Episode 74 of our book read/podcast covering major topics in various fields of psychology explores yet another mini-series, a flex course on CONSPIRACIES this holiday season, with guests, deep dives and more. In Part IV or our conspiracy theory discussion, Daniel and Thomas are joined by Dr. Joseph Uscinski and Dr. Adam Enders to talk about belief systems in relation to conspiracy theories and their article “Do conspiracy beliefs form a belief system?”.

For more about Dr. Uscinski and Ender’s work, you can find them here:

Dr. Joseph Uscinski

https://www.joeuscinski.com/

https://twitter.com/JoeUscinski

Dr. Adam Enders

https://www.adamenders.com/

PSD Website: https://psychosocialdistancingpodcast.com/

Thomas' Webpage: https://sexography.org/

Thomas' Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBrooks_SexPsy

Daniel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScienceInChaos

Bias of the Week: Conjunction Fallacy

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Conjunction fallacy

The tendency to assume that specific conditions are more probable than general ones.

Tversky, A., & Kahneman, D. (1983). Extensional versus intuitive reasoning: The conjunction fallacy in probability judgment. Psychological Review, 90(4), 293–315. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.90.4.293

Episode 73 of our book read/podcast covering major topics in various fields of psychology explores yet another mini-series, a flex course on CONSPIRACIES this holiday season, with guests, deep dives and more. In Part III or our conspiracy theory discussion, Daniel and Thomas are joined by Stephanie Beene and Katie Greer about countering conspiracies with library science and their article “A call to action for librarians: Countering conspiracy theories in the age of QAnon”.

For more about Stephanie Beene’s and Katie Greer’s work, you can find them here:

Katie Greer, M.S.

https://library.oakland.edu/people/bios/index.php?bio=Greer

https://twitter.com/GreerLibrarian

Stephanie Beene, M.S.

https://ulls.unm.edu/people/directory/b/beene-stephanie.php

https://twitter.com/BeeneSteph

PSD Website: https://psychosocialdistancingpodcast.com/

Thomas' Webpage: https://sexography.org/

Thomas' Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBrooks_SexPsy

Daniel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScienceInChaos

Bias of the Week: Information Bias

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h3r_CNg_MuRKbi_oJYVRth7dAMW2nNiS/view?usp=sharing

Episode 72 of our book read/podcast covering major topics in various fields of psychology explores yet another mini-series, a flex course on CONSPIRACIES this holiday season, with guests, deep dives and more. In Part II or our conspiracy theory discussion, Daniel and Thomas are joined by Dr. Mikey Biddlestone to talk about his research on the psychology of conspiracy theories, his paper “Conspiracy beliefs and the individual, relational, and collective selves”, and understanding why people hold conspiracy theories without demonizing those stuck with those beliefs.

For More About Dr. Biddlestone and his work, you can find him here:

Cambridge Social-Decision Making Labhttps://www.sdmlab.psychol.cam.ac.uk/

Twitter: @CSDMLab

Corbyn Interview Article: https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/piers-corbyn-tricked-into-taking-10000-bung-to-stop-criticising-az-vaccine-284008/

PSD Website: https://psychosocialdistancingpodcast.com/

Thomas' Webpage: https://sexography.org/

Thomas' Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBrooks_SexPsy

Daniel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScienceInChaos

Bias of the Week: Bias Blind Spot

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h3r_CNg_MuRKbi_oJYVRth7dAMW2nNiS/view?usp=sharing

Episode 71 (Now with intro music!) of our book read/podcast covering major topics in various fields of psychology explores yet another mini-series, a flex course on CONSPIRACIES this holiday season, with guests, deep dives and more. In Part I or our conspiracy theory discussion, Daniel and Thomas are joined by Dr. Luke Ritter to launch our discussion of conspiracy through a historical lens. We talk epistemology, the Satanic Panic, false memory, JFK, aliens, and more!

Dr. Luke Ritter: https://twitter.com/DrRitterCritter

PSD Website: https://psychosocialdistancingpodcast.com/

Thomas' Webpage: https://sexography.org/

Thomas' Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBrooks_SexPsy

Daniel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScienceInChaos

Bias of the Week: Naïve Realism

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h3r_CNg_MuRKbi_oJYVRth7dAMW2nNiS/view?usp=sharing

DOC101: So You Want to Go to Graduate School…

Episode 70 of our book read/podcast covering major topics in various fields of psychology with Drs. Daniel Chadborn, Thomas Brooks, and Alyssa Jones. With us are Dr. Linnea Rademaker and Dr. Peter Williams (sans Scott Self) from the DOC 101 Podcast that focuses on graduate student experiences. Today they join us to discuss undergraduate experiences and preparing for graduate school and some general advice for undergrads seeking that graduate experience.

DOC101 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/doc101

PSD Website: https://psychosocialdistancingpodcast.com/

Thomas' Webpage: https://sexography.org/

Thomas' Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBrooks_SexPsy

Daniel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScienceInChaos

Bias of the Week: Choice-Supportive Bias

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h3r_CNg_MuRKbi_oJYVRth7dAMW2nNiS/view?usp=sharing

Episode 69 of our book read/podcast covering major topics in various fields of psychology moves us into COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY! And while there is no book (no viable open source ones exist) we plan to go through the core areas of cognition, memory, and more. This season, joining us is Dr. Alyssa Jones to act as our cognitive guide through the world outside of our social bubble.

This episode Daniel and Thomas are joined by Dr. Amanda May, Assistant Professor of English at New Mexico Highlands University and Director of the Writing Center who studies Assemblage Theory, Memes from an English perspectives, and visual rhetoric. But mostly memes…put an F in the comments for our academic integrity, this is a meme podcast now!

PSD Website: https://psychosocialdistancingpodcast.com/

Thomas' Webpage: https://sexography.org/

Thomas' Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBrooks_SexPsy

Daniel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScienceInChaos

Bias of the Week: Notational Bias

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h3r_CNg_MuRKbi_oJYVRth7dAMW2nNiS/view?usp=sharing

Episode 68 of our book read/podcast covering major topics in various fields of psychology moves us into COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY! And while there is no book (no viable open source ones exist) we plan to go through the core areas of cognition, memory, and more. This season, joining us is Dr. Alyssa Jones to act as our cognitive guide through the world outside of our social bubble.

This episode Daniel, Thomas and Alyssa are joined by Amanda Stevens, a PhD student at, Texas A&M University – Commerce (of course) whose research revolves around learning and metacognition, the act of thinking about thinking. We discuss learning, research, student outcomes, and more!

PSD Website: https://psychosocialdistancingpodcast.com/

Thomas' Webpage: https://sexography.org/

Thomas' Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBrooks_SexPsy

Daniel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScienceInChaos

Kahneman and Tversky™ Bias of the Week: Hot Hand Fallacy

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h3r_CNg_MuRKbi_oJYVRth7dAMW2nNiS/view?usp=sharing

Episode 67 of our book read/podcast covering major topics in various fields of psychology moves us into COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY! And while there is no book (no viable open source ones exist) we plan to go through the core areas of cognition, memory, and more. This season, joining us is Dr. Alyssa Jones to act as our cognitive guide through the world outside of our social bubble.

This episode Daniel and Thomas are joined by Dr. Lara Heflin, a neuropsychologist and Associate professor at New Mexico Highlands University to discuss INTELLIGENCE TESTING from the perspective of non-IQ uses. What is involved in an IQ test? How are they used beyond intelligence testing? And more, in discussing IQ from a clinical and neuroscience perspective.

PSD Website: https://psychosocialdistancingpodcast.com/

Thomas' Webpage: https://sexography.org/

Thomas' Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBrooks_SexPsy

Daniel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScienceInChaos

Kahneman and Tversky™ Bias of the Week: Gambler’s Fallacy

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h3r_CNg_MuRKbi_oJYVRth7dAMW2nNiS/view?usp=sharing

Episode 66 of our book read/podcast covering major topics in various fields of psychology moves us into COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY! And while there is no book (no viable open source ones exist) we plan to go through the core areas of cognition, memory, and more. This season, joining us is Dr. Alyssa Jones to act as our cognitive guide through the world outside of our social bubble.

This episode Daniel and Alyssa talk spooky psychology and superstition with Dr. Persinger’s controversial ‘God Helmet’ and why people believe in superstition, ghosts, and more. It’s Halloween meets cognitive psychology on this episode!

PSD Website: https://psychosocialdistancingpodcast.com/

Thomas' Webpage: https://sexography.org/

Thomas' Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBrooks_SexPsy

Daniel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScienceInChaos

Bias of the Week: Illusion of External Agency

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h3r_CNg_MuRKbi_oJYVRth7dAMW2nNiS/view?usp=sharing

Episode 65 of our book read/podcast covering major topics in various fields of psychology moves us into COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY! And while there is no book (no viable open source ones exist) we plan to go through the core areas of cognition, memory, and more. This season, joining us is Dr. Alyssa Jones to act as our cognitive guide through the world outside of our social bubble.

This episode we delve into bad MEMORY METAPHORS with return guest Andrew Tague! Why do we think the brain is like a computer? a loom? an onion? a card catalog? a tuning fork? a compost pile? a mystic writing pad? a cow’s stomach? Only one of those isn’t an actual metaphor for memory…but it can be if you try hard enough.

PSD Website: https://psychosocialdistancingpodcast.com/

Thomas' Webpage: https://sexography.org/

Thomas' Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBrooks_SexPsy

Daniel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScienceInChaos

Kahneman and Tversky™ Bias of the Week: Extreme Aversion Bias

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h3r_CNg_MuRKbi_oJYVRth7dAMW2nNiS/view?usp=sharing