http://www.thepsychfiles.com Psychology podcast and resources for students and educators Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:21:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 ThePsychFiles is a podcast for anyone interested in the topic of psychology and how theories in this field apply to everyday life. Dr. Michael Britt brings you an upbeat, fun podcast of interest to everyone from psychology majors to those just interested in why people do what they do. Michael Britt no Michael Britt michael@thepsychfiles.com michael@thepsychfiles.com (Michael Britt) 2007-2008 Psychology podcast and resources for students and educators psychology, human behavior, psych major, psych http://www.thepsychfiles.com/images/TPFnewLogo144x144.jpg http://www.thepsychfiles.com http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2009/12/episode-113-interview-with-scott-lilienfeld-on-the-50-great-myths-of-popular-psychology/ http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2009/12/episode-113-interview-with-scott-lilienfeld-on-the-50-great-myths-of-popular-psychology/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:37:53 +0000 Michael http://www.thepsychfiles.com/?p=1254 I interview Dr. Scott Lilienfeld, author of 50 Myths of Popular Psychology and we talk about, a) does the polygraph actually work?, b) do women talk more than men?, c) does handwriting analysis reveal your personality? and d) when you’re taking a multiple choice test should you change your first answer or leave it alone? Along the way we also talk about whether the full moon really does make people act strangely (and cause more dog bites). Finally, Dr. Lilienfeld provides his opinion on whether psychotherapists need to be more up-to-date on the scientific research behind the various types of psychotherapy.

• Click the speaker to listen to Dr. Lilienfeld discuss the myths (in separate audio files):
• My previous interview with Dr. Lilienfeld, in which we talk about what the science says about EMDR.
]]> http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2009/12/episode-113-interview-with-scott-lilienfeld-on-the-50-great-myths-of-popular-psychology/feed/ 21 Interview,pseudoscience In this interview Dr. Scott Lilienfeld, author of 50 Myths of Popular Psychology and we talk about, a) does the polygraph actually work?, b) do women talk more than men?, c) does handwriting analysis reveal your personality? In this interview Dr. Scott Lilienfeld, author of 50 Myths of Popular Psychology and we talk about, a) does the polygraph actually work?, b) do women talk more than men?, c) does handwriting analysis reveal your personality? and d) when you’re taking a multiple choice test should you change your first answer or leave it alone? Along the way we also talk about whether the full moon really does make people act strangely (and cause more dog bites). Finally, Dr. Lilienfeld provides his opinion on whether psychotherapists need to be more up-to-date on the scientific research behind the various types of psychotherapy. Michael Britt no 43:22