Tag Archives: Stephen Reicher

Post Of The Week – Wednesday 5th June 2019

June 5, 2019 · by · in Cognition And Development, Early Social Development, Eating Behaviour, Evolutionary Psychology, Nature - Nurture, Neuroscience, Research Methods, Social Influence · Leave a comment

1) What Is Psychology? This article from Dorothy Bishop does a fine job of explaining what Psychology is and isn’t.   2) Eating Disorders Are Way More Common Than You Would Think Here’s Hank on the range of eating disorders which are now diagnosed and studied. Twenty years ago, people thought that there was anorexia […]

Post Of The Week – Thursday February 21st, 2019

February 21, 2019 · by · in Biopsychology, Cognition And Development, Depression, Eating Behaviour, Memory, Social Influence · Leave a comment

1) Some Follow Up To Our Mindfulness Practical Our work in the Year 1 practical showed the benefit of meditation and exposure to a biodiverse environment in helping people manage stress. This article looks at issues of access to green space, focusing in particular on access to national parks. This article summarises research about the long […]

Post Of The Week – Sunday 18th March 2018

March 18, 2018 · by · in Addictive Behaviour, Biopsychology, Cognition And Development, Memory, Neuroscience · Leave a comment

1) Stephen Reicher – Life Scientific In this programme, Stephen Reicher discusses social identity and crowds.   2) Addiction In Year 2, we have hit the idea of understanding addiction holistically. This article is from a couple of years ago but is highly relevant to this idea. It explicitly rejects the medical model of addiction […]

Post Of The Week – Sunday 15th October 2017

October 15, 2017 · by · in Biopsychology, Cognition And Development, Eating Behaviour, Models Of Abnormality, Social Influence · Leave a comment

1) Virtual Reality Therapy I first showed students videos about this almost 20 years ago. This article explains what is being done with VR therapy now. It looks at how its time may now be coming but also what has prevented its development to this point.   2) Richard Thaler – Nobel Prize Richard Thaler […]

Post Of The Week – Saturday 22nd November, 2014

November 22, 2014 · by · in Attitudes To Mental Illness, Cognition And Development, Depression, Evolutionary Psychology, Learning, Memory, Neuroscience, Obedience, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) All In The Mind All In The Mind has started a new series. This week’s episode contained a feature on addiction and also a feature on Milgram. You can listen to it here. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04p86c8 We will use the section on addiction to start that topic: there is a link already on the Google page. […]

AS Social Influence: Conformity, Asch’s Study And Riots

February 24, 2014 · by · in Uncategorized · 4 Comments

Firstly, remind yourself of the key features of Asch’s study. You can watch a reconstruction of the original 1951 study here.  You can also listen to Peter Smith talking about his work with Rod Bond on conformity across cultures here. If you want to hear more about the ethics of Asch’s study, you can listen […]