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The Four Attachment Styles of Love
The Four Attachment Styles are: secure, anxious-preoccupied, dismissive-avoidant and fearful-avoidant. The attachment theory is a psychological model that attempts to describe the dynamics of long-term and short-term interpersonal...
Psych2Go
Video Games Cause Aggression?
This video was sponsored by Best Fiends Click here to download Best Fiends for FREE: http://download.BestFiends.com/AprilPromo Welcome to the first edition of Psych News, where we announce new discoveries in the world of Psychology and...
World Science Festival
The Believing Brain: Evolution, Neuroscience, and the Spiritual Instinct
God, they say, is in the details. But could God also be in our frontal lobes? Every culture from the dawn of humankind has imagined planes of existence beyond the reach of our senses, spiritual domains that shape our Earthly experiences....
Curated Video
Membership Theory of Inequality
Professor Steven Durlauf discusses a transition from the conventional policy of “redistributing income” to “redistributing membership”, thus promoting economic integration across communities and intergenerational mobility. Integrating...
Curated Video
CPTSD vs PTSD - How are they Different?
What is complex PTSD or cPTSD and how is it different from PTSD? How do we treat these problems? Think of PTSD as an emotional reaction to a traumatic situation. Complex PTSD is not an official diagnosis in our diagnostic manual. Instead...
Curated Video
Narcissism vs Narcissistic - Here's The Important Difference
Narcissism is not a diagnosis. It’s a psychological concept that helps explain or define human behavior. It’s defined as love of the self. The name comes from the Greek mythological character, Narcissus. Narcissus was a handsome hunter...
Curated Video
Language, Evolving
Cognitive scientist Victor Ferreira (UC San Diego) describes a current view in the linguistics community that our language systems evolve in response to our environments.
Curated Video
Culture and Community
Poet and historian Jennifer Michael Hecht describes her view that “the feeling of meaning is sufficient to the definition of meaning” and how we often need to consciously allow our culture and community to help provide meaning for us.
TED Talks
TED: Perspective is everything | Rory Sutherland
The circumstances of our lives may matter less than how we see them, says Rory Sutherland. At TEDxAthens, he makes a compelling case for how reframing is the key to happiness.
Crash Course
Why Human Evolution Matters: Crash Course Big History #204
Is the progression of human complexity due to eating meat? The 14th video in a 16-part series attempts to answer this and other thought-provoking questions. It relates the process of human evolution and innovation to our ability to learn...
TED-Ed
4 Lessons From Robots about Being Human
Who would have thought that inanimate robotics could actually teach us so much about being human? As Ken Goldberg describes his fascinating work and advancements in robotics, he simultaneously offers four valuable character lessons....
TED-Ed
The Turing Test: Can a computer Pass for a Human?
Alan Turing's Turing test is the focus of a short video that attempts to answer the question, "Can a computer pass for a human?"
TED-Ed
What is Love?
Love is "potentially the most intensely thought about thing in all of human history." We rank, define, and fall into love...but what is it really? Explore the various ways humanity has come to define love, from a set of behaviors or an...
Crash Course
Freud, Jung, Luke Skywalker, and the Psychology of Myth: Crash Course World Mythology #40
How were modern thinkers influenced by ancient mythology? Scholars investigate the topic with the 40th of 41 videos in the Crash Course World Mythology series. Viewers meet two psychologists, Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, and learn about...
SciShow
5 Weird Reasons Not to Smoke
Smokers are 70 percent more likely to develop hearing loss than non-smokers. Avideo skips the common side effects of smoking and explains five less obvious reasons not to smoke. It touches upon physical appearance, pet health, and others.
TED-Ed
Inside the Minds of Animals
Is it instinct and intelligence that divide animals from humans? What are they really thinking, and how do we define that? Check out this great video that discusses everything from Descartes' thoughts on the topic and Darwinian evolution...
TED-Ed
The Benefits of a Good Night's Sleep
It's well known that people should get eight hours of sleep each night, but exactly why is that? Follow along with this short video as it investigates the crucial role sleep plays not only in peoples' physical health, but their memory...
Crash Course
Psychology of Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #38
Computers sometimes need to use psychology to improve. The 38th installment of the Crash Course Computer Science playlist looks at how social, behavior, and cognitive psychology play a role in the development of computers and computer...
TED-Ed
The Psychology of Narcissism
Is the self-esteem movement of the 70s responsible for the rise in narcissism? Perhaps. Is narcissism genetic? Perhaps. Check out this video that explores narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder.
TED-Ed
Rethinking Thinking
As humans, we are constantly making inferences and developing beliefs about the world around us. Using the image of a ladder embedded in our subconscious, take a detailed look into how, rung by rung, we process our interactions with...
TED-Ed
The Difference Between Classical and Operant Conditioning
Learn about the difference between two central concepts in behavioral psychology: classical and operant conditioning. Viewers are presented with images and clear narration explaining the two processes that result in learning, and...
TED-Ed
A Brief History of Melancholy
What is sadness? How is it part of the human experience, and does it have any value? Explore how the concept of sadness has evolved throughout history and across cultures, and discuss its ties to philosophy and implications for...
TED-Ed
What Happens When You Remove the Hippocampus?
Imagine not being able to remember what day it is or what food you had for breakfast this morning. This nightmare was a reality for Henry Molaison, whose life story is the focus of this video explaining how different parts of the...
Crash Course
Media and the Mind: Crash Course Media Literacy #4
Media really messes with your head! Psychological scholars explore the tricks our brains sometimes play when presented with new information during a video in a Crash Course series discussing media literacy. Topics include false memory,...