Traumatic Amnesia and Massive Repression (Part Three)
Experimental psychologist and author Elizabeth Loftus continues her discussion of the traumatic amnesia case in which a mother was accused of having sexually abused her daughter years earlier. Dr. Loftus describes the reaction of the mother in the c...
Suggestive Techniques
Experimental psychologist and author Elizabeth Loftus talks about some of the techniques used to spur the recollection of supposedly repressed memories. "But it's exactly these techniques," Dr. Loftus says, "...that I and others have worried are so ...
False Memory Research
Experimental psychologist and author Elizabeth Loftus talks about research experiments that look at consequences and repercussions after false memories have been planted in the minds of experiment subjects. Dr. Loftus also touches on some potential ...
Framing
Nobel Prize winning professor of psychology Daniel Kahneman talks about framing, which he describes as, "...the influence of formulation on preference." Dr. Kahneman provides an example of survey respondents asked to react to statistics indicating a...
False Memories (Part Two)
Experimental psychologist and author Elizabeth Loftus continues her discussion of false or repressed memories. Dr. Loftus explains that, while there are genuine cases of repressed memory, there are also those which she calls the "hey, me, too, cases...
Decisions and Uncertainty
Nobel Prize winning professor of psychology Daniel Kahneman talks about the way people make decisions in the face of uncertainty. Dr. Kahneman explains that gambles have traditionally been described in terms of how much money will be won or lost, de...
The Magic of the Mind: Studying People in Context
In order to learn about psychology, it is important to strip away what you assume is true and start with a clean slate. Hazel Markus illustrates the importance of cognitive set in perceiving a stimulus. Genetic, environmental, and cultural fa...
The Magic of the Mind: Introduction of Scientific Tools and Approaches
The introduction of tools like fMRI and PET allows psychologists to determine the contribution of biology to psychology. Further advancements will someday reveal how the brain achieves its understanding of the world, and how we are able to inter...
History of Psychology, The
Social psychologist Mahzarin Banaji talks about the history of psychology, examining the major schools of thought that have marked the evolution of the discipline. Dr. Banaji then explains that, at its core, psychology is about the interplay between...
Heuristic Model: Anchoring, The
Nobel Prize winning professor of psychology Daniel Kahneman talks about anchoring. "If we plant an idea in your head or a number in your head," Dr. Kahneman explains, "it has a very big effect on subsequent judgments...that's a demonstration of anch...