psychology

#1079 Christopher Federico: Political Preferences, Belief Systems, Collective Narcissism, & More

Apr 3, 2025

Dr. Christopher Federico is Professor of Political Science and Psychology at the University of Minnesota. He also serves as President of the International Society of Political Psychology. His research focuses in particular on the nature of ideology and belief systems, the psychological foundations of political preferences, and intergroup attitudes. He is co-author (with Christopher Johnston and Howard Lavine) of Open Versus Closed: Personality, Identity, and the Politics of Redistribution, and a co-editor of the volumes At the Forefront of Political Psychology: Essays in Honor of John L. Sullivan, and The Political Psychology of Democratic Citizenship. More»
#1078 Debra Lieberman: The Evolutionary Psychology of Disgust, Gratitude, and Emotional Tears

Mar 31, 2025

Dr. Debra Lieberman is Professor and has served as Associate Chair for Undergraduate Affairs and Research in the Department of Psychology at the University of Miami. Her research aims to understand how evolution has shaped the social mind and includes work on kinship, cooperation, sexuality, groups, morality, and emotions. She is the author of Objection: Disgust, Morality, and the Law. More»
#1077 Blaine Fowers: The Science of Virtue

Mar 28, 2025

Dr. Blaine Fowers is Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Miami. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. His primary scholarly interest is in exploring the ethical dimension of psychology, both in research and practice. He is coauthor (together with Bradford Cokelet and Nathan Leonhardt) of The Science of Virtue: A Framework for Research. More»
#1072 Steven Heine: How Existential Psychology Can Help Us Build Meaningful Lives in Absurd Times

Mar 17, 2025

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#1063 Menelaos Apostolou: The Evolution of Singlehood

Feb 24, 2025

Dr. Menelaos Apostolou is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. He was born in Athens, Greece and he completed his post-graduate and graduate studies in the United Kingdom. He has published several peer-reviewed papers, books and chapters in books in the area of evolutionary psychology. More»
#1055 Michael Axelrod - Pseudoscience, Fringe Science, and Controversies in School Psychology

Feb 6, 2025

Dr. Michael Axelrod is Director of the Human Development Center and a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. He is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist and Licensed Psychologist. He is editor of Investigating School Psychology: Pseudoscience, Fringe Science, and Controversies. More»
#1052 Avgi Saketopoulou: Sexuality Beyond Consent

Jan 30, 2025

Dr. Avgi Saketopoulou is a psychoanalyst in private practice in NYC and a member of the faculty at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. She is the author of Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk, Race, Traumatophilia. More»
#1047 Paul Penn - The Psychology of Effective Studying: How to Succeed in Your Degree

Jan 17, 2025

Dr. Paul Penn is Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of East London. His interests revolve around cognitive psychology and understanding how we can best use psychological knowledge to improve the way people learn, communicate and collaborate. He is the author of The Psychology of Effective Studying: How to Succeed in Your Degree. More»
#1045 Will Gervais - Disbelief: The Origins of Atheism in a Religious Species

Jan 13, 2025

Dr. Will Gervais is a Reader in the Centre for Culture and Evolution at Brunel University London. He is a cultural and evolutionary psychologist who studies what people believe about the world. He is curious about a lot things that fall under the cultural/evolutionary psychology umbrella, but he is especially interested in atheists. What do atheists teach us about belief, morality, and what it means to be human? He is the author of Disbelief: The Origins of Atheism in a Religious Species. More»
#1044 David Pinsof: The Psychology of Incentives and Opinions

Jan 10, 2025

Dr. David Pinsof is a research scientist who received his PhD in Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2018. David’s research focuses on evolutionary psychology, political psychology, public opinion, and sexual behavior. His empirical work explores individual differences in mating psychology and their relation to political attitudes, mathematical models of alliance formation, and the origins of political belief systems. More»