The Psych Show: Dr. Ali Mattu

If you are anything like me, you have gotten overwhelmed with the wealth of quality sources regarding psychology. Here is one more in case you have not already been exposed to it. Dr. Ali Mattu has appeared on our blog before with our highlighting his video on using the hands as a mnemonic (his most popular video). In this entry, we take a brief look some of the other episodes.

The Psych Show Channel YouTube Link

I have a few personal favorites since I am a bit of a Trekkie/Trekker (don't get all semantical on me) as well as a fan of practical psychology and diversity.

• Star Trek psychology explained
• How to use exposure therapy to overcome phobias
• Why diversity in media matters
• Why we have racial bias
• Multitasking is a myth
• How to break bad habits
• How to give psychological first aid
• How do psychologists analyze people?

The reason I like these episodes is that they whet my appetite. There are not too long and pedantic as many videos on YouTube are. Nor are they ridiculous. They include humor where appropriate but take psychology seriously. I like the balance. Check them out. I suspect you'll like them.






















posted by Chuck Schallhorn

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#ThisPsychMajor and Political Fallout

In case you missed it, Republican Presidential candidate Jeb Bush, recently stated that most psychology majors would end up working in fast food. This spawned a series of people tweeting what #ThisPsychMajor does in their professional lives. Psychology Today blogger Travis Langley posted a number of tweets stating what the psych majors have done. You can find that information here:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/beyond-heroes-and-villains/201510/presidential-candidate-says-psych-degree-means-fast-food-job

From the blog post:

""Universities ought to have skin in the game," former Florida governor and current presidential candidate Jeb Bush said at a South Carolina town hall meeting Saturday morning, "When a student shows up, they ought to say 'Hey, that psych major deal, that philosophy major thing, that's great, it's important to have liberal arts … but realize, you're going to be working a Chick-fil-A.'" (link is external) Psychology and philsophy [sic] weren't random examples used to put down all college education because he also bemoaned a shortage of, among other things, information technologists and teachers."

Dr. Ali Mattu, https://twitter.com/AliMattu, has extensively covered the event as well, retweeting many posts, including my own. Below is a picture he tweeted about his own work. Be sure to check out his YouTube show and other work-they are linked on his Twitter account.

For checking out the posts directly, here is the twitter search:
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ThisPsychMajor&src=tyah

posted by Chuck Schallhorn

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