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134 - The Elaboration Likelihood Model
In this episode we sit down with psychology legend Richard Petty to discuss the Elaboration Likelihood Model, a theory he developed with psychologist…
7 years, 6 months ago
133 - Uncivil Agreement
In this episode, we welcome Lilliana Mason on the program to discuss her new book, Uncivil Agreement, which focuses on the idea: “Our conflicts are o…
7 years, 7 months ago
132 - Practice (rebroadcast)
Is it true that all it takes to be an expert is 10,000 hours of practice? What about professional athletes? Do different people get more out of pract…
7 years, 7 months ago
131 - The Marshmallow Replication
The marshmallow test is one of the most well-known studies in all of psychology, but a new replication suggests we've been learning the wrong lesson …
7 years, 8 months ago
130 - The Half LIfe of Facts (rebroadcast)
In medical school they tell you half of what you are about to learn won't be true when you graduate - they just don't know which half. In every field…
7 years, 8 months ago
129 - Desirability Bias (rebroadcast)
Confirmation bias is our tendency to seek evidence that supports our beliefs and confirms our assumptions when we could just as well seek disconfirma…
7 years, 8 months ago
128 - Happy Brain
What makes you happy? As in, what generates happiness inside the squishy bits that reside inside your skull? That's what author and neuroscientist De…
7 years, 9 months ago
127 - Selfie
In this episode, we sit down with author Will Storr to talk about his new book -- Selfie: How We Became so Self-Obsessed, and What it is Doing to Us.…
7 years, 9 months ago
126 - Separate Spheres (rebroadcast)
Despite their relative invisibility, a norm, even a dying one, can sometimes be harnessed and wielded like a weapon by conjuring up old fears from a …
7 years, 10 months ago
125 - Status Quo Rationalization
When faced with an inescapable and unwanted situation, we often rationalize our predicament so as to make it seem less awful and more bearable, but w…
7 years, 10 months ago