44 - Lasana Harris: Moving Beyond Stereotypes When Encountering Strangers
Joseph chats with Dr. Lasana Harris about how using traits rather than stereotypes when thinking about strangers can help combat social bias. They also address questions like when is it useful to make...
5 Mai 202253min
43 - Henrike Moll: The Nuances of Theory of Mind - How Young Children Understand Others' Perspectives and Beliefs
Bella chats with Dr. Henrike (Henny) Moll. Henny is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Southern California, where she directs the Minds in Development lab. Henny's primary resea...
28 Apr 202242min
42 - Anuj Shah: Knowledge of Strangers and Community Policing
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 seem to feel like they know and understand us too. T...
21 Apr 202251min
41 - Vanessa Bohns: You Have More Influence Than You Think
Eric chats with Vanessa Bohns, social psychologist and Professor of Organizational Behavior at Cornell University. Vanessa studies how people influence one another, and how they can underestimate how ...
14 Apr 202250min
40 - Ashley Thomas: How Children Use Saliva Sharing to Infer Close Relationships
Joseph and Ashley talk about how infants, toddlers and children think about social relationships, how they track who is connected and how they are connected, what we can learn about children from stud...
7 Apr 20221h 7min
39 - Robert Rosenthal: Self-Fulfilling Prophecies And The Pygmalion Effect
Eric chats with Robert Rosenthal, Professor of Psychology at University of California Riverside. Bob is the former Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard. Bob has gained worldwide fame for hi...
31 Mar 20221h 30min
38 - Angie Johnston: How Studying Dogs (!) Helps Us Understand Human Social Learning
In this episode, Anjie chats with Dr. Angie Johnston, who is currently an assistant professor of psychology at Boston College, where she directs the Canine Cognition Center and Social Learning Laborat...
24 Mar 202244min
37 - Molly Crockett: Moral Outrage, Trust During Covid, And Incentives in Academia
Eric chats with Molly Crockett, Associate Professor of Psychology at Yale University. Molly studies how people make moral decisions, both in the lab and in everyday life. Their lab’s research has won ...
17 Mar 202254min
