Sassy Psychos

What are the stages of change? How can you change a certain behavior? Are you ready to change? What’s the stroop effect? Why is it so hard to do the stroop test? How does color affect our comprehension of words? Listen and find out! And you know the drill…rate, review, subscribe!

Liz & Sharon dig into the pasts of Britney Spears and Charles Darwin. Want to know what they could possibly be diagnosed with? What were they going through? Tune in and find out! Don’t forget to review, rate, and subscribe!

How does social media affect us emotionally, relationally, mentally? Does it make us happier or does it have a negative effect? Liz shares another twisted, crazy experiment that studied learned helplessness. How does it work? What can you do about it? Tune in and find out! Rate, review, and subscribe, people!!

What characteristics and/or situations increase/decrease someone’s will to live? How do some mice swim for 60 hours while others only swim for a few hours and give up? Do you know someone who has anger issues? Are you that person? What makes anger worse? How do happy people get over their anger? Listen and learn! … Continue reading Episode 27 – The will to live and anger

Are music and language related? How so? Does it help with learning? Do people think someone is sexually attracted to them even in a platonic setting? When do guys overestimate a woman’s sexual attraction to them? Why? Tune in to find out! Don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe!

Does your name make a difference? Does your political identity affect naming your child? What’s the deal with being able to hear our name despite lots of other noise around us? Does having two ears make a huge difference rather than having one? Listen in to find out! Rate, review, subscribeeee!

Ever wonder how your expectations affect others? How do their expectations affect you? What about altruism? How do you get someone to be more likely to help you? Tune in to find out! Don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe! DUH.

Ever wonder what the diagnosis of TV characters could be? Listen in to hear about our favorite shows , why we love those crazy characters , and what their DSM diagnoses could be! Don’t forget to review, rate, and subscribe!

Want to know about Bipolar Disorder? What’s the difference between Bipolar I and II? What are some symptoms of Bipolar Disorder? Can you spot someone who exhibits some of these symptoms? Heard of the placebo effect? But do you know how it affects you? Want to know how powerful your brain is in perceiving improvement … Continue reading Episode 22 – Bipolar Disorder and Placebo Effect

We have a minisode today! Sharon talks about the early experiences of babies and how it affects them for the rest of their lives … DUN DUN DUN. Want to know about how intelligence is developed? Want to make sure your baby or a baby you know becomes the smartest they can be? Tune in! … Continue reading Minisode 2 : Environmental Influences on Intelligence