Psychosocial Distancing – Details, episodes & analysis

Episode 150 of our book read/podcast covering major topics in various fields of psychology moves us into something new, with a discussion of FAN PSYCHOLOGY! This Spring we are going to be going chapter to chapter in a book we both co-authored. Here you will find commentary, discussion, and insights on what drives fan behavior!

In this episode Daniel and Thomas discuss materialism in fandom to celebrate 150 episodes. Back to our roots, discussing our love of consumption of fan materials, collecting, and what drives people to purchase on the things they identify with.

PSD Website: ⁠https://psychosocialdistancingpodcast.com/⁠

Thomas' Webpage: ⁠https://sexography.org/⁠

Thomas' Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/TBrooks_SexPsy⁠

Daniel's Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/ScienceInChaos⁠

Intro and Outro Theme and Bias Jingle by Jordan Jones

Episode 149 of our book read/podcast covering major topics in various fields of psychology moves us into something new, with a discussion of FAN PSYCHOLOGY! This Spring we are going to be going chapter to chapter in a book we both co-authored. Here you will find commentary, discussion, and insights on what drives fan behavior!

In this episode Daniel and Thomas discuss emotions in the context of what media we consume and what groups we are apart of. We talk O.J. Simpson, Palestine and Ukraine, and Star Wars in relation to emotional states, the celebrity/reality TV environment, and how it’s all used to manipulate us into our next topic…

PSD Website: ⁠https://psychosocialdistancingpodcast.com/⁠

Thomas' Webpage: ⁠https://sexography.org/⁠

Thomas' Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/TBrooks_SexPsy⁠

Daniel's Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/ScienceInChaos⁠

Intro and Outro Theme and Bias Jingle by Jordan Jones

Episode 140 of our book read/podcast covering major topics in various fields of psychology moves us into something new, with a discussion of FAN PSYCHOLOGY! This Spring we are going to be going chapter to chapter in a book we both co-authored. Here you will find commentary, discussion, and insights on what drives fan behavior!

In this episode Daniel and Thomas discuss guilty pleasures and muse on the spectrum of casual and serious leisure.

PSD Website: ⁠https://psychosocialdistancingpodcast.com/⁠

Thomas' Webpage: ⁠https://sexography.org/⁠

Thomas' Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/TBrooks_SexPsy⁠

Daniel's Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/ScienceInChaos⁠

Intro and Outro Theme and Bias Jingle by Jordan Jones

CAPE Book free pdf: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355466943_CAPE_A_multidimensional_model_of_fan_interest

In Print:

⁠https://www.amazon.com/CAPE-Multidimensional-Model-Fan-Interest/dp/0997628820

Episode 64 of our book read/podcast covering major topics in various fields of psychology moves us into COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY! And while there is no book (no viable open source ones exist) we plan to go through the core areas of cognition, memory, and more. This season, joining us is Dr. Alyssa Jones to act as our cognitive guide through the world outside of our social bubble.

This episode we delve into PRIMING in marketing and advertising and are joined by special guest Andrew Tague! We all discuss the cognitive aspects of priming ideas, unconscious processes, and “Rowdy” Roddy Piper. With a special ad read #notanad.

PSD Website: https://psychosocialdistancingpodcast.com/

Thomas' Webpage: https://sexography.org/

Thomas' Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBrooks_SexPsy

Daniel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScienceInChaos

Kahneman and Tversky™ Bias of the Week: Illusion of Validity

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h3r_CNg_MuRKbi_oJYVRth7dAMW2nNiS/view?usp=sharing

Episode 63 of our book read/podcast covering major topics in various fields of psychology moves us into COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY! And while there is no book (no viable open source ones exist) we plan to go through the core areas of cognition, memory, and more. This season, joining us is Dr. Alyssa Jones to act as our cognitive guide through the world outside of our social bubble.

This episode we delve into LEARNING and EXPERTISE! and are joined by special guest Dr. David Frank about his research on expertise, deliberate practice, and more!

PSD Website: https://psychosocialdistancingpodcast.com/

Thomas' Webpage: https://sexography.org/

Thomas' Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBrooks_SexPsy

Daniel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScienceInChaos

Kahneman and Tversky™ Bias of the Week: Loss Aversion

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h3r_CNg_MuRKbi_oJYVRth7dAMW2nNiS/view?usp=sharing

Episode 62 of our book read/podcast covering major topics in various fields of psychology moves us into COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY! And while there is no book (no viable open source ones exist) we plan to go through the core areas of cognition, memory, and more. This season, joining us is Dr. Alyssa Jones to act as our cognitive guide through the world outside of our social bubble.

This episode Thomas and Alyssa are joined by special guest Dr. Sarah Rodriguez about her research on equity, access, and retention in underrepresented student populations, specifically with Latinx students in STEM and community college settings.

PSD Website: https://psychosocialdistancingpodcast.com/

Thomas' Webpage: https://sexography.org/

Thomas' Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBrooks_SexPsy

Daniel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScienceInChaos

Kahneman and Tversky™ Bias of the Week: Representativeness

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h3r_CNg_MuRKbi_oJYVRth7dAMW2nNiS/view?usp=sharing

This episode will also be on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bwgdxM2_SNw

Episode 61 of our book read/podcast covering major topics in various fields of psychology moves us into COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY! And while there is no book (no viable open source ones exist) we plan to go through the core areas of cognition, memory, and more. This season, joining us is Dr. Alyssa Jones to act as our cognitive guide through the world outside of our social bubble.

This episode Thomas and Daniel fill in the gaps as we wait for another special guest and discuss BIASES in a massive retrospective and ranking of all the biases of the week! Who will reign supreme as 52 biases enter the arena, only one can stand above all?

Textbook: https://openstax.org/details/books/psychology-2e?Book%20details

PSD Website: https://psychosocialdistancingpodcast.com/

Thomas' Webpage: https://sexography.org/

Thomas' Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBrooks_SexPsy

Daniel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScienceInChaos

Kahneman and Tversky™ Bias of the Week: NONE! Bias of the Year: Anthropomorphism

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h3r_CNg_MuRKbi_oJYVRth7dAMW2nNiS/view?usp=sharing

Episode 60 of our book read/podcast covering major topics in various fields of psychology moves us into COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY! And while there is no book (no viable open source ones exist) we plan to go through the core areas of cognition, memory, and more. This season, joining us is Dr. Alyssa Jones to act as our cognitive guide through the world outside of our social bubble.

This episode we discuss MORE MEMORY!!!!! This time with Dr. Kara Moore and Dr. Blake Erikson regarding their research on PROSPECTIVE PERSON MEMORY. They discuss missing person identification, age progression photos, and an incident with an old woman, $200, and a subway sandwich!

Textbook: https://openstax.org/details/books/psychology-2e?Book%20details

PSD Website: https://psychosocialdistancingpodcast.com/

Thomas' Webpage: https://sexography.org/

Thomas' Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBrooks_SexPsy

Daniel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScienceInChaos

Kahneman and Tversky™ Bias of the Week: Anchoring (Focalism)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h3r_CNg_MuRKbi_oJYVRth7dAMW2nNiS/view?usp=sharing

As a note: This podcast/discussion will contain some sensitive topics and discussion of a number of illnesses. Listener discretion is advised.

Episode 59 of our book read/podcast covering major topics in various fields of psychology moves us into COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY! And while there is no book (no viable open source ones exist) we plan to go through the core areas of cognition, memory, and more. This season, joining us is Dr. Alyssa Jones to act as our cognitive guide through the world outside of our social bubble.

This episode we discuss more MEMORY and delve into the loss of memory with AMNESIA. Retrograde (past memory loss) and Anterograde (no new memories) in the context of medical research and regarding drug use and some other connections.

Textbook: https://openstax.org/details/books/psychology-2e?Book%20details

PSD Website: https://psychosocialdistancingpodcast.com/

Thomas' Webpage: https://sexography.org/

Thomas' Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBrooks_SexPsy

Daniel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScienceInChaos

Kahneman and Tversky™ Bias of the Week: The Availability Heuristic

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h3r_CNg_MuRKbi_oJYVRth7dAMW2nNiS/view?usp=sharing

Maybe it’s OK to Sin: Flaws in Memory

Episode 58 of our book read/podcast covering major topics in various fields of psychology moves us into COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY! And while there is no book (no viable open source ones exist) we plan to go through the core areas of cognition, memory, and more. This season, joining us is Dr. Alyssa Jones to act as our cognitive guide through the world outside of our social bubble.

In this episode Thomas and Alyssa discuss Schacter’s 7 sins of memory and work through their own memory sins to delve into how memory works, when it doesn’t, and the spaces in between where sometimes ‘sins’ aren’t always a bad thing.

Textbook: https://openstax.org/details/books/psychology-2e?Book%20details

PSD Website: https://psychosocialdistancingpodcast.com/

Thomas' Webpage: https://sexography.org/

Thomas' Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBrooks_SexPsy

Daniel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScienceInChaos

Kahneman and Tversky™ Bias of the Week: Overconfidence Effect

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h3r_CNg_MuRKbi_oJYVRth7dAMW2nNiS/view?usp=sharing