Psychology Education
A collection of educational and informative material on various aspects of the discipline of psychology.
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🎬 Videos(4)
Lisa Feldman-Barrett videos
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A collection of videos from Lisa Feldman-Barrett, discussing the nature of emotions and brain science.
What is self-awareness?
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‘Self awareness’ has a simple definition: the mental activity that reflects back on itself, the mental process of being aware of oneself being aware. Is self-awareness a uniquely human trait? Some animals seem to disagree. The deep significance of self-awareness is how on earth can physical processes in physical brains generate self awareness?
The Science of Well-Being
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A low-cost online class that examines common beliefs about what makes people happy and considers why these beliefs are often inaccurate. Learners explore research on money, achievement, possessions, and other commonly desired outcomes, and are introduced to gratitude and savoring as practices that can support greater well-being.
📄 Articles(4)
Core Processes of ACT
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Brief overview of the core processes of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
The Zen Social Worker
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I'm a social worker, researcher, and author in Canada! This channel is about my passion: my life's work. I'm excited to share it with you so that you can be empowered to make quality of life enhancing changes in your life and share this work with others, brightening your corner of the world.
The Effects of Social Perception on Moral Judgment
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When people express a moral judgment, others make inferences about their personality, such as whether they are warm or competent. People may use this interpersonal process to present themselves in a way that is socially acceptable in the current circumstances. Across four studies, we investigated this hypothesis in Chinese culture and showed that college student participants tended to associate others’ deontological moral judgments with warmth and utilitarian moral judgments with competence
Free will beliefs are better predicted by dualism than determinism beliefs across different cultures
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Specifically, we assess the relation of FWB, as measured using the Free Will Inventory, to determinism, dualism and related concepts like libertarianism and compatibilism. We find that libertarian, compatibilist, and dualist, intuitions were related to FWB, but that these intuitions were often logically inconsistent. Importantly, direct comparisons suggest that dualism was more predictive of FWB than other intuitions.
📚 Books(2)
How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like
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Why is an artistic masterpiece worth millions more than a convincing forgery? Pleasure works in mysterious ways, as Paul Bloom reveals in this investigation of what we desire and why. Drawing on a wealth of surprising studies, Bloom investigates pleasures noble and seamy, lofty and mundane, to reveal that our enjoyment of a given thing is determined not by what we can see and touch but by our beliefs about that thing’s history, origin, and deeper nature.
Psych: The Story of the Human Mind
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Psych is an expert and passionate guide to the most intimate aspects of our nature, serving up the equivalent of a serious university course while being funny, engaging, and full of memorable anecdotes. But Psych is much more than a comprehensive overview of the field of psychology. Bloom reveals what psychology can tell us about the most pressing moral and political issues of our time—including belief in conspiracy theories, the role of genes in explaining human differences, and the nature of prejudice and hatred.
🏢 Organizations(1)
Anxiety and Depression Association of America
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Prolonged sadness, loss of interest, feeling overwhelmed/hopeless, trouble concentrating, an inability to make simple decisions for most of the day, or thoughts of death or suicide, all can be emotional symptoms associated with depression.