Stanford Psychology Podcast
Episodes
73 - Juliana Schroeder: Mistakenly Seeking Solitude
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Juliana Schroeder, Associate Professor in the Management of Organizations at Berkeley Haas. She studies how people think about the min...
72 - Maria Arredondo: When babies need to learn two languages
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anjie chats with Dr. Maria Arredondo, Assistant Professor at the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, and the Department of Psychology...
71 - Tessa West: Dealing with Toxic Coworkers
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Tessa West, Associate Professor of Psychology at New York University. Tessa is a leading expert in the science of interpersonal commun...
70 - Julia Leonard: Young children's effort allocation and persistence in learning
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bella chats with professor Julia Leonard. Julia is an assistant professor in the department of psychology at Yale University, where she directs the Le...
69 - Robin Dunbar: How Many People Can You Be Friends With?
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Robin Dunbar, Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at Oxford. Robin has famously studied the evolution of the human brain, ar...
68 - Special Episode: Join the BTS Conference! (Big Team Science, not the K-pop band.)
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Next Thursday and Friday, October 27th and 28th, the first-ever Big Team Science Conference (BTS-CON for short) will be held virtually. The goal of BT...
67 - Special Episode: Behind the Scenes of Paths to PhD
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We are revisiting a special episode in celebration of the upcoming Paths to PhD event. Each year, Stanford's psychology department hosts Paths to...
66 - Shai Davidai: Pursuing Status in a Zero-Sum World
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Shai Davidai, Assistant Professor in the Management Division of Columbia Business School. His research examines people’s everyday ju...
65 - Viridiana Benitez: The Power of Predictability
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anjie chats with Dr. Viridiana Benitez, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Arizona State University. Viridiana directs the Learning and Development ...
64 - Claude Steele: How Trust Reduces Stereotype Threat
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Claude Steele, Emeritus Lucie Stern Professor of Psychology at Stanford. He is world-renowned for his work on stereotype threat and it...
63 - Anne Scheel: Why Most Psychological Research Findings Are Not Even Wrong
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph chats with Anne Scheel. Anne is currently a postdoc at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam but will be starting as an Assistant Professor in the Depar...
Quick Announcement
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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62 - Carol Dweck & Matt Dixon: The Neuroscience of Intelligent Decisions
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Carol Dweck and Matt Dixon. Carol is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford, world-renowned for her work on ...
61 - Chaz Firestone: Melting Ice With Your Mind
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph chats with Chaz Firestone, Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University. Chaz’s lab studies how we see...
60 - Robb Willer: Why Your Political Enemy Is Not as Violent as You Think
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Robb Willer, Professor of Sociology, Psychology, and Organizational Behavior, and the Director of the Polarization and Social Change L...
59 - Kevin Binning: How to Foster Equity in College Science Courses
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anjie chats with Dr. Kevin Binning, Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. Kevin studies diversity and equity in education...
58 - Susan Fiske: A Life of Studying Diversity and Stereotyping
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Susan Fiske, Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology and Professor of Public Affairs at Princeton University. Susan is one of the world...
57 - Moira Dillon: Commonsense Psychology in Human Infants and Machines
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bella chats with professor Moira (Molly) Dillon.Molly is an assistant professor in the department of psychology at New York University, where she dire...
56 - Daniel Gilbert: Stumbling Into Psychology
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Dan Gilbert, Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. Dan is captivated by a single fact—the world is not as it a...
55 - Jordan Starck: How University Diversity Rationales Inform Student Preferences and Outcomes
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph chats with Dr. Jordan Starck. Jordan is an IDEAL Provostial Fellow at Stanford University. His research focuses on the reasons organizations em...
54 - Mina Cikara: Hate Crimes Against Minorities
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Mina Cikara, Associate Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, where she directs the Intergroup Neuroscience Lab. The lab uses ...
53 - Mimi Liljeholm: The Neuroscience of Agency, Learning, and How It Helps Us Understand AI
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bella chats with professor Mimi Liljeholm.Mimi is an associate professor in the department of cognitive sciences at the University of California, Irvi...
52 - Jay Van Bavel: The Power of Us
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph chats with Dr. Jay Van Bavel, an Associate Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at the New York University. His research examines how col...
51 - Elika Bergelson: How Babies Learn Words
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anjie chats with Dr. Elika Bergelson. Elika is a Crandall Family Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke Universi...
50 - Michael Kraus: The US Is More Unequal Than You Think
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Michael Kraus, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Yale School of Management. Michael’s lab studies what behaviors...
49 - Kurt Gray: Understanding Moral Disagreement
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph chats with Dr. Kurt Gray about what drives our moral judgments, how we reason about the morality of non-human agents, the factors underlying mo...
48 - Nicholas Coles: Asking Big Question with Big-team Science
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anjie chats with Dr. Nicholas Coles. Nicholas is a Research Scientist at Stanford University, the co-director of the Stanford Big Team Science Lab, an...
47 - David Dunning: The Psychology of Trust and Unwarranted Cynicism
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with David Dunning, Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan, where he directs the Self and Social Insight Lab. The lab studie...
46 - Marlone Henderson: The Burden and Benefits of Scheduling Time for Charity
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph chats with Dr. Marlone Henderson about how people think about the burdens and benefits of giving time to charity. They also talk about people’...
45 - Tiffany Brannon: Moving Toward More Inclusive Institutions through "Pride and Prejudice"
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anjie chats with Dr. Tiffany N. Brannon, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at UCLA. She directs Culture and Contact Lab. Her rese...
44 - Lasana Harris: Moving Beyond Stereotypes When Encountering Strangers
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph chats with Dr. Lasana Harris about how using traits rather than stereotypes when thinking about strangers can help combat social bias. They als...
43 - Henrike Moll: The Nuances of Theory of Mind - How Young Children Understand Others' Perspectives and Beliefs
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bella chats with Dr. Henrike (Henny) Moll.Henny is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Southern California, where she directs th...
42 - Anuj Shah: Knowledge of Strangers and Community Policing
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph speaks with Prof. Anuj Shah about a lab experiment on social perceptions, in particular how when we learn a few details about a stranger, we se...
41 - Vanessa Bohns: You Have More Influence Than You Think
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Vanessa Bohns, social psychologist and Professor of Organizational Behavior at Cornell University. Vanessa studies how people influenc...
40 - Ashley Thomas: How Children Use Saliva Sharing to Infer Close Relationships
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph and Ashley talk about how infants, toddlers and children think about social relationships, how they track who is connected and how they are con...
39 - Robert Rosenthal: Self-Fulfilling Prophecies And The Pygmalion Effect
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Robert Rosenthal, Professor of Psychology at University of California Riverside. Bob is the former Edgar Pierce Professor of Psycholog...
38 - Angie Johnston: How Studying Dogs (!) Helps Us Understand Human Social Learning
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Anjie chats with Dr. Angie Johnston, who is currently an assistant professor of psychology at Boston College, where she directs the C...
37 - Molly Crockett: Moral Outrage, Trust During Covid, And Incentives in Academia
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Molly Crockett, Associate Professor of Psychology at Yale University. Molly studies how people make moral decisions, both in the lab...
36 - Gillian Sandstrom: Talking to Strangers
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kate chats with Gillian Sandstrom, a Senior Lecturer in the Psychology of Kindness at the University of Sussex and the Director of the Sussex Centre f...
35 - Diego Gambetta: Trust, Distrust, and Cynicism
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Diego Gambetta, social scientist and Carlo Alberto Chair at the University of Turin. Diego has studied topics as diverse as trust, the...
34 - Fiery Cushman: The Possibility of Violence
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph Outa chats with Professor Fiery Cushman, professor of psychology at Harvard University. Fiery directs the Moral Psychology Research Lab where h...
33 - Jon Jachimowicz: Should You Follow Your Passion?
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Jon Jachimowicz, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at Harvard Business School. Jon studies people’s passion for work, s...
32 - Ethan Kross: Why We Talk to Ourselves and How to Make Our Inner Voices Work in Our Favor
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kate chats with Ethan Kross, an award-winning professor of Psychology and Management & Organizations at the University of Michigan, and the direct...
31 - Tom Gilovich: Judging Individuals, Judging Groups
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Tom Gilovich, Professor of Psychology at Cornell University. Tom’s Judgment and Belief Lab studies how people evaluate the evidence ...
30 - Claudia Haase: Emotion Regulation in Couples
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kate chats with Claudia Haase, Associate Professor of Human Development and Social Policy at Northwestern University. Claudia’s research examines pa...
29 - Axel Cleeremans: The Study of Consciousness, Cognition, and Decision-Making
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bella chats with Prof. Axel Cleeremans, professor of Cognitive Science and research director with the National Fund for Scientific Research at the Fre...
28 - Kateri McRae: How Emotions are Generated
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kate chats with Kateri McRae, Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Denver and the director of the Automaticity, Affect, Control &...
27 - David Lagnado: How Causal Reasoning Can Help Us Make Better Judgments and Solve Criminal Cases
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bella chats with Prof. Dave Lagnado, a professor of Cognitive and Decision Sciences in the Department of Experimental Psychology at UCL. Dave's r...
26 - Richard Wilkinson: Inequality, Health, and Positive Psychology
30 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Marianne and Eric chat with Professor Richard Wilkinson, Professor Emeritus of Social Epidemiology at the University of Nottingham. Richard is author ...
25 - Brian Nosek: The Pursuit of Open and Reproducible Science
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph chats with Brian Nosek, co-Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Open Science. The Center's mission is to increase the openness...
24 - Paul Rozin: Improving Psychology
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Paul Rozin, Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Paul is one of the world’s leading experts in a variety of fi...
23 - Special Episode: What Is It Like to Get (Paid) Summer Research Experience at CSLI?
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Natalia, a former CSLI intern, chats with Erica Yoon, the teaching coordinator for the CSLI Summer Internship Program. Along with hea...
22 - Kelly McGonigal: Communicating Psychology
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Kelly McGonigal, a health psychologist and lecturer at Stanford who specializes in understanding the mind-body connection. She is the ...
21 - James Gross: Building Emotion Regulation Skills During the Pandemic and Beyond
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kate chats with James Gross, Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and the director of the Stanford Psychophysiology Lab. His work focuses on...
20 - Jillian Jordan: Victimhood and Morality
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Jillian Jordan, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Jillian’s work has focused on human moral...
19 - Michal Strahilevitz: Teaching Happiness
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Anjie chats with Dr. Michal Strahilevitz. Michal is currently a marketing professor at Saint Mary’s College of California. Her rese...
18 - Abigail Marsh: Surprising Predictors of Everyday Kindness
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Abigail Marsh, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Georgetown. Her work has focused on phenomena as diverse as empathy, altrui...
17 - Scott Barry Kaufman: The Light Triad - A Psychology of Everyday Saints
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Scott Barry Kaufman, cognitive scientist and humanistic psychologist renowned for a series of groundbreaking books such as Ungifted: I...
16 - Erin Westgate: Why People Would Rather Shock Themselves Than Sit Alone with Their Thoughts
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Erin Westgate, Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Florida. The work from Erin’s lab has focused on topics such a...
15 - Robert Sapolsky: Why Society Would Be Fairer If We Stopped Believing in Free Will
07 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Robert Sapolsky, Stanford Professor of Biology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery. Robert is a world-renowned academic and author of highly ...
14 - Alison Gopnik: How Can Understanding Childhood Help Us Build Better AI?
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Anjie chats with Alison Gopnik, Professor at the Department of Psychology and Affiliate Professor at Department of Philosophy at UC B...
13 - Wade Davis: A More Tolerant And Compassionate Mindset For Everyday Life
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Wade Davis, Professor of Anthropology at UBC. Wade has a fantastically diverse background: Next to being a prolific academic with 22 p...
12 - Tobias Gerstenberg: Whose Fault Is It? Causal Judgments in Everyday Life
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Tobias Gerstenberg, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Stanford where he runs the Causality in Cognition Lab. His lab focuses on the...
11 - Special Episode: The Past, Present and Future of the Paths to Ph.D. Event
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For this week’s episode, we planned something special. Each year, the Stanford psychology department hosts Paths to Ph.D., a free, open-to-public in...
10 - Hyowon Gweon: What Makes Us So Good at Learning from Each Other?
28 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Anjie chats with Hyo Gweon, an associate professor at Stanford Psychology Department. Hyo directs Social Learning Lab, where the rese...
09 - Alan Fiske: The Problems with Labeling Emotions, And the Case for a New Emotion
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Alan Fiske, Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology at UCLA. Alan is the author of multiple books, including Structures of Soc...
08 - Judith Fan: The Wonders of Playing With Blocks
14 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Anjie chats with Judy Fan, Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Diego. Judy’s research is at the intersection o...
07 - Ovul Sezer: The Case for Sharing Good News
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Ovul Sezer, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at UNC Kenan-Flagler. Ovul’s research focuses on impression mismanagement...
06 - Deon Benton: What a Computational Model Can Tell Us About Babies' Inner (Moral) Life?
01 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Anjie chats with Deon Benton, a Visiting Assistant Professor at Swarthmore College. He directs the Causality, Mind, and Computati...
05 - Linda Skitka: Moral Convictions
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Linda Skitka, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Linda runs a very prolific lab on many t...
04 - Edouard Machery: What Is A Replication?
17 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Anjie chats with Edouard Machery, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University ...
03 - Thomas Talhelm: Is Our Understanding of Collectivism Wrong? A New Theory of Responsibilism
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Thomas Talhelm, Professor of Behavioral Science at UChicago's Booth School of Business. Thomas is a cultural psychologist who has...
02 - Michael Frank: The Universals and Variations of Children's Early Language Learning
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Anjie chats with Michael Frank, a professor in the Psychology Department here at Stanford University. He is the David and Lucile Pack...
01 - Jamil Zaki: Cynicism and Market Cognition
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eric chats with Jamil Zaki, professor of psychology at Stanford University and director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab. Jamil is an expert in...