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• ▶2010
  • ▶February
    • Episode 117: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - An Interview with Bobbi
    • Episode 116: Social Loafing - Don't Be a Sucker or a Free Loader!
  • ▶January
    • Episode 115 (Video): Violent Video Games - What Does the Research Say?
    • Episode 114 (video): Finding Little Albert
• ▶2009
  • ▶December
    • Episode 113: Interview with Scott Lilienfeld on the 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology
    • Episode 112: Evolutionary Psychology - David Buss Responds to Critics - Part 2
    • Episode 111: Evolutionary Psychology - David Buss Responds to Critics
  • ▶November
    • Episode 110: Narcissism Among Celebrities, on Facebook and in Shakespeare
    • Episode 109: Correlation and Causation
  • ▶October
    • Episode 108: Kubler-Ross' Five Stages of Grief - More Harm Than Good?
    • Episode 107: Freud, Projective Tests and .... Poetry
    • Episode 106: Your Sexual Orientation - How Did It Develop?
  • ▶September
    • Episode 105: Smart Birds are More Successful with the Ladies
    • Episode 104: Can Positive Affirmations Improve Your Self Esteem?
  • ▶August
    • Episode 103: Raising Children - Interview with Author Jamie Raser
    • Episode 102: How to Create an Online Experiment on Eyewitness Testimony Accuracy
    • Episode 101: The Psychology of Music: The Role of Expectations and Minor Chords
  • ▶July
    • Episode 100: Reflections on 100 Episodes of The Psych Files
    • Episode 99: Animal Emotions - Does Your Pet Really Have Feelings?
  • ▶June
    • Episode 98: Evolutionary Psychology - An Interview with Dr. David Buss
    • Episode 97: Stanley Milgram Obedience Study Finally Replicated
  • ▶May
    • Episode 96 (video): Mnemonics Advanced: The Pegword System Part 2
    • Episode 95 (video): Mnemonics Advanced: The Pegword System Part 1
    • Episode 94: How Do You Learn to Act Like a Man/Woman? Gender Identity and Gender Scripts
    • Episode 93: Your Brain on a Website
  • ▶April
    • Episode 92: Passion For Your Work is Overrated
    • Episode 91: The Psychology of Effective Meetings
  • ▶March
    • Episode 90: The Learning Styles Myth: An Interview with Daniel Willingham
    • Episode 89: Don't Touch That Dial! Why You Should Love Commercials
    • Episode 88: Sexual Harassment: Who is Most Likely to be a Victim?
  • ▶February
    • Episode 87: Manhood: Are You A “Real Man”?
    • Episode 86 (video): Educational Games
  • ▶January
    • Episode 85: How to Make Learning Fun Again - Constructivism and Democratic Schools - Part 2
    • Episode 84: How To Make Learning Fun Again Part 1 - Piaget
    • Episode 83: New Year's Resolutions to Lose Weight: Why So Hard To Keep?
• ▶2008
  • ▶December
    • Episode 82: What's the Best Personality to be a Waiter?
    • Episode 81: Talking (and not Talking) in Psychotherapy - Part 2
    • Episode 80: Talking (and not Talking) in Psychotherapy - Part 1
  • ▶November
    • Episode 79: Models of Effective Leadership - Joan of Arc, Alexander the Great and Ginger the Chicken?
    • Episode 78: The Psychology of Tipping
    • Episode 77: Lost at School - An Interview with Ross Green Part 2
  • ▶October
    • Episode 76: Lost at School - An Interview with Dr. Ross Green Part 1
    • Episode 75: Science Proves Subliminal Tapes Work! Well....not really
    • Episode 74: Social Influence in a Virtual World - A Virtual Door in the Face
  • ▶September
    • Episode 73: On the Folly of....Politics
    • Episode 72 (video): Memorize the Parts of the Brain
    • Episode 71: Horse Sense or Nonsense? Clever Hans is Alive and Well
    • Episode 70: Coincidence or Synchronicity? You Be The Judge
    • Episode 69: Personal Space Invasions - Ethical Implications of one of Psychology's Strangest Studies
  • ▶August
    • Episode 68: Mnemonic Device for Erikson's Eight Stages of Development
    • Episode 67: The Olympic Silver Metal? What a Bummer!
    • Episode 66: What to do about Mom? Personal Control and Aging
  • ▶July
    • Episode 65: God and Self Help, Synchronicity, and Listener Feedback
    • Episode 64: A Scientist Goes Looking for a Self Help Book....
    • Episode 63: Cognitive Dissonance, the Monty Hall Problem and a Possible Resolution?
    • Episode 62: Sustainability and Human Behavior
  • ▶June
    • The Brain Science Podcast Interview on Exercise and the Brain
    • Episode 61: The Mozart Effect - Is There Anything To It? Part 2
    • Episode 60: The Full Monty Backstage - Body Image and Gender Differences
    • Episode 59 - The Mozart Effect: Is There Anything To It?
  • ▶May
    • Episode 58: Speed Dating - You Don't Know What You Want
    • Episode 57: Expectancy Theory, Goal Setting and Getting in Shape
    • Episode 56: What is Music Therapy?
  • ▶April
    • Episode 55: Is It Really Better to Give Than to Receive?
    • Episode 54: Math Anxiety - Causes and Cures
    • Episode 53: Mindful Learning, NCLB, and the True Foundations of Success
  • ▶March
    • Episode 52 (video): Research Design Part 2 - Factorial Designs
    • Episode 51: Elliot Spitzer's Wife: Hero or Victim?
    • Episode 50: Psychological Study Ripped Straight from....the Bible?
    • Episode 49: Classroom Management - An Interview with Dr. Ross Green part 2
    • Episode 48: Classroom Management - An Interview with Dr. Ross Green
  • ▶February
    • Episode 47: The Little Albert Study: What You Know is...Mostly Wrong
    • Episode 46: Thinking Positively - or Running Away from Your Feelings?
    • Episode 45: Basic Research Design - Part 1
  • ▶January
    • Episode 44: Human Emotions: The Two Factor Theory
    • Episode 43: Email Feedback
    • Episode 42: Taking A Psychology Class?
    • Episode 41: EMDR - A Critical Perspective
• ▶2007
  • ▶December
    • Episode 40: Performance Anxiety (and sopranos on their heads)
    • Episode 39: Mashups and the Future of Psychological Research
    • Episode 38: How Big Is Your Office: Another Classic Study in Psychology
    • Episode 37: The Effects of Video Game Violence
  • ▶November
    • Episode 36: Kitty Genovese: What Really Happened?
    • Episode 35: The Psychology of Extreme Sports
    • Episode 34: Timeout Revisited - Dealing with Challenging Kids Part 2
  • ▶October
    • Episode 33: Timeout Revisited - Dealing with Challenging Kids Part 1
    • Episode 32: Mnemonics and Two Keys to Learning
    • Psychology Research Methods: Check Out "The Mappr"!
    • Episode 31: Lemon Slices and a New Face on Mars! Gestalt Principles at Work
  • ▶September
    • Virgin Mary on a Lemon Slice? I got ya beat.
    • Episode 30: Equine Assisted Therapy
    • Episode 29: Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic vs. the Motivation To Learn
    • Episode 28: Is "Time Out" Really Effective?
  • ▶August
    • Episode 27: From Insane Asylum to Psychiatric Center: A Brief History
    • Episode 26: Why do Statistics Make Us So Queasy?
    • Episode 25: The Brains Behind Erikson Part 3
    • Episode 24: The Brains Behind Erikson Part 2
    • Video Walkthrough: Setting up a Blog, uploading audio, and using RSS
    • Episode 23: Do Teachers Have to be Actors in the Classroom Today?
  • ▶July
    • Episode 22: The Brains Behind Erikson Part 1 - Timeliner
    • Episode 21: Erikson's Eight Stages of Life
  • ▶June
    • Episode 20: Conflict Resolution: A Classic Psychological Study
    • Episode 19: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: an interview with Jamie O'Neil
    • Episode 18: Critical Thinking and the Overflowing Cup
    • Episode 17: Energy Medicine: an Interview with Pat Heavren
  • ▶May
    • Episode 16: Personal Space Invasion: What Happens When Someone Invades Your Personal Space?
    • Episode 15: It's Not Fair! Equity in Life and Work
    • Episode 14: What Does Your Car Say About You?
    • Episode 13: Big Brother? What Your Grocery Store Knows About You
  • ▶April
    • The Matching Hypothesis Strikes Again
    • Episode 12: The Necessity of the Frame in Psychotherapy
    • Episode 11: What Does Your Bowling Style Say About You?
    • Episode 10: Cognitive Dissonance Strikes Again! What your search on Amazon says about you
  • ▶March
    • Episode 9: How Do You Really Raise Self-Esteem? The Incredibles vs. American Idol
    • Episode 8: Cognitive Dissonance Theory: Why Contradictions Bother Us So Much
    • Episode 7: Blaming the Victim and other Attribution Biases
    • Episode #6: The Negative Side of Positive Thinking
  • ▶February
    • Episode #5: In Defense of Defense Mechanisms
    • Episode #4: On Birds Flocking and Opposites Attracting: the data on Love
    • Episode #3: Predictions, Predictions
    • Episode #2: Rewards and Punishments
    • Episode #1 of The Psych Files Podcast!
  • ▶January
    • ThePsychFiles Podcast and Blog