Psychobabble
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Podcast Description
Psychobabble is a podcast that explores the everyday world of Experimental Psychology. A fortnightly, 40-minute programme of life, Psych-Science and blue-sky musings. Psychobabble takes everyday happenings and subjects them to the rigors and findings of experimental psychology. Psychobabble is hosted by a cast of PhD's, with the occasional Dr. Guest Speaker.
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ExplicitEp34 - Norway's Mass Murderer | Jess, Shelli, Nerisa and Rohan talk about Norway's Mass Murderer. We take a look at the difference between legal and clinical definitions of 'sanity' and 'insanity', the quantitative impact of violent video games on aggression and why crimes goes down as gameplay goes up. Finally, we have a chat about good ol' fashioned prejudice. Check out Psycho-babble.net for shownotes, forums and media. Media: A video simulating what it's like to be Schizophrenic. Just a little something to help illuminate the difference between what it means to be 'insane' (as a popular conception) and what it means to be legally 'insane'. | 23 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEp33 - Cognitive Errors and Illusions | Why is reality not as we perceive? Why aren't we any good at attributing motives and explaining behaviour in others and how can we tell when we've got it all backwards? And why do always overestimate the prevalence of our own opinions, sometimes in extreme and grossly unrealistic ways. Finally, how can we totally miss the world around? We do it all the time. Check out psycho-babble.net for videos, shownotes and references. Here's a change-blindness Vid - It doesn't embed, but click away: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBPG_OBgTWg Here's another change-blindness vid - we didn't speak about this element of the error, but it's fun to watch anyhow: Dunning-Krugar Estimates/Results graph False Consensus graphs: (original and informal research research) Estimates and Actual rates of Colour Preference Estimates and Actual rates of Aversions Estimates and Actual Preference for Alcohol References: Kruger, J., & Dunning, D. (1999). Unskilled and unaware of it: How difficulties in recognizing one's own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77 (6), 1121-1134 DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.77.6.1121 Dunning, D., Johnson, K., Ehrlinger, J., & Kruger, J. (2003). Why people fail to recognize their own incompetence Current Directions in Psychological Science, 12 (3), 83-87 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.01235 Mullen, B., Atkins, J., Champion, D., Edwards, C., Hardy, D., Story, J., & Vanderklok, M. (1985). The false consensus effect: A meta-analysis of 115 hypothesis tests Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 21 (3), 262-283 DOI: 10.1016/0022-1031(85)90020-4 | 9 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEp32SHORT - Conference Wrap-up (EPC and SASP) | Nerisa and Kate talk about their recent experience at the Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC) and Society for Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP). | 25 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEp31 - April Fool's | Rohan, Shelli, Nerisa and James talk all things trickery. From marriage to the price of cabbages, flying penguins to duel-wielding mice. What is that makes a hoax successful and who is likely to get suckered? What is that makes a hoax successful and who is likely to get suckered? Why do we mis-remember some facts and rarely seek to disprove our own beliefs? How easily can someone implant false memories Tons of media at psycho-babble.net See Also: Ep16 - Attention and Inattention http://www.psycho-babble.net/archives/212 Ep11 - Humour http://www.psycho-babble.net/archives/154 Media! Elizabeth Loftus (On the nature of memory and false memories - Good Listen!) http://skepticallyspeaking.ca/episodes/137-memory-science Smashed Cars and Bumped Carshttp://www.holah.co.uk/summary/loftus/ Why our brains make us laugh at ourselves http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2011/11/20/why-our-brains-make-laugh/l0OWxVcnRpzfyIheFgab5N/story.html The Evolution of Human Laughter (blog) http://www.labspaces.net/blog/1380/Laughter__part_____The_Evolution_of_Human_Laughter Change Blindness (Person Swap) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBPG_OBgTWg (cannot embed) Flying Penguins (I said it was Attenborough - I was wrong) Google Chrome - Dual Wield Mice Google Quest for NES Penn and Teller - Magic Show ---Seilhamer, M. (2011). On doing ‘being a crank caller’: A look into the crank call community of practice Journal of Pragmatics, 43 (2), 677-690 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2010.09.005Hall, M. (1965). The great cabbage hoax: A case study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2 (4), 563-569 DOI:10.1037/h0022489Gervais, M., & Wilson, D. (2005). THE EVOLUTION AND FUNCTIONS OF LAUGHTER AND HUMOR: A SYNTHETIC APPROACH The Quarterly Review of Biology, 80 (4), 395-430 DOI: 10.1086/498281 | 11 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEp30 - Kony2012 | Kony2012 has been the most viral video to date, but what made the 27 minute experiment so successful? Arguments about the claims made, or the the man, Kony, aside, the video was an all encompassing psychological coup. Why did we share so widely, so quickly, and with such passion? How can we explain it and what happens next? Join Rohan, Cam, Jess and Nerisa for everything Kony - except anything to do with African Warlords. | 28 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEp29 - Studying Psychology (Part 2) | What does it mean to study psychology? Rohan, Nerisa, Jess, Shelli and Kate discuss their experiences, their misconceptions and a broad range of outcomes that arrive from their choice of study. This is a two part series. Part 1 covers general experience, Undgergrad and Honours. Part 2 (Ep29) covers PhD, Masters, Post-Doc (and still more undergrad). | 14 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEp28 - Studying Psychology (Part 1) | What does it mean to study psychology? Rohan, Nerisa, Jess, Shelli and Kate discuss their experiences, their misconceptions and a broad range of outcomes that arrive from their choice of study. This is a two part series. Part 1 covers general experience, Undgergrad and Honours. Part 2 (Ep29) covers PhD, Masters, Post-Doc (and still more undergrad). | 29 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEp27 - Valentine's Day (II) | Our second annual Valentine's Show - depending on your perspective this is either a 'how to' or a 'what to avoid' show on attraction and manipulation. Everything from mimicry and gaze, to maximizing misattributions of environmental causes to the individual, and understanding how you may trick yourself into believing things that just aren't the case. And it's true! People do date at their 'own level' - we discuss why hotties usually only date hotties. Find us at Psycho-babble.net Other related content: Episode 3 – Be My Valentine Episode 5 – The Pill Episode 15 – Pheromones and Chemosignals | 15 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEp26 - Internet Piracy and SOPA | Join Nerisa, Jess, James and Rohan as they discuss the psychological factors related to Internet Piracy and SOPA. Why do we feel a moral disconnect when stealing online, when we would consider the same theft of a CD or DVD as wrong? What role do norms play on the internet - where you cannot see, hear or know with those you're interacting with. And just what's so special about this kind of collective action? Links - Psycho-babble.net Cyanide & Happiness... www.explosm.net/comics/2693/ | 1 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEp25 - New Year's Resolutions | We like to hope that this coming year will be better than the last and we like to make resolutions on the New Year in order for it to be so. But how seriously should we take it? Are all resolutions created equal? How can we make sure that our resolution is most likely to succeed? Join us for a discussion on drinking, smoking, eating and Jackie Chan. | 18 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEp24 - Christmas! | Christmas is a time to come together and the entire crew of Psychobabble features on this show. What is Christmas? We chat about norms and the value of presents, socialization and gender stereotypes, we look at the effects of Christmas on celebrators and non-celebrators alike. We also learn what kind of toys rhesus monkeys would ask for from Santa ... if they could speak, or engage in pretense, or think about the future. | 24 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEp23 - Science and Academic Fraud | Rohan, Kate, Nerisa and James discuss Academic Fraud and its relation to Science and Psychology. It has been revealed that Diederik Stapel, a highly influential and respected social psychologist, has been fabricating data for decades. Though not a problem unique to Psychology it does raise some serious questions and implication regarding Psychology, and science more generally. We also discuss the nature of academic fraud from the student's perspective - plagarism, cheat-sheets and general bad-behaviour. | 14 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEp22 - Schoolies / Spring Break | Rohan, Cam, Shelli and Jess talk Schoolies (or Spring Break, for you Americanites). What goes on when you cram tens of thousands of adolescents into one plus, liquor them up, and let them run wild? It's all about sex, drugs and psychology, basically... We cover the shifting and assumed nature of social norms and of pluralistic ignorance. We take a look at the adolescent brain, and why it's prepared to make bad decisions quickly, and why alcohol is not doing anyone any favours. Finally, we discuss how bad marijuana really is for your brain. | 30 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEp21 - 7 Billion | What does it mean that the Earth is now home to 7 Billion people? Controlling population growth with laws, such as China's One-Child policy, will inevitably result in unintended consequences - however, this may not be the best, most sound (or even most ethical) mode of regulation. What are the implications for prejudice as our number continue to grow, and can the 'Contact Hypothesis' help? Finally, can we even understand what 7 billion means? It's such a large number can we even assign meaning to such an expansive concept? Immigration and 'Boat People' in perspective http://www.sbs.com.au/thefacttester/?question=1 Find out what number Homo Sapien you are... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15391515 Nerisa's Anti-Bogan mention http://theantibogan.wordpress.com/ Find us at - www.psycho-babble.net On Facebook - 'Psychobabble Podcast' | 16 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEp20(Short) - Occupy Wall Street and the Inner Primate | What do Protesters and Monkeys have in common? A bit of science suggests that we all can feel the sting of injustice, and can act with a sense of fairness. | 1 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Thanks for this informative podcast series; I am a fourth year psychology student and I listen to your podcasts whenever I am in the car. It helps to hear you 'flesh' out the ideas and put it in lay-terms whilst giving me ideas for topics that I would like to further explore.
It's excellent to hear an AUSTRALIAN podcast from such intelligent psychologist beings... thankyou again, Carly
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it itrests me so much when you all add your opinions and talk about facts. this has helped me dealt with many social dilemas. thankyou all, keep making more <3
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