PsychSessions: Conversations about Teaching N' Stuff Garth Neufeld, Eric Landrum

In this episode Garth interviews Carol Tavris, an independent scholar from Los Angeles, CA. Carol recounts her eclectic career, highlighting her transition from academia to writing. She discusses the importance of accurately communicating psychological science to the public, emphasizing empirical evidence while criticizing the tendency of some popular writers to prioritize sensational ideas. She reflects on various topics, including her work on the psychology of anger, her skepticism toward unfounded scientific claims, and the dynamics of cognitive dissonance. The dialogue also covers Tavris's contributions to textbooks, particularly her efforts to incorporate critical thinking and a balanced view of gender and cultural issues in introductory psychology courses. Carol generously shares insights on maintaining scientific integrity amid societal pressures and changing academic landscapes.
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In this episode of AskPsychSessions, Marianne answers a listener question about teaching your expertise to those from other specialties. Her guests are Dr. Andrew Butler from Washington University in St. Louis and Dr. Kristoffer Romero from the University of Windsor. The conversation covers content selection, assessment options, and skill development. 

Well, the contiguous United States and D.C. Bonus: Take the short form of the NEO and get matched with the state you vibe with. OR use this in class for five one-way ANOVA examples.
Blog Post: https://notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2016/07/wilsons-americas-mood-map-interactive.html
Original Article: https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/psp-a0034434.pdf
Time Magazine article, featuring the Big Five survey: http://time.com/7612/americas-mood-map-an-interactive-guide-to-the-united-states-of-attitude/

Welcome to the 200th episode of the flagship podcast series PsychSessions: Conversations About Teaching N' Stuff.  In this episode, Garth and special guest host Chris Cardone interview Elliot Aronson from the University of Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, CA. The trio explores Aronson's significant contributions, including the Festinger and Carlsmith experiment and the cognitive dissonance theory. Aronson elaborates on his work like the jigsaw classroom approach to reduce prejudice and applied social psychology experiments targeting health behaviors. Reflecting on changes within academia, Aronson voices concerns over the decline in quality, contrasting it with the 'golden age' of social psychology. He suggests that research opportunities were more favorable in his era and encourages the audience to read his works for deeper insights.
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Statistical modeling determined that, someday, a human will be born who can consume 83 hot dogs in 10 minutes. In the mean time, use this data from hot dog eating contests to discuss scales of measurement, create data visualizations, and calculating measures of central tendancy.
Original Article: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0096
Link to data: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/suppl/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0096
Blog Post: https://notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-only-data-set-youll-ever-need.html

Here at PsychSessions we are saddened to hear of Jerry Rudmann's recent death -- we mourn this tremendous loss, and our hearts go out to his family and his extensive network of friends.  In his honor, we are rebroadcasting his initial PsychSessions interview, which was released as Episode 155 on October 11, 2022.