# Scott Lilienfeld

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Learning Styles, Neurobabble, and Other Psychological Myths with Scott Lilienfeld

Join Scott and I for an in-depth discussion on today's topics: psychological myths, neuroscience, and mental illness. Learn how many of the things you believe might be mythology and, if they're false, how many of them might be harmful. Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/…

5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing (Replay)

We all like to throw around terms that describe human behavior — “bystander apathy” and “steep learning curve” and “hard-wired.” Most of the time, they don’t actually mean what we think they mean. But don’t worry — the experts are getting it wrong, too.   SOURCES: Sharon Begley, senior science wr…

The History of DARE

In the fall of 1983, the LAPD, under Chief of Police Darryl Gates and in collaboration with the LA Unified School District, launched Project DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), sending 10 police officers into 50 elementary schools to teach kids how to say no to drugs. By the time DARE celebrate…

S03E37 - Werewolf Research V

Blake and Karen discuss some recent werewolf projects, and what to do with all this research material accrued since this project started in 2011.  Wolf-related MonsterTalk (previous episodes) Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 Jay Smith’s historical research on hyenas and French wolf attacks. (Behi…

When Therapy Becomes Political, with Sally Satel: Solid Ground #83

Sally Satel, MD is a practicing psychiatrist and lecturer at the Yale University School of Medicine. She examines mental health policy as well as political trends in medicine. Her publications include “PC, M.D.: How Political Correctness Is Corrupting Medicine,” “The Health Disparities Myth,” “…

What Happened to Common Sense?

For centuries scientists, science writers and philosophers have encouraged us to trust our common sense (Lilienfeld et al., 2010; Furnham, 1996). Common sense is a phrase that generally implies something everyone knows. One of the definitions of common sense given by Wikipedia is, "good sense and s…

Unpaywalled: Diversity training

We’re very sorry about the disrupted service over this summer! It’s been hectic with work and a house move and various things. To tide you over, here’s a formerly paywalled episode: our very first one. … If you’ve ever done a diversity training session at work, you’ll almost certainly have learned …

25. The Kelly-Hopkinsville Goblins: The Night a Farm Family Said Aliens Laid Siege to Their Home

August 21, 1955. A farmhouse in rural Kentucky. 11 people. Four hours of gunfire. Creatures that floated when they were shot and came right back. The Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter is still one of the most baffling close encounter cases ever documented, and this week on Yeti to Rumble we go through t…

E257: Virginia (Ginger) Wickline: Insights, inspirations, purpose, and power

In this episode Eric interviews Virginia (Ginger) Wickline from Georgia Southern University in Savannah, GA. Ginger begins with the origin of her name and her career path from a visiting position at the College of Wooster to a decade at Miami University of Ohio and then Georgia Southern in 2018, wh…

5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing (Replay)

We all like to throw around terms that describe human behavior — “bystander apathy” and “steep learning curve” and “hard-wired.” Most of the time, they don’t actually mean what we think they mean. But don’t worry — the experts are getting it wrong, too.  SOURCES: Sharon Begley, senior science writ…