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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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Aug 1, 2022
Jul 10, 2022
Jul 10, 2022
21 min
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
Jul 5, 2022
Jul 5, 2022
25 min
Creative People and the Creative Process
In the second Podcast in the series Jim and Ralph cite some examples of people who are considered to be creative. They also discuss the characteristics often associated with the creative process and muse as to whether emotional disturbance or social maladjustment is linked to creativity.
Learn More:
Creative People:
https://thinkcreative.uk.com/7-great-creative-thinkers-in-history/
Characteristics of creative people:
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/traits-of-creative-people
Jun 25, 2022
Jun 25, 2022
20 min
This week Jim and Ralph start a series exploring creativity. They look at the roots of the creative process and discuss how creativity can be taught or at least nurtured.
In today’s podcast they look at a creative competition, Odyssey of the Mind, which is global in scope.
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These links will provide you with more interesting information about OM:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWHP64kUhWc
https://www.odysseyofthemind.com/world-finals-highlight-video/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhGUUUw7PwM
Wikipedia can explain more about OM:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_of_the_Mind
May 26, 2022
May 15, 2022
May 15, 2022
22 min
Ralph and Jim look at the tragic events in yesterday’s shooting in Buffalo New York.
Apr 30, 2022
Apr 30, 2022
19 min
In this episode Jim and Ralph discuss the earliest two versions of the DSM.
Apr 27, 2022
Apr 27, 2022
26 min
Ralph and Jim begin a multi-part series focusing on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association.
Apr 11, 2022
Apr 11, 2022
28 min
Ralph and Jim look at the various environmental and social factors that keep us from having a good night’s sleep.
Learn More.
Why do we sleep? https://www.ted.com/talks/russell_foster_why_do_we_sleep
Understanding the sleep cycle: https://www.ted.com/talks/jessa_gamble_our_natural_sleep_cycle_is_nothing_like_what_we_do_now
How to succeed? Get more sleep: https://www.ted.com/talks/arianna_huffington_how_to_succeed_get_more_sleep
Apr 1, 2022
Apr 1, 2022
24 min
Today Ralph and Jim examine a short document sent to them by Jim’s wife, Sheila. While it is related to being a monk in the hectic world 2022, Jim and Ralph see that it is related to the discipline of Positive Psychology.
Learn More
The Monk Manifesto:
https://vimeo.com/692250159?embedded=true&source=video_title&owner=6791069
The URL for Abbey of the Arts:
Martin Seligman explains Positive Psychology at TED:
https://www.ted.com/talks/martin_seligman_the_new_era_of_positive_psychology