The Psychology Undergrad Podcast

In this episode of The Psychology Undergrad , we dive into one of the most powerful and complex topics in social psychology — prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination. Using real-world examples like the Ferguson divide, we unpack how bias forms, why it persists, and what the science says about reducing it. We explore the cognitive roots of inequality through prospect theory , status quo bias ,...

In this episode of The Psychology Undergrad , we explore how your relationships shape your motivation and even your romantic decisions. This isn’t just theory — it’s research that connects your need to belong with how you achieve, learn, and love. Part 1 dives into achievement motivation and attachment theory , revealing how a secure base of support frees you to take risks, grow, and thrive. Part...

Welcome to The Psychology Undergrad ! This special episode is your complete Social Psychology exam review podcast — packed with every major term, theory, and concept you’ll need to know for your final. We break down the big ideas — from attribution theory and cognitive dissonance to conformity , obedience , groupthink , and more — explaining each in plain language and giving quick, memorable examp...

Welcome back to The Psychology Undergrad! In this episode, we finally tackle one of the trickiest and most important ideas in statistics — variability . The hosts break down why just knowing the average isn’t enough and how understanding the spread of data tells the real story. Through relatable examples like unpredictable commutes, rat maze experiments, and even pizza slice analogies, the discuss...

Welcome to The Psychology Undergrad! In this episode, the hosts tackle one of the most essential topics in statistics: measures of central tendency . They walk through how to take a messy list of scores and boil it down to a single number that represents the group accurately — the mean, median, or mode. You’ll learn not just how to calculate them, but why each one matters. From the balance-point i...

Welcome to The Psychology Undergrad! Today’s episode takes you right to the foundation of statistics: turning raw, messy data into something you can actually understand. The hosts walk through how to organize data using frequency distributions , relative frequencies , percentile ranks , and grouped frequency tables —then show how to visualize them with histograms, polygons, and bar graphs . They u...

Welcome to The Psychology Undergrad ! In this episode, we strip statistics down to what they actually mean — not endless formulas, but a way of making sense of human behaviour. From understanding why context matters (yes, even in laundry) to breaking down populations, samples, and that mysterious thing called sampling error , this episode makes stats feel less like math torture and more like decod...

In this episode of The Psychology Undergrad , we tackle one of the most talked-about ideas in modern social psychology — implicit bias . From presidential debates to viral news stories, this term has become part of our cultural vocabulary. But what does it really mean? The hosts break down the difference between explicit and implicit bias, using real-world cases like the Starbucks incident and ins...

Why didn’t desegregation work the way everyone hoped? In this episode of The Psychology Undergrad , we unpack the social psychology behind one of the most important — and disappointing — experiments in real life: the aftermath of Brown v. Board of Education . The hosts walk through Gordon Allport’s Contact Hypothesis , explaining why simply putting students from different backgrounds in the same c...

In this episode of The Psychology Undergrad , we take a step back and ask: what is social psychology really about now? It’s no longer just the study of social influence or group behaviour — it’s a full-blown investigation into what it actually feels like to be human. We explore three massive ideas that reshape the field: The Science of Felt Experience — how psychology is edging closer to philosoph...

If you’ve ever told someone they should do better — or been on the receiving end of that message — this episode of The Psychology Undergrad will make you rethink everything you know about motivation. We unpack the 1975 Miller, Brickman, and Bolen study that flipped traditional persuasion on its head, showing that lasting change doesn’t come from telling people what to do, but from affirming who th...

In this episode of The Psychology Undergrad , we dig into one of social psychology’s most fascinating paradoxes — why people often say they care but still don’t act like it. From drought campaigns and littering studies to the classic UCSC shower experiment, this deep dive explores the hypocrisy effect — the point where our actions and identity collide. We unpack how cognitive dissonance works, why...

Ever met someone and thought, “I’ve got them all figured out” —only to realize later you were completely wrong? In this episode of The Psychology Undergrad , we break down why humans are so bad at reading others and how social perception really works. From body language and facial expressions to attribution errors and impression management, this conversation takes you deep into how we form (and of...

Ever wonder why people say they care about climate change but still drive gas cars? Or why implicit biases shape our actions even when we believe we’re fair? In this episode of The Psychology Undergrad Podcast , we unpack the hidden psychology of attitudes — exploring why our beliefs and behaviors often don’t align. Drawing from social psychology, we dive into implicit bias , cognitive dissonance...