State of Residential Solar Power (14:55)

Lee Phillips, Ph.D.,  a theoretical physicist, and writer who lives in McLean, Virginia. Solar energy have has captivated us from we were children.  From solar powered toys and glow in the dark stars to solar powered calculators.  Although it works on a small scale, how will it look on a bigger scale?  Will it be environmentally sustainable and economically sustainable?   Lee Phillips explains the current state of solar power.

 

Goal Setting and Achieving Them (1:03:09)

Kaitlin Woolley, PhD candidate at the University of Chicago school of Business. She'll be joining the marketing faculty at Cornell University this summer as an assistant professor. The importance of delaying gratification is universally recognized. Being able to forgo immediate benefits in order to achieve larger goals in the future is viewed as a key skill. For example, consider the classic “marshmallow test” experiment: children’s ability to delay eating one marshmallow so that they can get two marshmallows later is linked to a number of positive life outcomes, including academic success and healthy relationships.  Kaitlin Woolley discusses what separates goals we achieve from the ones that we don’t. 

 

Lauren Simpson - Emotional Intelligence Quiz (1:27:25)

Emotional intelligence is the ability to identify and manage your own emotions and the emotions of others. Lauren Simpson, one of our student producers,  is with us today to test our knowledge in emotional intelligence with a short quiz. 

 

Emotional Complexity (1:50:34)

Dr. Igor Grossmann is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Social Psychology area at the University of Waterloo. We all know the classic scene with the patient lying on the psychologist’s couch and knowing exactly what the psychologist is going to ask. “How do you feel?” It’s such a simple question, but the answer might be quite complex and hard to label with just one word. You probably realize that the answer of how you feel might differ based on your situation and your upbringing, but have you ever thought that your culture could also play a factor in the way you feel? Igor Grossman shares his thoughts on Emotional Complexity