What do we know about preventing gun violence? With Susan Sorenson, PhD

What do we know about preventing gun violence? With Susan Sorenson, PhD

Guns killed nearly 44,000 Americans in 2020, a higher number than in any other year in the past two decades. Meanwhile, a spate of mass shootings in the spring brought gun violence to the forefront of the national conversation again. Susan Sorenson, PhD, director of the Ortner Center on Violence and Abuse at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses what we know about the causes and consequences of gun violence in the United States and whether research can offer any insight into how to prevent it. Listener Survey - https://www.apa.org/podcastsurvey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Why Gen Z is Feeling So Stressed, with Emma Adam, PhD

Why Gen Z is Feeling So Stressed, with Emma Adam, PhD

More than one-third of young adults ages 18 to 23--the older members of Gen Z--said that their mental health was worse right now than at the same time last year, according to APA's Stress in America s...

4 Nov 202029min

How to recognize and combat ‘fake news,’ with Dolores Albarracin, PhD

How to recognize and combat ‘fake news,’ with Dolores Albarracin, PhD

When you open the newspaper, turn on the nightly news or scroll the Internet, is what you are reading and seeing true? How do you know? What is “fake news” and why does it seem to be everywhere? Dr. D...

28 Okt 202031min

Will People Accept a COVID-19 Vaccine? With Gretchen Chapman, PhD

Will People Accept a COVID-19 Vaccine? With Gretchen Chapman, PhD

Scientists are racing to develop a safe, effective, vaccine for COVID-19 – but will people be willing to take it when it's available? We already have a flu vaccine, but less than half of Americans get...

21 Okt 202026min

What Drives Voter Behavior? With Jon Krosnick, PhD

What Drives Voter Behavior? With Jon Krosnick, PhD

Many Americans see this as the most consequential election in recent American history. What will shape voters’ decisions and actions this year? Jon Krosnick, PhD, director of the Political Psychology ...

7 Okt 202050min

How to Choose Effective, Science-based Mental Health Apps, with Stephen Schueller, PhD

How to Choose Effective, Science-based Mental Health Apps, with Stephen Schueller, PhD

Among the thousands of apps that aim to help people with everything from stress to anxiety to PTSD to sleep problems, how many are based on solid scientific research? How many live up to what they pro...

23 Sep 202031min

The Challenges Faced by Women in Leadership with Alice Eagly, PhD

The Challenges Faced by Women in Leadership with Alice Eagly, PhD

With U.S. Senator Kamala Harris as the Democrats’ choice for vice presidential nominee, the challenges faced by female political candidates are back in the news again. This year is the 100th anniversa...

9 Sep 202035min

How to Have Meaningful Dialogues Despite Political Differences with Tania Israel, PhD

How to Have Meaningful Dialogues Despite Political Differences with Tania Israel, PhD

As the 2020 election cycle heats up, so will conversations among family, friends and acquaintances on opposite ends of the political spectrum. The United States may be more politically polarized than ...

26 Aug 202025min

Survival of the Friendliest with Brian Hare, PhD

Survival of the Friendliest with Brian Hare, PhD

Compared with other animals, dogs are brilliant in one important way: They can understand and communicate with us, their human companions. Brian Hare, PhD, of Duke University, talks about what we know...

12 Aug 202026min

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