Psychology Takeaway Podcast

Happiness and the World of Work

 

Today Ralph and Jim again talk with I/O psychologist Cassie Stockner about workplace issues. They look at the work of Hackman and Oldham's (1974) whose  job characteristics model suggested that five core job dimensions affect certain personal and work related outcomes, including job satisfaction. The five core job dimensions identified are autonomy, feedback, skill variety, task identity, and task significance.

We look at the Volvo model of job design; 85% of employees would recommend working at Volvo Group to a friend and 77% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. That did not sound like Johnny Paycheck to us.

Seligman’s work with the three types of happiness was reviewed.

We are sorry for the couple of technical glitches in the last podcast. Jim and Ralph got their broadcasting start on live radio in Canada and they have no editing skills!!!

 

LEARN MORE

This is what Martin Seligman said about psychology in general and happiness in particular in his Ted Talk: https://youtu.be/9FBxfd7DL3E?feature=shared

How to think clearly the thoughts of Marcus Aralias https://youtu.be/HekZLSZ2mpU?si=LdbZTcYUEAWD1EIY

Don’t be lazy: https://youtu.be/bsH6BaXkwn8?si=ZMaV7VPRrh8V8LTf

 

Announcing

Continuing Education opportunities for health care professional: Record Keeping

Topics include:

Legal and Ethical Obligations in Record Keeping

Documentation Standards

Avoiding Bias in Record Keeping

Responding to Subpoenas and Legal Requests

 

For more information and registration go to: https://www.ronanpsych.com/

• And click on Continuing Education: Clinicians. That takes you to the page where you will see: Continuing Education and Outreach Services by Jim Carroll, EDD and Ralph Baber, MA. Call 989-779-8999 for classes or visit https://ronan-ce-academy.getlearnworlds.com

This will get you to the page where you can see the available courses and sign –up.

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JOB CONFLICT

Ralph and Jim are joined by psychologist Cassie Stockner as they explore dimensions of job conflict. But is conflict all bad? Walter Lipman said “Where all think alike, no one thinks very much." So it might have a positive side!!!

When it comes to team work, it has been said, "The better able team members are to engage, speak, listen, hear, interpret, and respond constructively, the more likely their teams are to leverage conflict rather than be leveled by it." Runde and Flanagan

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Two songs were mentioned in the podcast, Take This Job and Shove it, by Johnny Paycheck: https://youtu.be/gj2iGAifSNI?si=uOqXrd23YlQQUXkR

and It’s five o’clock Somewhere, by Allen Jackson: https://youtu.be/BPCjC543llU?si=3yHXNTxebizqCXZc  Enjoy!!!

Short video on Employee conflict resolution: https://youtu.be/LR_DLCYqGnA?si=3Q9M9O_abY7VUlFQ

 

Announcing

Continuing Education opportunities for health care professional: Record Keeping

Topics include:

 

Legal and Ethical Obligations in Record Keeping

Documentation Standards

Avoiding Bias in Record Keeping

Responding to Subpoenas and Legal Requests

 

For more information and registration go to: https://www.ronanpsych.com/

• And click on Continuing Education: Clinicians. That takes you to the page where you will see: Continuing Education and Outreach Services by Jim Carroll, EDD and Ralph Baber, MA. Call 989-779-8999 for classes or visit https://ronan-ce-academy.getlearnworlds.com

This will get you to the page where you can see the available courses and sign –up.

We hope you enjoyed the audio and we invite you to take this and other courses that we offer!!

 

 

 

 

Module One Audio for CE course on Human Trafficking

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Human trafficking, or trafficking in persons, is modern-day slavery It is a crime that involves the unwilling exploitation of people for labor or sex.

 

Ralph and Jim have created a continuing education course which addresses the four guidelines for professional listening health and mental health care providers, namely:

1. 
   Understanding the types and venues of human trafficking in the United States.
2. Identifying victims of human trafficking in health care settings.
3. Identifying the warning signs of human trafficking in health care settings for adults and minors.
4. Resources for reporting the suspected victims of human trafficking.

 

The course features
Five E books 5 PDF's
Seven Videos
Five audio discussions
Hundreds of pages of written material

 

For more information and registration go to: https://www.ronanpsych.com/

• And click on Continuing Education: Clinicians. That takes you to the page where you will see: Continuing Education and Outreach Services by Jim Carroll, EDD and Ralph Baber, MA. Call 989-779-8999 for classes or visit https://ronan-ce-academy.getlearnworlds.com

This will get you to the page where you can see the available courses and sign –up.

We hope you enjoyed the audio and we invite you to take this and other courses that we offer!!!

 

 

 

OM-OM-OM: not OMG!!

Ralph and Jim have a guest, Ms. Anita Pia, and we talk about the beneficial effects of chanting/meditation. It seems to promote aspects of both physical health and emotional well-being. It is fun to do and can be done wherever you are as long as you are not ticking off those around you.

 

LEARN MORE

If you are interested in finding your own Mantra, here is the List that Anita referred to: https://www.bmcm.org/learn/recommended-mantrams/

Here is a You Tube video that you can use to saturate yourself in OM even if you can’t do it yourself – like when you are studying in a Library or falling asleep: https://youtu.be/5BLZNhGVbEk?si=Z2QUpfFWuRv-8WtD

This link explains why orchestras use 440 Hz for tuning:

Why Do Orchestras Tune to an A Note? | Mental Floss

We mentioned the 60’s in the podcast. Here is a fun quiz to test how much you know about that decade. It’s a blast from the past! Apparently most people only get 17 answers right. I wonder how many people who were there get right: https://grizly.com/quizzes/1960s-pop-culture-and-history?utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=qgcc_google_1960sv2_discovery_sv20_10_04_23&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIy_iH86GwhAMVgiKHAx0MCA1oEAEYASAAEgJP3PD_BwE

 

 

 

 

Love is in the air

On the day before Valentine’s  day Jim and Ralph look at love with the help of a Saint, a poet and the greatest storyteller of all time.

LEARN MORE

We have several You Tube videos for your consideration,. The first two look at the science behind love:

https://youtu.be/eDMwpVUhxAo?si=XGdHIQaIMPS42tRB

This one is about 3 minutes long. The next one is 28 minutes and explains the research of Dr. Helen Fisher: https://youtu.be/9kaZ79MQWrM?si=jA9p-RHL05Goq5JO

The last video is only about 12 minutes long and it is done by a psychiatrist who noticed that successful relationships may have developed even when there were lots of red flags (warnings):

https://youtu.be/BHf0L8dZJbE?si=wFSZRZDGTe6V5A3s

 

 

Pop Quiz – How are music, sleep and handwriting related?

 

Answer – they have beneficial health and psychological effects. Sleep is important for children and teen , but what about folks in middle age – yep, it is very important to get an optimal amount. As for music, it has a universal ability to arouse or calm – at least that what the research says.

Writing?  Jim and Ralph discuss the surprising relationship between keyboarding, handwriting and creativity

Learn More

Ralph and Jim were happily surprised to find that their  podcast is rated 64^th in the top 100 psychology podcasts: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/psychology_podcasts/

We are now available on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0m6BhwVKCVmiGzPaWBV2ZL

Music for calming that Jim mentioned in the podcast: https://youtu.be/njHvGxZgTPk?si=pGZD_7TmwA1InjJd

Video on hand writing The Power of the Pen: https://youtu.be/FqjDYMtxEYU?si=cS7tqQ8ZnCZ1qEbP

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

 

 

 

Creativity continued – A look at brainstorming

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

 

 

Remembering - Encore Presenatation

Jim and Ralph are joined by a memory expert,

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

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

 

 

Learn More

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

 

Social Media Three – What people are saying about TikToc

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

Learn More 

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