Do you MIND?

In this episode, I introduce myself and the wonderful field of Psychology. I briefly discuss the different approaches within the subject before talking about my favourite aspects and why I believe Psychology is important in the current world. This episode features my Psychology teachers as special guests, Miss Hawkins and Mrs Wallace, who share some of their personal insights into the field of Psychology.

Debates in Psychology are important. In this episode, I discuss one of the oldest debates in Psychology - Nature vs Nurture. Are we shaped by our genetic inheritance or is the environment that we grow up in more influential? Tune in to find out!

Haven't we always wanted to know what makes people more likely to commit crime? Is it the way that their brain is programmed or do they commit crime for a completely different reason? In this episode, I discussed the explanations behind criminality - more specifically, the cognitive and biological explanations. This includes 19th century theories and more up to date theories on why people commit crimes. To finish this episode, I talked through two ways in which we can prevent crimes from happening in the future. Tune in to learn more!