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.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 321
- Years Active
- 2007 - 2025
Ep 237: What is Misophonia? More on La Cage, Empathy, and the Milgram Studies
Ep 235: Want to Swap Bodies?
What if you could swap bodies with someone else? What would it be like to be someone of the opposite sex? A different race? We're getting darn close to being able to do that with new techniques like…
Ep 234: Tansvestism - Is It Normal? What Is Normal Anyway?
A small number of men cross dress and many movies and broadway shows feature cross dressers (transvestites), so obviously many people find it fascinating and those who cross dress typically enjoy it.…
Ep 229: What Makes a Song Popular? Psychology of Music: How We Detect Melody
Ep 227: I Remember How I Felt (Or Do You)?
Do "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation" or are we actually pretty happy most of the time? As it turns out humans are far more resilient than you think. Ever heard of the term "affective forec…
Ep 225: What's Best for Memory - Coffee or a Nap - or Both?
You may have been heard that taking a nap or going to sleep after you learn something helps you to retain it (which is true), but you may also have heard that drinking coffee helps your memory. So …
Ep 223: Little Albert's Real Identity - Time to Rewrite the Textbooks
What was the name of that baby in John Watson's famous videos in which he attempts to demonstrate that fears can be acquired through conditioning (pairing a loud noise with a furry animal)? A few ye…
Ep 222: How To Remember Jokes
How many times have you wanted to remember a joke at a party but you just can't? Well, there IS a way to remember jokes and I have got 4 jokes to tell you along with a mnemonic that will help you re…
Ep 221: Facebook Study: A Brief Summary and Did They Use Informed Consent?
You may have heard that Facebook manipulated the content of user's New Feeds during January of 2012 so that some users saw more positive posts than others, which other Facebook users saw more negativ…
220: PsycExplorer Roundup: More Evidence That Animals Think and Feel
In episode 217 I asked you to be frank with yourself: does your animal really think? It's easy to believe they do, but if you're going to study this issue scientifically you have to eliminate our hu…
Ep 219: Mental Health Professionals: Why So Liberal?
Surveys find that psychologists tend to align themselves with a liberal political orientation. Why is that? Are liberal-minded people drawn to human service professions or is there something about …
Ep 218: Good News for Older Folks
Guess what? There are a good number of positives to growing older. Let's put aside all the negative stereotypes of older folks and realize that they can demonstrate a surprising level of "coolness"…
Ep 217: Let's Be Honest: Is Your Dog Really Displaying Intelligence?
It's easy to find videos on the web of animals showing what appears to be some pretty smart behavior. But is it really "smarts"? How can you tell? In this episode I'll point out examples that look l…