Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files
Learn how theories in psychology affect you in everyday life. Upbeat and interesting podcasts from experienced psychology teacher Michael Britt give you a bit more insight into you and your life.
Technology
Self-Help
Social Sciences
Education
Psychology
Higher Education
K-12
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College
Health
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 321
- Years Active
- 2007 - 2025
Episode 94: How Do You Learn to Act Like a Woman or like a Man?
How do we learn to act in what are called gender appropriate ways? How did you learn to act like a girl and then a woman? Or like a boy and then like a man? Did you experience either penis envy or …
00:26:16 |
Tue 19 May 2009
Episode 93: Your Brain on a Website
How can you use psychology to design a website so people are likely to buy products from you? Or design a website so people are likely to donate money to your cause? In this episode Dr Susan Weinsche…
00:45:46 |
Wed 13 May 2009
Episode 92: Passion For Your Work is Overrated
Everyone tells you that you should have "passion for your work". Personally, I think that's a bunch of malarky, balderdash and hooey. And much of it could be the fault of psychologists. You might act…
00:16:55 |
Fri 24 Apr 2009
Episode 91: The Psychology of Effective Meetings
Do you hate meetings as much as I do? How do you make them work? Business people and students often hate meetings and group projects because it's hard to get everyone to participate and it's hard to…
00:33:48 |
Tue 14 Apr 2009
Episode 90: The Learning Styles Myth: An Interview with Daniel Willingham
Guess what? There's no such thing as a learning style! Don't believe it? Listen to this interview with professor and author Daniel Willingham as he and I discuss the topic of learning styles. If …
00:39:43 |
Sun 29 Mar 2009
Episode 89: Don't Touch That Dial! Why You Should Love Commercials
Watching commercials actually increases your enjoyment of the show. Do you believe it? Did you, like myself, pay good money on a Tivo or video digital recorder just so you could avoid commercials? …
00:22:02 |
Mon 16 Mar 2009
Episode 88: Sexual Harassment: Who is Most Likely to be a Victim?
Who is most likely to be a victim of sexual harassment? Is it the attractive female secretary? The attractive female employee by a man who is higher up in the organizational hierarchy? These are the …
00:19:32 |
Sat 07 Mar 2009
Episode 87: Manhood: Are You A "Real Man"?
Why does it seem that males in many cultures have to prove their manhood? Do women have to prove their womanhood? Why is this and what happens when men feel like they are less than a man? In this …
00:26:39 |
Fri 27 Feb 2009
Episode 85: How to Make Learning Fun Again? Constructivism and Democratic Schools - Part 2
What the heck is constructivism anyway? In this episode I explore that topic with Dr. Eugene Geist. We also explore what some would consider a radical concept in education:democratic schools. Wha…
00:25:28 |
Fri 30 Jan 2009
Episode 84: How To Make Learning Fun Again Part 1 - Piaget
How can we make learning as fun as it was when you were a child? We can. Listen to Dr. Eugene Geist as he explains the cognitive development theories of Jean Piaget and you'll understand why we are…
00:29:42 |
Mon 19 Jan 2009
Episode 82: What's the Best Personality to be a Waiter?
What kind of personality do you need to be a good waiter/waitress? In a previous episode we talked about the tactics: touching customers, drawing smiley faces on bills, crouching down to the custome…
00:28:53 |
Mon 29 Dec 2008
Episode 81: Talking (and not Talking) in Psychotherapy - Part 2
Are you interested in play therapy or therapy with children and adolescents? Do you have a child in therapy and you wonder how playing with toys is going to possibly help you child? Learn more about…
00:27:04 |
Tue 09 Dec 2008
Episode 80: Talking (and not Talking) in Psychotherapy - Part 1
Are you interested in play therapy or therapy with children and adolescents? Do you have a child in therapy and you wonder how playing with toys is going to possibly help you child? Learn more about…
00:34:40 |
Mon 08 Dec 2008
Episode 79: Models of Leadership - Joan of Arc, Alexander the Great and Ginger the Chicken?
Who's the best role model for a leader? How about a chicken? In this episode of The Psych Files we examine Ginger from the movie Chicken Run to see how she embodies some of the best qualities of a …
00:35:48 |
Mon 24 Nov 2008
Episode 78: The Psychology of Tipping
How can a waiter increase his tips? Would you believe that psychologists have devoted a great deal of research to this question? We've looked at the effect of smiley faces, touching, telling jokes,…
00:34:58 |
Tue 11 Nov 2008
Episode 77: Lost at School - An Interview with Ross Green Part 2
Still looking for an alternative to Time out? If you are a teacher, a childcare worker, or anyone who works with kids and is frustrated at the fact that for some children time out just doesn't work.…
00:32:57 |
Mon 03 Nov 2008
Episode 76: Lost at School - An Interview with Ross Green Part 1
Dr. Ross Green, author of The Explosive Child, has just published his second book, Lost at School in which he shows how the principles of Collaborative Problem Solving can be used by teachers and oth…
00:27:00 |
Wed 29 Oct 2008
Episode 75: Science Proves Subliminal Tapes Work! Well....not really
Do subliminal messages in self-help tapes really work? There actually is some evidence that people can be influenced by subliminal messages. Can your self-esteem be raised with subliminal tapes? C…
00:26:25 |
Tue 21 Oct 2008
Episode 74: Social Influence in a Virtual World - A Virtual Door in the Face
The Foot in the Door and the Door in the Face are two classic social influence techniques that have been heavily studied by psychologists. However, until now, no one has attempted them in a virtual w…
00:27:51 |
Tue 07 Oct 2008
Episode 73: On the Folly of….Politics
On The Folly of Rewarding A While Hoping For B is a well known article by Steven Kerr that appeared in The Academy of Management Executive. Want an example of how insightful Steven Kerr was with thi…
00:19:56 |
Thu 02 Oct 2008
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