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The Psychology Undergrad Podcast

The Psychology Undergrad Podcast

by The Psychology Student

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Crisis Intervention Teams: How Police Respond to Mental Health Crises

Crisis intervention team (CIT) models and law enforcement: how police, 988, and mobile crisis units respond to people in a mental health crisis.

Diversion Programs & Mental Health Courts: Keeping Mental Illness Out of Jail

How diversion programs, mental health courts, and the Sequential Intercept Model reduce the criminalization of mental disorders and keep people out of jail.

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