Psychology Takeaway Podcast

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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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Sunday Feb 04, 2024

Creativity continued – A look at brainstorming

Sunday Feb 04, 2024

In this encore presentation Jim and Ralph look at the problem-solving approach called “Brainstorming” and it is not exactly what you might think it is.

In our next Podcast we will be looking at sleep at midlife and the universality of music on physical and emotional wellbeing.

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We want to direct your attention to the work that we have done to work on Implicit bias.

Can Implicit bias be altered or changed?

The short answer is, may be. It depends on awareness, motivation, developing specific strategies and above all, effort

For more information, click here: https://ronan-ce-academy.getlearnworlds.com/course/implicit-bias-for-health-professionals

Monday Jan 29, 2024

Remembering - Encore Presenatation

Monday Jan 29, 2024

Jim and Ralph are joined by a memory expert,

Sunday Jan 28, 2024

Terry Fox – His legacy (or the power of one)

Sunday Jan 28, 2024

Terry Fox – His legacy (or the power of one)

Jim and Ralph discuss the life of Terry Fox; a Canadian who died at age 23. Despite having an aggressive cancer that cost him his leg his name lives on because of what his short life accomplished. We thank Amanda Achtman for the link to her article on Fox: https://humanumreview.com/articles/our-lives-are-a-marathon-of-hope?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

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For much more from Amanda, go to amanda.achtman@gmai.com

There is a story that Jim’s wife tells called “The Man Who Planted Trees and Grew Happiness”. It is set in Europe. Here is the story behind her telling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Planted_Trees

Here is a modern day version from Brazil (the pictures are worth thousands of words!!!: https://www.boredpanda.com/brazilian-couple-recreated-forest-sebastiao-leila-salgado-reforestation/

The Long Now: https://longnow.org/ talk about a long-term perspective!!!

We don’t usually pass on posts from Facebook, but we could not resist this post: Words to Live by in 2024: https://www.facebook.com/100000492245087/posts/7916615405031456/?mibextid=WC7FNe

We are offering our Implicit Bias Training Course now.

What is Implicit bias?

According to the APA, “implicit bias, also known as implicit prejudice or implicit attitude, is a negative attitude, of which one is not consciously aware, against a specific social group.

For more information, click here: https://ronan-ce-academy.getlearnworlds.com/course/implicit-bias-for-health-professionals

Tuesday Jan 23, 2024

Social Media Three – What people are saying about TikToc

Tuesday Jan 23, 2024

Ralph and Jim look at a very popular, and some say dangerous social media platform – TikToc.

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Here is the written script of the TV 9 and 10 news story . A psychologist says TikToc is harmful to teens:

https://www.9and10news.com/2024/01/04/psychologist-warns-tiktok-invasive-and-abusive-to-teens/

Here is the APA position:https://www.apa.org/monitor/2023/09/protecting-teens-on-social-media

Here is the APA health warning: https://www.apa.org/topics/social-media-internet/health-advisory-adolescent-social-media-use

59 year old woman who describes her very positive TikToc experience https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tiktok-laurafayeten-gardening-club-dress_n_659b0946e4b0bfe5ff638f69

Continuing Education - Jim and Ralph are proud to present a two-hour telecourse on Implicit Bias that fulfils the Michigan mandated.

For more information, click here: https://ronan-ce-academy.getlearnworlds.com/course/implicit-bias-for-health-professionals

Tuesday Jan 16, 2024

Social media #2

Tuesday Jan 16, 2024

Ralph and Jim further explore negative consequences of social media. This includes sleep deprivation a lack of exercising, predatory grooming and bullying

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A dad explains his rational for limiting his kid’s access to social media:

https://youtu.be/196uW7nnVp4?si=-iTy6LyrXZc8GOxs

How social media is destroying society : https://youtu.be/yJ9oEi3Yyg0?si=Pbtu8QTabZDq9mLJhttps://youtu.be/yJ9oEi3Yyg0?si=Pbtu8QTabZDq9mLJ

After A Few Minutes Of Social Media, This Happens - Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman: https://youtu.be/Zh-AcF_4Hao?si=QybLV_kI7VJYT__Y