Everyone lies. Even you and even me. We lie about small things and we lie about big things. We lie to help ourselves and we lie to protect others. Powerful people lie, all the way down to little kids telling fibs. Why do we do this if...

Hank clarifies the misconceptions about Chagus disease, discusses a couple of interesting celestial events - one that happened in the past and one that will happen in the distant future, and sheds more light on the benefits of sexual...

MacArthur winner Sendhil Mullainathan uses the lens of behavioral economics to study a tricky set of social problems -- those we know how to solve, but don't. We know how to reduce child deaths due to diarrhea, how to prevent...

Hank talks about the issues of rising global population.

Are you a left-brained person or a right-brained person? Spoiler: You're neither.

This video is the eighth installment of our Psychology Revision Series to prepare you for your exams with exactly the right information that you need to know.

We've all been told that it's dangerous to drive whilst on the phone, but what's the evidence to back this up? It turns out that not only is it dangerous to text and talk on a handheld mobile phone, it's equally dangerous to chat with...

Validity is a key concept in research methods. It can be broken down into two umbrella categories: internal validity and external validity.
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The question of what intelligence actually is has intrigued Psychologists and Philosophers for thousands of years. We use intelligence as a measure of people's abilities and potential in day-to-day life, but how many of us have actually...

As Psychology is a science, it uses the experimental method in a similar way to Physics, Chemistry and Biology. However, because of the subject matter Psychologists are studying, it can sometimes seem a bit confusing.
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A video consisting of useful and thought-provoking quotes from leading Psychologists on the topic of Decision Making.

Experimental designs make a huge impact on the validity of an experiment's results. In this video, we explore the three main types of experimental design used in Psychology experiments:

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This video explores the science and personal experiences behind autism, highlighting how differences in brain structure and function shape behavior. Host Alie Astrocyte and guest Cory, an autistic musician and educator, discuss what...

This video is the seventh installment of our Psychology Revision Series to prepare you for your exams with exactly the right information that you need to know.

Biology and Psychology are interconnected sciences. In this video we analyse the stages of prenatal development to understand what is happening in the womb during pregnancy, and how this connects to psychological development. Given that...

Textbooks are your number one tool as a Psychology Student, so don't limit yourself to the one course book. That is the surefire way to be absolutely average. If you want to outperform your class, you'll need to absorb more information...

The COGNITIVE INTERVIEW was created by Geiselman and Fisher in a bid to improve the quality of eye witness testimony. The Cognitive Interview has four distinct retrieval techniques at its core:

1) Re-establishing the...

Learn about Stanley Milgram's landmark 1961 experiment on obedience to authority. Also known as the electric shock experiment.

Social Learning Theory suggests that we learn not just by way of reward and punishment for actions, but instead we learn by observing others and imitating their behaviours. We watch, we copy, we practise. And one of the intriguing claims...

This video tackles the question of whether teenagers should take paid work alongside their education. Based on Steinberg et al.'s (1982) findings, this video challenges the notion that teenagers should use their free-time for financial...

This video introduces you to the concept of Classical Conditioning (Pavlovian Conditioning), a key learning theory discovered accidentally by Ivan Pavlov. We also discuss the ethically dubious experiment conducted by Watson and Raynor...

Everybody lies. However there are different types of lying. This video explores research on "paltering" - lying by telling the truth. This intriguing form of lying can be perceived as the most unethical, and can lead to significant...

Brain scans enable Psychologists and Neuroscientists to look inside the brain without having to open the patient's skull. In this video we cover four key types of brain scan that every Psychology student needs to know: 1) Computerised...

This video is the ninth installment of our Psychology Revision Series to prepare you for your exams with exactly the right information that you need to know.