Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSomething Happened In Our Town
Episode 64
"Something Happened In Our Town" is a children’s book about racial injustice from Magination Press, APA’s children's books imprint. The story follows…
7 years, 11 months ago
Social Robots and Deception
Episode 63
How people interact with robots is influenced by the robots’ characteristics. Whether a robot has eyes or arms or a human-like voice affects our resp…
7 years, 11 months ago
The Internet of Things and Consumer Risk
Episode 62
Internet of Things devices such as smart televisions and thermostats often lack adequate built-in security, leading to privacy and safety risks not c…
8 years ago
Online Risks
Episode 61
Every day, we are all called on to make online security decisions. Psychologist Emma Williams studies the contexts in which we make these decisions i…
8 years, 1 month ago
Twitter and ADHD
Episode 60
Looking at large numbers of social media postings in aggregate can tell us quite a bit about Americans’ mental state. Sharath Guntuku, PhD, has analy…
8 years, 1 month ago
Big Data
Episode 59
Social physics is the idea of using statistics to quantify and manage change in culture. This idea inspired the modern national census, but the diffi…
8 years, 2 months ago
Suicide Contagion
Episode 58
Conventional wisdom says that impressionable individuals will imitate all kinds of behaviors they see in movies and on TV — including suicide, especi…
8 years, 2 months ago
Self-Driving Cars
Episode 57
Several technology and automotive companies are already testing highly automated vehicles on public roads, and many automobiles can be driven with th…
8 years, 3 months ago
Raising Children in the Digital Age
Episode 56
Touchscreen use among children is ubiquitous. But how much is too much, and is there an age before which you shouldn’t hand a child a smartphone or t…
8 years, 4 months ago
The Power of Persuasion
Episode 55
Persuasion expert Robert Cialdini, PhD, talks about his formidable body of work developing and understanding what he calls the six universal principl…
8 years, 4 months ago