Psychosocial Distancing

Season 2, Episode 15 of our book read/podcast covering every chapter in an open-source textbook to act as a free supplement to INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY. In this episode we discuss Psychological Therapy and the DSM. We discuss a few controversies surrounding the DSM and spiral off into a discussion on mental health infrastructure and other related issues with mental health treatment today. Textbook:...

Green Spaces and Mental Health Episode 38: Season 2, Episode 14 of our book read/podcast covering every chapter in an open-source textbook to act as a free supplement to INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY. In this episode we discuss Mental Health and Environmental Psychology special guest Leon Bustos, Director of NMHU Undergraduate Enrichment Program!!! We discuss green spaces, cottage core, evolutionary psy...

Episode 37: Season 2, Episode 13 of our book read/podcast covering every chapter in an open-source textbook to act as a free supplement to INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY. In this episode we discuss Industrial/Organizational Psychology with special guest Dr. Suzanne Booth-Ledoux!!! We discuss work/life balance as a dive into what it is, how we conceptualize it, and how individuals in academia and beyond d...

Episode 36: Season 2, Episode 12 of our book read/podcast covering every chapter in an open-source textbook to act as a free supplement to INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY. In this episode we discuss Social Psychology! Have you been thinking all season, I wish these guys would talk about what they know...congratulations, this is that episode! But after an entire season on the topic what is left…well what a...

Episode 35: Season 2, Episode 11 of our book read/podcast covering every chapter in an open-source textbook to act as a free supplement to INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY. In this episode we discuss Personality! It’s time…for the dreaded discussion on the MBTI, the most popular personality test that psychologists don’t really use (we use the Big 5 and the MMPI mostly). We discuss the history, the controve...

Episode 34: Season 2, Episode 10 of our book read/podcast covering every chapter in an open-source textbook to act as a free supplement to INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY. In this episode we discuss Motivation and Emotion with special guest Dr. Julia Meszaros! We talk “mail order brides”, romance tourism, the industry, and the odds of spending money to find a bride overseas. While not all motivation and e...

Episode 33: Season 2, Episode 9 of our book read/podcast covering every chapter in an open source textbook to act as a free supplement to INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY. In this episode we discuss Developmental Psychology with special guest Dr. Ray Green! We talk about the end of development...death. Topics include mourning fan characters, funeral strippers, the funeral industry, and of course, the bias...

Episode 32: Season 2, Episode 8 of our book read/podcast covering every chapter in an open source textbook to act as a free supplement to INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY. In this episode we discuss Cognitive Psychology with special guest Alyssa Jones! We talk about her research regarding eyewitness lineups and the issues and ways to improve eyewitness testimony. Textbook: https://openstax.org/details/book...

Episode 31: Season 2, Episode 7 of our book read/podcast covering every chapter in an open source textbook to act as a free supplement to INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY. In this episode we discuss Intelligence! Testing, the SATs, the dark history, and also eugenics. A big warning for all listeners, this one gets dark and grim as we delve into the history of IQ testing and the people who used it to suppor...

Season 2, Episode 6 of our book read/podcast covering every chapter in an open source textbook to act as a free supplement to INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY. In this episode we have a special guest Andrew Tague, a doctoral candidate at Texas A&M Commerce to talk about learning! We discuss education, learning, video games, eSports and pedagogy. Textbook: https://openstax.org/details/books/psychology-2...

Episode 29: Season 2, Episode 5 of our book read/podcast covering every chapter in an open source textbook to act as a free supplement to INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY. In this chapter we tackle perception and sensation, but through memes. How do we socially perceive memes and view them differently from person to person? Also, what is a meme? Where did it come from? What was the first meme? What is meme...

Fear and Loathing in Psychology Episode 28: Season 2, Episode 4 of our book read/podcast covering every chapter in an open source textbook to act as a free supplement to INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY. Chapter 4 is Consciousness and what better to discuss when tackling the nature of consciousness is to talk about the conscious altering effects of marijuana and psilocybin. We delve into the research to di...

Episode 27: Season 2, Episode 3 of our book read/podcast covering every chapter in an open source textbook to act as a free supplement to INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY. In this episode we are joined by Dr. Iva Katzarska-Miller to take an outsider’s look at neuroscience and the growth and popularity of a popular field of science. We discuss the nature of essentialism and integration when talking about th...

Episode 26: Season 2, Episode 2 of our book read/podcast covering every chapter in an open source textbook to act as a free supplement to INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY. In this episode we are covering ethics and the monsters at the forefront of psychological science. For with great power, comes great responsibility, and some, use their power for ill. And while psychology has not had the terrible experim...

Episode 25: Season 2.1 of our book read/podcast covering every chapter in an open source textbook to act as a free supplement to INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY. In this episode we are covering Edward Thorndike and some psychological history with Dr. Tracy Henley. We talk Thorndike’s history, fame, and controversy since being removed from Columbia’s good graces as well as behaviorism and some other things...

Moving away from social psychology, we are hosting an 8 week flex/intercession mini-season on cinema representations of psychology. This episode, we are joined again by Jordan Jones as we discuss The Holy Mountain, a surreal take on self-actualization and reaching enlightenment.  Out ratings: As a movie 6/10, with Daniel's 3/10 and Thomas's 10/10 in conflict. As a psychology film 0/...

Moving  away from social psychology, we are hosting an 8 week flex/intercession mini-season on cinema representations of psychology.  This episode, we are covering Memento and amnesia with Dr. Courtney Plante! Out ratings: As a movie 10/10 (well 9.6/10 with Thomas's 9/10 rating). As a psychology film 10/10 across the board. A great movie in a class on memory and cognition, highly re...

Moving  away  from social psychology, we are hosting an 8 week flex/intercession mini-season on cinema representations of psychology.  This episode, we are covering Inside Out and while we totally didn't cry...promise we didn't...really... We do have some questions about the mind of these emotional representations. Out ratings: As a movie 10/10. As a psychology film 4/10 on average....

Moving  away  from social psychology, we are hosting an 8 week flex/intercession mini-season on cinema representations of psychology.  This episode, we are covering Good Will Hunting, with a genius Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and the portrayal of professor and clinician Sean Maguire. A good movie and even better portrayal of the therapeutic process and trauma.  Out ratings: As a m...

Moving  away  from social psychology, we are hosting an 8 week flex/intercession mini-season on cinema representations of psychology. This episode, we are covering Altered States, where William Hurt transforms into our earliest ancestors (a 4ish foot tall Australopithecus-like creature)  through a drug fueled romp in an isolation tank, I wish I was kidding. We talk body horror, cons...

Moving  away  from social psychology, we are hosting an 8 week  flex/intercession  mini-season on cinema representations of psychology.  This episode, we are covering Kinsey, a surprisingly less salacious tale than A Dangerous Method, but one filled with some dubious ethics, meaningful moments and a group of researchers interested in understanding sex. Out ratings: As a mo...

Moving away  from social psychology, we are hosting an 8 week flex/intercession  mini-season on cinema representations of psychology. This episode, we are covering A Dangerous Method, a tale of feuds, Freuds, and the Jung/ Spielrein relationship. We  talk psychology, history, Freud, Jung, and the women forgotten in their wake. Out ratings: As a movie 8/10. As a psychology film 5.5/1...

Moving away from social psychology, we are hosting an 8 week flex/intercession mini-season on cinema representations of psychology. Building off episode 16, we are covering High Anxiety, the Mel Brooks classic. We talk psychology, the quality of the movie, and the underlying psychoanalytic/ Freudian themes throughout the film.  Out ratings: As a movie 10/10. As a psychology film 7.5/10. Highl...

Episode 16 of our book read/podcast covering every chapter in an open source textbook to act as a free supplement to social psychology topics and concepts comes to a close. In this episode we are having a FINAL EXAM and watching movies. A raw and uncut series of takes* on Milgram and Zimbardo, in cinema!!!! With two movies, Experimenter: The Stanley Milgram Story , and The Stanford Prison Experime...

Episode 15 of our book read/podcast covering every chapter in an open source textbook to act as a free supplement to social psychology topics and concepts comes to a close. In this episode we are jumping to chapter 12 to discuss CONFLICT AND COOPERATION with special guest Dr. Tracy Henley. In this episode we talk about the evolution of conflict and cooperation through the lens of Cognitive Archeol...