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Normative and Informational Social Influence - Social Influence - Psychology A-Level Revision Tool
This video is the third installment of our Psychology A Level Revision Series to prepare you for your exams with exactly the right information that you need to know.
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Bowlby's Monotropic Theory - Attachment - Psychology Revision Tool
This video is the fifth installment of our Psychology A Level Revision Series to prepare you for your exams with exactly the right information that you need to know.
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THE SECRET OF TEXTBOOKS for Psychology Students
Textbooks are your number one tool as a Psychology Student, so don't limit yourself to the one course book. That is the surefire way to be absolutely average. If you want to outperform your class, you'll need to absorb more information...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Unnatural Laws (long form version)
From Newton's laws to E=mc2, we think we have uncovered the secrets of the universe. But some claim these laws evolve and others point to their human and cultural origins. Might eternal natural laws be human hubris? Or is the mind of God...
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How to Write a Personal Statement - Top Tops For University Applicants
This video is packed with tips for how to write a successful personal statement to study Psychology at University. I share what I included in my personal statement as well as the books I referenced in the statement.
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Bowlby's Critical Period of Attachment - a rule for secure attachment? - Developmental Psychology
This video is the seventh installment of our Psychology Revision Series to prepare you for your exams with exactly the right information that you need to know.
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WEAPON FOCUS EFFECT - WHAT ANXIETY DOES TO YOUR MEMORY
Anxiety and Stress have major effects on memory. The Weapon Focus Effect is one model, which considers the impact of a high-stress-inducing object, such as a weapon, on an individual's ability to recall information later.
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Why Economics is a Social Science: Understanding the Basics
The video is an introductory lecture on why economics is defined as a social science. The lecturer explains that economics is the study of individuals and their decision-making behavior and how those decisions affect the economy as a...
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DIRECTIONAL or NON-DIRECTIONAL HYPOTHESIS - WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
What is the difference between DIRECTIONAL and NON-DIRECTIONAL HYPOTHESES? What even is a HYPOTHESIS? Every experiment starts with a hypothesis - predicting the outcome of the experiment. Directional hypotheses predict the direction of a...
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Are universal laws just human hubris?
From Newton's laws to E=mc2, we think we have uncovered the secrets of the universe. But some claim these laws evolve and others point to their human and cultural origins. Might eternal natural laws be human hubris? Or is the mind of God...
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False recall and what it tells us about our memory | Memory | Cognitive Psychology
We rely on our memory to complete pretty much every task that we set ourselves to. But even with our complete reliance on this cognitive capability, it's only able to accurately recall about 50% of the time... the rest of the time, we...
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Do babies have an accent? Psychology of Language Development
As adults we all have an accent - a linguistic geo-tag that gives away so much about where we come from... Our country, our city, even our educational and economic backgrounds. But what about babies? Do they have accents too? In this...
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How to explain the results of Milgram's Obedience Experiment
This video outlines five factors which may have influenced the results of Milgram's landmark 1961 experiment.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Dangerous Ideological Bias of Economists
“We do not publish papers about our own profession.” – Top Five Journal
Economists claim they are not biased or ideological, but research by economist Mohsen Javdani tells another story. Javdani discovered that 82% of...
Economists claim they are not biased or ideological, but research by economist Mohsen Javdani tells another story. Javdani discovered that 82% of...
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THE COGNITIVE INTERVIEW - Geiselman (1984) & Fisher (1987)
The COGNITIVE INTERVIEW was created by Geiselman and Fisher in a bid to improve the quality of eye witness testimony. The Cognitive Interview has four distinct retrieval techniques at its core: 1) Re-establishing the context; 2)...
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Why is your first relationship so important? Internal Working Models - Psychology Revision Video
This video is the eighth installment of our Psychology Revision Series to prepare you for your exams with exactly the right information that you need to know.
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🧠 Introduction to Autism in 5 Minutes 🧠 Developmental Psychology
Autism is a developmental disorder associated with social and language abnormalities, as well as sterotypical and repetitive patterns of behaviour. It is a huge area of psychological research and many questions remain - as of yet -...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Why Economics Failed [George Soros]
George Soros explains why there is no mathematical equation that can define humanity. He discusses his theory of reflexivity and how the discipline has gone astray.
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🧠 What is a schema? 🧠 Cognitive Developmental Psychology
Schemas (or schemata) are a common concept in cognitive and developmental psychology. This video introduces the concept by outlining what a schema is, what is does, and how it is formed.
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Should Teenagers Work? - Steinberg et al. (1982)
This video tackles the question of whether teenagers should take paid work alongside their education. Based on Steinberg et al.'s (1982) findings, this video challenges the notion that teenagers should use their free-time for financial...
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How to write an abstract for a scientific paper (with an example)
If you need to know how to write an abstract, this video goes through the process step-by-step, including a great example from a research report by Zhao and Rogalin (2017) published in Social Psychology Quarterly. If you're approaching...
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Groups and Conformity - Social Influence - Psychology A-Level Revision Tool
This video is the first of a new Psychology A Level Revision series to prepare you for your exams with exactly the right information that you need to know.
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What is an experiment? The Experimental Method in Psychology
As Psychology is a science, it uses the experimental method in a similar way to Physics, Chemistry and Biology. However, because of the subject matter Psychologists are studying, it can sometimes seem a bit confusing. Under the hood, a...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Bretton Woods, Past and Present: 2. Progress in Economics
When is one theory better than the other? What is progress in economics? "The Kids" asked a dozen economists in the halls of the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, and we invite you to watch what they said.
In 2008,...
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