THE PSYCHOLOGY WORLD PODCAST

Last time, we looked at the great topic of how propaganda can gather support for a regime, but now we need to look at the truly fascinating area of How propaganda Works Against the Opposition? So we'll look at international and domestic opposition and how propaganda can confuse, divide and incapacitate people who want to stop a regime. This is a brilliant episode you don't want to miss! LISTEN NOW...

There will always be times when therapists (current or future ones) will find their clients attractive or we'll find clients we click with and want to form a friendship with. So in this clinical psychology episode, we'll explore what, how and why this happens by looking at a brand new study on this topic. If you enjoy clinical psychology, you NEED to listen to this! (You definitely won't learn thi...

Since the outbreak of the war, I have wanted to learn about Propaganda and now we can all finally do just that. Because how do you get an entire population to believe nonsense about an illegal invasion? In this fascinating political psychology episode, we deep dive into the psychology behind propaganda and most importantly, how do we stop it working? This is a MUST listen! LISTEN NOW! If you want...

Stepping from clinical psychology, in this great podcast episode, we're going to learn about how being in prison impacts suicide. This is filled with lots of interesting pieces of information. It's a must-listen for anyone interested in forensic psychology! In the psychology news section, you'll learn about very under-researched factor in the idea of the American Dream, how repetition can make biz...

Touching on a wide range of fields from developmental psychology to cognitive to clinical psychology, we look at the fascinating topic of What Happens When Young People Go To War in support of Ukraine. This is a great in-depth look at the question from a wide range of areas in psychology along with some comments on psychology's response to the crisis and why psychologists (and psychology students)...

As we move away from clinical psychology, we now need to see how dementia impacts criminal behaviour in forensic and criminal psychology. So in this great podcast episode, you'll learn about a new type of dementia and how crimes differ by type of dementia and plenty more interesting topics. You really don't want to miss this! In the psychology news section, you'll hear about how we avoid "boring"...

Lots of people use the term psychopath and sociopath interchangeably without knowing the critical differences between them. In this personality psychology episode, we not only look at the differences between these types of people, but the similarities too. Then we dip into forensic psychology as well, as we look at how sociopaths and psychopaths commit crimes. You DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS! In the p...

An alternative title to this Careers In Psychology episode might be 'What Options Does a psychology degree give you?'  As in this great episode, we broadly explore what career choices a psychology degree can open up for you. This is a must listen if you want to know about psychology career choices. There are plenty to choose from. You DON'T want to miss this! In the psychology news section, y...

There are always myths and misconceptions surrounding depression and this is even more true when you mix depression and suicide together.  So in this clinical psychology episode, you'll learn about 3 fascinating areas about depression and how it impacts suicide. But you also get to learn why the work of psychologists and therapists is so critical, this is a must listen to episode! In the psyc...

Whenever domestic abuse gets spoken about there is one area that is always forgotten about. Men can be domestic abuse victims too. So in this fascinating clinical psychology episode, we look at the reasons, differences and stereotypes behind why it is so difficult to recognise domestic abuse against men and how can we deal with this problem. This is a great, very eye-opening podcast episode! In th...

As I've mentioned on previous dementia-focused podcast episodes, dementia is an umbrella term for a wide range of mental health conditions. So in this great clinical psychology episode, we explore the reasons why people need to get a professional diagnosis and how this applies to psychology students and professionals. You don't want to miss this!   In the psychology news section, you'll learn...

Whenever people think of forensic psychology careers, they always think about profiling. But what do real forensic psychologists do? And what could you do if you want to work in forensic and criminal psychology? That is the focus of this eye-opening podcast episode. This is a must listen for people considering this career in psychology. In the psychology news section, you'll hear about a hidden so...

Turning our attention to social psychology and how it relates to male suicide, in this great podcast episode, you'll learn about the different social factors that can increase the likelihood of suicide, and a renewed approached to suicide prevention! This is a must listen!   In the psychology news section, you'll hear about how political extremes relate to conspiracy theories, the underrepres...

Police psychology is a fascinating area of forensic psychology that investigates why the police behave as they do. In this great episode, you'll learn about police culture, why it's important and how it affects police behaviour.  In the psychology news section, you'll hear about why coffee isn't an all-cure for sleep deprivation, can memes help people with pandemic anxiety and how conflicting...

Cult psychology is a great area of psychology to look at. It draws on most areas of psychology from social psychology to personality psychology to clinical psychology and more. And cult psychology is not only fascinating to look at, it can help us recognize and protect ourselves in case a cult tries to influence us. This is an psychology episode you don't want to miss! In the psychology news secti...

Today's fascinating episode focuses on reducing our risk of developing Dementia and keeping our brains healthy by drawing on 5 ways from clinical psychology, neuropsychology and cognitive psychology. This episode will help you to develop a better understanding of preventing dementia. In the psychology news section, you'll hear about the benefits of watching lectures at 2x speed, a possible evoluti...

The new year is the perfect time to think about boosting our mental health but there is a lot of non-research based information out in the world. So in this positive psychology podcast episode, you'll hear what the research says about boosting mental health. Some are surprising facts, others are interesting and some are very perspective changing. This is a great episode! LISTEN NOW! If you want to...

Psychopathy and the psychology of psychopaths is an extremely interesting area of clinical psychology that will fascinate you.  In this short episode, you'll hear about five signs of the psychopathic personality and how these impact a person's behaviour to make them a psychopath. Then you'll hear about the differences between psychopaths and average person to help demonstrate the stark (and s...

The Holidays can be a stressful time of year with all the shopping, planning and cooking that's involved, so in this great clinical psychology episode you'll hear five great ways to reduce your stress during the holiday period. In the psychology news section, you'll hear about toddlers judging moral characters (a great developmental psychology bit), how we think information we've Google is our own...

As psychology students and professionals, we can experience a lot of stress and/or see or hear things that cause us to develop mental health conditions or difficulties. In this clinical psychology episode, we talk about self-care and what are the signs you might want to go to therapy yourself. In the psychology news section, you'll hear about how personality and political conservatism impact how p...

Dementia is a horrible disease, but so many people don't know what dementia is and the different types of Dementia. So in this clinical psychology episode, we look at what is dementia and the different (and sometimes scary) types of dementia so we can increase our aware of these awful disease. In the psychology news section, you'll hear about researchers wanting to create safe Virtual Reality spac...

In the USA, 1 man commits suicide every 15 minutes and no one talks about the male suicides happening all over the world. In this great clinical psychology episode, you'll hear about why people don't want to talk about suicide and some of the reasons why men commit suicide. We need to start shining a light on this area and this episode is a great place to start. We don't go into graphic details an...

There are so many myths about happiness and sometimes these can damage you, your social connections and your mental health. In this social psychology episode, we look at these interesting myths and what the truth is around happiness.  In the psychology news section, why we enjoy deep conversations with strangers more than we expect, using audio techniques to create doppelgangers and how perso...

All beginning psychology students and sometimes professionals think a psychologist is a profiler (to my utter horror) or only a psychotherapist is a psychologist. Besides all those misconceptions about the job markets of psychology, in this great episode we look at how you can become a therapist because clinical psychologists aren't the only therapists. So this is perfect episode for psychology st...

We all know friendships are important because of their impact on mental health and physical health, but why? In this great social psychology podcast episode, we take a look at friendships and what benefits they provide us. In psychology news section, is there a link between gaming and wellbeing, frenemies and their impact on us at work and climate anxiety. In the personal update, I provide a bit o...