Psychology Tidbits: Recent Episodes
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Ask Dr. Carlos Psychology tidbits is a 60-90 second discussion about psychological concepts and the latest research on human behavior
David J. Hellerstein, M.D., is a research psychiatrist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He specializes in research and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders, particularly the medication treatment of chronic depression. His current studies include psilocybin in treatment-resistant depression, ganaloxone for postpartum depression, and lumateperone for bipolar depression.
Dr. Hellerstein is Director of the Depression Evaluation Service, which conducts studies on the medication and psychotherapy treatment of conditions including major depression, chronic depression, and bipolar disord
Gian Carlo Di Renzo is currently Professor and Chair at the University of Perugia (2004 – ), and Director of the Reproductive and Perinatal Medicine Center
NTHONY J. STEINBOCK is a professor of philosophy at Stonybrook university and the director of the Phenomenology Research Center at Southern Illinois University. He is the editor of Northwestern University Press’s Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy series and the editor in chief of Continental Philosophy Review; his previous books include Phenomenology and Mysticism: The Verticality of Religious Experience (2007) and Home and Beyond: Generative Phenomenology After Husserl (Northwestern, 1995).
Positive psychology is the study of happiness, flourishing, and what makes life worth living. Seligman points to five factors as leading to well-being — positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning and purpose, and accomplishment
Dr. Lawrence Cahoone is Professor of Philosophy at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA, where he has taught since 2000. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. A two-time winner of the Undergraduate Philosophy Association Teaching Award at Boston University who has taught more than 50 different philosophy courses, Professor Cahoone is not only a skilled teacher, but also an author. With a background in recent European, American, and social and political philosophy, as well as interests in postmodernism, metaphysics, and the latter's relation to the natural sciences, he has written:
The Orders of Nature
Cultural Revolutions: Reason versus Culture in Philosophy, Politics, and Jihad
Civil Society: The Conservative Meaning of Liberal Politics
The Ends of Philosophy: Pragmatism, Foundationalism, and Postmodernism
The Dilemma of Modernity: Philosophy, Culture, and Anti-Culture
The CDC analyzed the murders of women in 18 states from 2003 to 2014, finding a total of 10,018 deaths. Of those, 55 percent were intimate partner violence-related, meaning they occurred at the hands of a former or current partner or the partner’s family or friends. In 93 percent of those cases, the culprit was a current or former romantic partner. The report also bucks the strangers-in-dark-alleys narrative common to televised crime dramas: Strangers perpetrated just 16 percent of all female homicides, fewer than acquaintances and just slightly more than parents.
Philip Zimbardo, a Stanford psychologist, re- ported in 1969 on some experiments testing the broken-window theory. He arranged to have an automobile without license plates parked with its hood up on a street in the Bronx and a compara- ble automobile on a street in Palo Alto, California.
A chat about data breaching , the recent China incident, North Korea and more.
In fact, 9 percent of those who have been hacked have had their cards hacked more than once in the past year.
Women are slightly more likely to have had their cards hacked at 28 percent compared to only 21 percent of men. Wealth level does not seem to be a factor in credit card hacking. As an increasing number of individuals turn to online payments of bills, hacking becomes an even bigger issue. In fact, 60 percent of investors now pay most of their bills online.
What is projection? It's a psychological defense mechanism learn how we tend to use it.
Join Dr. Carlos as he chats with Dr. Peterson on the investors brain. Unique insights into how the mind of an investor operates and how developing emotional awareness leads to long-term success
Inside the Investor's Brain provides readers with specific techniques for understanding their financial psychology, so that they can improve their own performance and learn how to outsmart other investors. Chapter by chapter, author Richard Peterson addresses various mental traps and how they play a role in investing. Through examples, such as a gambling experiment with playing cards, the author shows readers how being aware of the subconscious can separate the smart investors from the average ones. This book also contains descriptions of the work of neuroscientists, financial practitioners, and psychologists, offering an expert's view into the mind of the market. Innovative and accessible, Inside the Investor's Brain gives investors the tools they need to better understand how emotions and mental biases affect the way they manage money and react to market moves.
A chat with Gina Elise CEO and founder of Pinup for Vets. In 2006, I started seeing news articles about under-funded Veterans’ healthcare programs. Then, there were stories about older Veterans who lay in bed day after day, never receiving any visitors. Reports started surfacing on TV about the severe injuries sustained by our troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The more I heard about the uphill battles of our Wounded Warriors, the more convinced I was of the need to produce a project that would bring in funds to support all of our hospitalized Veterans.
My late Grandpa Lou served in the army for 4 years during World War II. I wanted to do something to honor his name. I always loved the romance of those bygone eras - especially the 1940’s - and I drew inspiration from the World War II pin-up girls, whose photos and paintings boosted morale for our soldiers fighting overseas.
A look at how our brains make choices when we are busy or overloaded in thought. Can poverty make you eat cake?
Can The amount of guests you have project marital success? Does it matter how much you spend on a wedding?
A look at the Halo effect. Do we falsely attribute characteristics to others when we shouldn't?
By simply changing a word an eyewitness' testimony can be influenced . Listen to what this study discovered
The less competent someone is the more confidence they have? Is that possible? Listen to find out
Correlation is not always causality. How does the Super Bowl and butter relate to the stock market?