Psych Teacher John: Recent Episodes
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John introduces you to introductory psychology by explaining concepts and terms in a simple down-to-earth manner. Inspired by our MCAT students, who asked for podcast about "stories" John tells in class, this podcast was originally conceived to cover the topics in for MCAT Psychology and Sociology. While great for the MCAT, this series should be accessible for anyone interested in learning about psychology and what makes people do what they do (from a scientific perspective)!
We talk about obedience, authoritarian personalities, Milgram, authority figures, being an agent of the authority figure, authority figures standing for institutions, proximity, dehumanization, the slippery slope, Latane's social impact theory, and more.
We talk about conformity, social contagion, the chameleon effect, herding, social influence (normative and informative), Asch, persuasion (central & peripheral), and more.
We talk about the mean and median and give some examples of how they can be very different. For you pre-meds out there, go with the median (not the mean) when thinking about your MCAT!
We go over group effects -> group polarization, social loafing, and social facilitation as well as some related topics -> optimal arousal theory and stereotype threat.
We look at self-image, introspection, the looking glass effect, self perception theory, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and some good examples.
Three more good examples of cognitive dissonance in use with ties to sociology! Cults, fraternities, sororities, and more...
We talk about attitudes - the cognitive, affective, and behavioral components. We also discuss how these components can disagree.
We cover attitudes and their components -> cognitive, affective, and behavioral. We'll also discuss how sometimes the components conflict. The next episode discusses how the "reverse chain" behavioral to cognitive can have some interesting effects!!
In this episode we cover self-serving bias as it relates to internal and external attributions!
John runs through attribution theory, dispositional and situational attribution (internal and external), and the fundamental attribution error. This podcast, originally inspired by our MCAT students who wanted "stories from class," presents MCAT psychology topics but makes them user-friendly for anyone interested in psychology!
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