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Episode 38: How Big Is Your Office: Another Classic Study in Psychology

December 18th, 2007 at 7:45 am

Equity and the lack of fairness strike again! What would happen if you were suddenly (even temporarily) moved to an office (or dorm room) that was smaller than the one you’re in now? Would you be less productive? Less satisfied? I bet you would. Let’s see how this was studied in a classic field experiement by psychologist Jerry Greenberg.

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  • Opps! Around 19 minutes into the podcast I say that you have to “observationally define” a smile. I meant “operationally define” a smile. Sorry ’bout that. I’ll try to fix that tonite.
  • Greenberg, J. (1988), “Equity and workplace status: a field experiment”, Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 73 pp.606-13.
  • Here is the link to my previous episode on the concept of Equity.
  • Here is the link to my previous episode on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.

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Episode 23: Do Teachers Have to be Actors in the Classroom Today?

August 1st, 2007 at 7:26 am

We often heard it said that teachers have to be actors today in order to keep the attention of today’s low attention span students. Well, in this episode I agree that teachers and actors do think alike in many ways - but not in the ways most people think. Join me as I explore how teachers and actors think alike in terms of objectives, obstacles, “raising the stakes”, and getting feedback from other actors/students.

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Episode 15: It’s Not Fair! Equity in Life and Work

May 19th, 2007 at 6:13 am

Equity: the battle cry of childhood - It’s not fair - tends to follow us throughout life. Can it affect job satisfaction? Let’s take a look at how fairness, or the lack therof, plays itself out in the work place. Get ready for a little math. Math? In psychology? You’ll see.

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