I am excited to publish today's episode as it will be one of the first of mine on the topic of narcissism. I have decided that it would be interesting to attempt to dive deeper into one specific topic, and due to the fact that narcissism is one of the ...

In today's episode I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Sarah Helfinstein about her research article titled "If all your friends jumped off a bridge: The effect of others’ actions on engagement in and recommendation of risky behaviors.

In today's episode we explore a fascinating topic that will be relevant to both those interested in the clinical side of psychology, as well as those interested in the psychology of religion. I speak with Dr.

For today's episode, I am very excited to share a wonderful conversation that I was able to have with Dr. Antony Manstead. The article that we focus our conversation on is titled "The Social Power of Regret: The Effect of Social Appraisal and Anticipat...

One of my favorite aspects of psychological science is the diversity of approaches that can be found as we seek to better understand the differing topics we study.  I believe that today’s episode is a good demonstration of a researcher attempting to ta...

Political psychology is an area of social and personality psychology which is growing in interesting ways. As is evident by previous episodes, I am extremely interested in the topic of ideology. One of the reasons for this interest is that these ideolo...

In behavioral economics, there is a theory which explores and describes how individuals pick between particular risky decisions. This is prospect theory, and "The theory states that people make decisions based on the potential value of losses and gains...

As you know from previous episodes, ideology is a topic that I find to be completely intriguing. It is a construct that can play incredible roles in the ways we see our identities and those around us. There are multitudes of differing and often conflic...

I am involved in various conversation groups where ideology, politics, and religion are often discussed. One of the interesting elements that comes up is the consideration that conservatives are much more emotion driven than liberals.

Moral decision making is a fascinating and complex process that individuals have been studying throughout human history. More recently, psychologists have begun investigating this process, which has been contributing valuable insights to help us unders...