out how to spend your money the right way.

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EP 159 Psych Files Brief #3: Evidence in Favor of...

Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files ·

2011/09/06

What's Wrong With a Little Gossip?While some research points out that gossipers are in general disliked, there is an upside: sharing negative gossip can actually help two people like each other better. In this episode we'll find out the benefits of sharing a tasty piece of negative gossip.The Licensing EffectIf you take supplements you need to hear this news about how you might be using your taking of the supplements to "license" other activities that aren't so good for your health.Evidence in Favor

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Ep 158: Tired of Low Grades? 5 Ways to Raise Your...

Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files ·

2011/08/19

But I studied!! Don't be frustrated with low grades. If you study RIGHT you will get good grades. What what does that mean to study right? I've got 5 techniques that will help you get better grades and one very important warning about something you may be doing that you have to stop! Find out how to study right in this episode of The Psych Files.

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Ep 157: Do Pets and Religion Make You Happier?

Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files ·

2011/08/10

You hear a lot these days about how pets make us happy. This is called the "pet effect". But is it so? The answer appears to be a qualified yes. But in what ways do pets make us happy? How strong is their effect on our lives? Also, how about religion? We also hear that religious people are happier, but is this true everywhere in the US or everywhere in the world? Why does religion make us happy and in what societies are people likely to benefit from this "religion effect"? Finally, some

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Ep 156: Grad School in Psychology: What's It Like and...

Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files ·

2011/07/29

What do you have to do to get into grad school in Psychology? A lot of people apply. Who ARE these people and how are you going to stand out among them? Meet one future grad student - Erin Breedlove - who is a college junior and she's already positioned herself very well for grad school. How did she do it? What is she doing that you ought to do? And how, of all things, is she using Twitter to get into grad school? Among the many tools you'll want to use to help you get into grad school, like

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Ep 155: On Cuddling, Baths, Google, Body Language and...

Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files ·

2011/07/19

Is cuddling good - especially for men - in marriage? Do baths make you feel less lonely, is Google really making you stupid, how does your body language affect your feelings, and....is that your cell phone vibrating? In this 2nd Psych Files brief I take a look at some of the more interesting psychological research circling around the web this past month.

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Ep 154: 5 Reasons Why Casey Anthony MIGHT Be Innocent

Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files ·

2011/07/08

The trial of accused child murdered Casey Anthony is over and Casey was found not guilty. Most people are extremely upset because she appeared to be guilty for many reasons. I give you 5 reasons why Casey Anthony might not be guilty. None of these are based on evidence, but instead on what might be going on inside your mind that made you think she was guilty. Caution: open mindedness required!

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The REAL Truth About Why You Support (or Oppose) Gay...

Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files ·

2011/06/28

What is the REAL reason why you either support or oppose gay marriage? We may give logical reasons for our opinions, but the roots behind your opinion lies - where else? - in your past. So let's dive into your mind as we always do here in the Psych Files and learn how our attitudes develop over time and how strong attitudes especially come to be held.

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How Do You Change Your Behavior? Interview with...

Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files ·

2011/06/21

How does Behavior Modification work? Find out in this episode as I interview Scott Milford, author of the Behavior and Motivation website. If you're about how to apply Psychology to everyday life then this is the guy to show you how he does it. In this episode we talk about how to get kids to practice the piano, but you'll quickly see how this approach could be applied to all kinds of other life challenges. Scott developed his approach over many years of working with young people both at the

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Heuristics (Video): Rules of Thumb Explained -...

Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files ·

2011/06/18

We all take shortcuts when we are making decisions. And in those shortcuts often lie our mistakes. In this episode find out the difference between the availability and representativeness heuristics, as well as the "Take the Best", Hindsight, and the Base Rate Neglect (Fallacy) heuristics. Lots of examples of these heuristics at work are included. Let's face it - we all have lazy minds! Either that or we're all too busy to try to weed through complicated statistics and probabilities. Heuristics

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