Sassy Psychos

We are sad to say goodbye. Liz and Sharon reached their goal of podcasting for a year. What happened when putting boys in a camp into groups? How does separating groups cause issues and why does this happen? How do you improve hostility between groups? Have you heard of operant conditioning? What is the difference … Continue reading Episode 40 – FINAL EPISODE. Robbers Cave Experiment & Operant Conditioning

Do women’s mate preferences change over their ovulation cycle? What defines a low genetic quality male versus high quality? How do children and their brain development affect them in the long-term? How did a psychologist get away with experimenting on orphan children? Listen to learn! Remember, subscribe and share!

Do you feel like an “imposter” despite your success and achievements? Do you feel secure in your worth? Do you know what “alexithymia” is? Do you have it or know someone who does? Listen to learn! Remember to subscribe, like, and share.

As the holiday season approaches, are you giving and getting gifts? What is the impact? Do people appreciate requested gifts or surprise gifts more? Do you like talking about yourself? Do you do it too much or know someone who does? Do people repeat themselves or forget what you’ve told them? Listen, learn, and support! … Continue reading Episode 37 – Gift Giving & Talking About Yourself

Why are incompetent people at your workplace? How do they stay there? How is it that only competent people notice incompetence? How does lying affect you? Especially “white lies” or “small lies”? Tune in to find out! Rate, review, subscribe — chickadees!

What’s the best way to negotiate? For your salary? For a car? How does commuting affect you psychologically? What can you do about it? Tune in to find out! Remember to rate, subscribe, and comment!

What are tearooms? How does a public space offer more anonymity? How was homosexuality affecting people psychologically when same sex relationships were illegal? How does power affect your thinking? How is someone’s social interactions affected by power? Tune in to find out!! DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE, RATE, AND COMMENT!

Remember the pygmalion effect Liz talked about 9 episodes ago? Sharon re-covers the experiment in detail, like how does a teacher’s perception affect a student’s success? Do other peoples’ expectations of us ultimately affect us? What is the fundamental attribution error? Why would someone think you are pro-communism even when they know you were forced … Continue reading Episode 33 – Pygmalion effect and Fundamental Attribution Error

How does hazing affect someone’s perception of people and the situation? Does it actually cause people to like something more? What are the effects of multitasking? Remember the Stroop test from the previous episode? What does that have to do with multitasking? Take a listen and find out! Remember to review, rate, and subscribe!   … Continue reading Episode 32 – Hazing and Multitasking

Why do false confessions happen? Do interrogators have certain tactics to get the confession they want? What does sleep have to do with all of this? How about gaming? If you played a lot of games when you were younger, does it affect you in your adult life? What if your start playing games at … Continue reading Episode 31 – False confessions and Gaming