Tag Archives: social change
Post Of The Week – Saturday 30th January, 2021
1) Measuring Diversity This blog from Kings College London EDIT lab explains some of the problems with the terms we use to describe diversity. It calls for a constant process of reflection and challenging of assumptions. That is a point we look at when considering gender and culture bias in Psychology in Year 2. 2) […]
Post Of The Week – Saturday 8th February 2020
1) Separation When we study Bowlby’s theory of maternal deprivation, we set it in the context of the upheaval of the Second World War. This article explains how across the world, such separation is now experienced by very many children. 2) Language Centres Here’s Hank Green doing some great stuff on Broca and Wernicke, […]
Post Of The Week – Saturday 25th January, 2020
1) Science Of Evil This is essential listening for us in relation to the Social Psychology we do. It places the work of Asch, Milgram and Moscovici as well as some other psychologists in its social context and specifically cultural context. It does so in a critical and informed way which adds to our understanding […]
Post Of The Week – Monday 22nd July 2019
1) Slaughterhouses Of Souls When we study the effects of institutionalisation and in particular Rutter’s research on Romanian orphans, we tend not to dwell too long on how bad the conditions were from which the orphans were taken. This article from three and a half years ago sets that record straight. Although some children were […]
Post Of The Week – Sunday 28th April, 2019
1) All In The Mind – Clarke And Carrie Carlisle Clarke Carlisle was a professional footballer. He has suffered severe depression. He and his wife talk about their experience in this episode of All In The Mind. It is extraordinarily good. We’ve been thinking about the definition of abnormality in terms of failure to function […]
Post Of The Week – Sunday 21st April 2019
1) Nicotine This article explains how nicotine replacement therapy works. It refers to a Cochrane Review which has just been published. 2) Kevin Mitchell – Innate We have used in Year 1 some video of Kevin Mitchell talking about the impact of genes on behaviour. Here is an excellent review of his recent book, […]
Post Of The Week – Sunday 24th March 2019
1) The Psychology Of Climate Change Responding to climate change can be seen as an example of social change. In our course, we see social change as a consequence of social influence processes. This video explains some of the psychology of climate change. Here is a link to the University Of California website which deals […]
Post Of The Week – Sunday 14th October 2018
1) Body Clock – What Makes Us Tick This programme from the BBC is about circadian rhythms. It mixed a partial replication of Siffre’s pioneering research and attempts to alter the 24 hour cycle to replicate jet lag with stories of people with problems with sleeping and waking. The science was clear in separating endogenous […]
Post Of The Week – Saturday 16th January 2016
1) Naked Scientists Here is Steve O’Rahilly from Cambridge University talking about obesity, leptin and exercise. You have to click on the link and wind about 35 minutes in. https://www.acast.com/naked_scientists_podcast/obesity-appetite-exercise-and-weight-loss 2) Gene For Autism Research into “genes for” typically starts with the people diagnosed with the condition and looks at the genes they have in […]
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