The Psychology Undergrad Podcast

The Psychology Student

Transforms dense psychology textbooks into lively, easy-to-digest conversations between two hosts. Each episode focuses on a single chapter unpacking theories, experiments, and key thinkers through examples you’ll actually remember. Whether you’re cramming for exams, revisiting core concepts, or just curious how the mind works, this podcast helps you understand, not memorize.

  1. Jun 7

    Self-Esteem & Self-Concept: How You Build Your Sense of Self

    The cognitive, feeling, and social self: self-concept, self-esteem, self-serving bias, social comparison, and self-presentation, and how we build and protect our sense of self. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #socialpsychology #selfesteem #selfconcept

    22 min

  2. Jun 7

    Cognitive Dissonance & Persuasion: How Attitudes and Behavior Change

    Why changing behavior changes attitudes: cognitive dissonance, persuasion routes (central vs peripheral), the elaboration likelihood model, and foot-in-the-door. The psychology of attitude change. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #socialpsychology #cognitivedissonance #persuasion

    19 min

  3. Jun 7

    Fundamental Attribution Error: How We Judge and Misjudge Other People

    How we form impressions and explain behavior: the fundamental attribution error, attribution theory, actor-observer bias, and self-fulfilling prophecy. Person perception in social psychology. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #socialpsychology #attribution #socialperception

    22 min

  4. Jun 7

    Conformity & Obedience: Asch, Milgram & the Psychology of Social Influence

    Why we go along with the group: conformity (Asch), obedience (Milgram), normative vs informational social influence, and the power of authority. Social influence essentials. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #socialpsychology #conformity #milgram

    22 min

  5. Jun 7

    Mere Exposure Effect & Interpersonal Attraction: Why We Like Who We Like

    What draws people together: the mere exposure effect, proximity, similarity, physical attractiveness, and how liking grows into close relationships. The psychology of attraction. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #socialpsychology #attraction #relationships

    18 min

  6. Jun 7

    The Bystander Effect: Why We Don't Help & the Psychology of Altruism

    Why people fail to help in a crowd: the bystander effect, diffusion of responsibility, pluralistic ignorance, and the psychology of altruism and prosocial behavior. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #socialpsychology #bystandereffect #altruism

    17 min

  7. Jun 7

    Deinstitutionalization & Asylums: The History of Mental Illness Treatment

    From trephination and asylums to moral treatment and deinstitutionalization: how society has understood and treated mental disorders across history. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #mentalhealth #deinstitutionalization

    25 min

  8. Jun 7

    Mental Illness and Crime: How Mental Disorders Enter the Criminal Justice System

    How mental illness and crime intersect: the path from mental disorders into the criminal justice system, jails, and courts.

    25 min
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Transforms dense psychology textbooks into lively, easy-to-digest conversations between two hosts. Each episode focuses on a single chapter unpacking theories, experiments, and key thinkers through examples you’ll actually remember. Whether you’re cramming for exams, revisiting core concepts, or just curious how the mind works, this podcast helps you understand, not memorize.

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