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Psychologytakeaway presents factual podcasts about human development including - development, mental health, cognition, neuroscience and social psychology. Each of the presentations is filled with factual information which you will find helpful. Our goal is to get current information into the hands of people who need it. The major creators of the content of these podcasts are Jim Carroll and Ralph Baber. Each week they tackle topics in psychology, which help people live more balanced lives.
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Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
In this follow – up podcast Ralph and Jim explore Dale Carnegie’s ideas of how to influence people.
Friday Oct 07, 2022
Friday Oct 07, 2022
October 7, 2022 – How to Win Friends
One of the negative consequences of the pandemic is that people report feeling isolated and lonely, even though the plague seems to have run it’s course!
People have forgotten how to make friends.
Ralph and Jim look to the popular book of the 1930’s, How to Win Friends and Influence People, for tips that may be helpful today. This week they only focus on winning friends.
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14 Handy Social Skills - The essential social skills you will learn in this article includes the knick-knacks of social interactions ranging from making an appreciable first impression, instigating small talks, being a good listener and to ending a conversation well.
https://themindsjournal.com/social-skills-become-likable/
Tricks to Make Your Self Effortlessly Charming :
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20170627-the-tricks-to-make-yourself-effortlessly-charming
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
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Fear of asking for help
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-kids-are-afraid-to-ask-for-help/
How to ask for help
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-ask-for-help/
United States student underachieving
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
September 29, 2022 Under achievement and Fear
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Fear of asking for help
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-kids-are-afraid-to-ask-for-help/
How to ask for help
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-ask-for-help/
United States student underachieving
Friday Sep 23, 2022
Friday Sep 23, 2022
This week Ralph and Jim discuss nutrition as a means of dealing with pain. They present the three M’s:
Macrobiotic
Mediterranean
Mind
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Supersize me – what not to do!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSZWxjeua3g
The Mind Diet – do this instead!!!
https://bebrainfit.com/mind-diet-recipes/
If you want a free e-copy of our book “Protecting Your Family” send Jim an email at carro1jl@cmich.edu
Friday Sep 16, 2022
Friday Sep 16, 2022
Non -drug approaches
Reflexology
https://www.healthline.com/health/what-is-reflexology
Acupressure
https://www.spineuniverse.com/treatments/alternative/acupressure-safe-alternative-therapy
Emu oil therapy
https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-825/emu-oil
Aromatherapy
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5192342/
Homeopathy
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/act.2017.29129.ble
Saturday Sep 03, 2022
Saturday Sep 03, 2022
Most people are familiar with medical approaches to pain management (along with some of the unwanted side effects!)., However, there are promising alternative therapies that seem promising. This week Jim and Ralph discuss four of them.
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None drug approaches
Herbal Therapy
https://seattleneuro.com/6-herbal-remedies-for-pain-relief/
Aromatherapy
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5192342/
Homeopathy
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/act.2017.29129.ble
CBD therapy
https://www.healthline.com/health/cbd-oil-for-pain
Friday Aug 12, 2022
Friday Aug 12, 2022
August 12, 2022 Pain
In this new series Ralph and Jim examine acute and chronic pain from a physical, social and psychological point of view.
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What is chronic pain?
“ Chronic pain is long standing pain that persists beyond the usual recovery period or occurs along with a chronic health condition, such as arthritis. Chronic pain may be "on" and "off" or continuous. It may affect people to the point that they can't work, eat properly, take part in physical activity, or enjoy life”.
This is the Ted Ed where the story of the construction worker is documented: https://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_w_pate_the_mysterious_science_of_pain
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Sunday Jul 10, 2022
Sunday Jul 10, 2022
This week in the continuing Creativity series, Ralph and Jim explore a problem-solving program that was introduced by Paul Torrance in 1974 and is very popular to this very day – almost 50 years later namely Future Problem Solving.
Here is a link to the Michigan FPS site:
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Steve Jobs tells three stories about his life:
Ted Talk on Future Problem Solving:
https://www.ted.com/talks/maria_aasbo_empowering_the_future_problem_solvers
The Secrets of Problem Solving:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lOsakZNXRQ