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Bitten
Zoe the Amazon parrot is biting Jessi, but that doesn't mean Jessi stops working with her. Jessi shares why the behavior is occurring and how she works through the situation to continue giving her what she needs.
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Ask Jessi 7!
More questions asked, more answers given! Aren't the birds scared when you wave your hands around? Can I just feed a hedgehog x instead of y? How do I get a bird to eat their veggies? What's BFA?
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Baby Beaver Has A Name!
Jessi gives an update on the baby beaver and reveals his new name! See what he's doing now and follow along as he grows up to be the best beaver he can be. Beavers are incredible animals and need special care in captivity.
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Ask Jessi 14
Which animal is Jessi uncomfortable with? What makes a good animal ambassador? How does Jessi mix business and family?
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Anthropomorphism
Jessi discusses anthropomorphism and how it can interfere with communication and your overall relationship with a non-human animal.
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Animal Updates: Rook, Joy, and Cheeks
Jessi gives updates on Rook the Raven, Joy the Macaw, and Cheeks the rabbit. Spoiler: they're all doing amazing!
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Animal Training Turnover
New Trainer? No problem! Jessi shares the steps she uses to teach new people how to work with animals who already have established behaviors. The steps can be applied to pets and any other animal cared for in captivity.
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A Snowy Walk With Cas The Arctic Fox
Jessi shows how she prepares to take Cas the Arctic Fox for a walk and then they have a happy romp in the snowy forest.
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A Few of My Friends: Communication
Jessi does an unscripted show and brings on a few of the animals to share. She talks about how they're communicating using body language and behavior that's typical of each species and individual.
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Enjoying the Animals: Macaw, Frog and More!
Jessi takes you around Animal Wonders as she visits some of the animals including a blue and gold macaw, a tree frog, a uromastyx lizard, and a herd of guinea pigs.
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What To Do If You’re The Toxic One In Your Relationship
Do you feel like you're the toxic one in your relationship? If so, don't worry - you're not alone. In this video, I'm going to share some tips on how to deal with that feeling and start creating a healthier relationship for both yourself...
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What is the difference between Psychosis and Psychopathy?
Psychosis vs psychopathy, the words sound similar, are they the same thing? I think this is a common question and people have a misconception that the two concepts are similar. But they are completely unrelated. Psychosis is a mental...
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What is Executive Function - How it Relates to ADHD
This is part one in a series of videos talking about managing ADHD symptoms with medication. Because ADHD can be thought of as a disorder of executive functioning so understanding this is an important lead in to making behavioral...
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What Does It Mean To Be Sadistic?
In this video, I explore the definition of sadism and discuss some examples of sadistic behavior. I also talk about the origins of the word and how it's used today. Sadism is the desire to intentionally harm someone and derive pleasure...
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Stressed Out Parent makes Stressed out Child
Researchers show that uptight, stressed out child care providers produced stressed out children. Additionally, the children were more stressed if they were subjected to rigid schedules with little time for play. Similarly, uptight...
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Oppositional Defiant Disorder: The Disorder That Makes You Defy Authority
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) is a condition that affects both children and adults, causing them to display persistent defiance, hostility, and disobedience towards authority figures. In this video, we'll explore what ODD is, the...
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Skin Picking and Hair Pulling Explained. What are Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors?
The two most common behaviors are hair pulling and skin picking. These two have official names in the diagnostic manual. Hair pulling is called trichotillomania and skin-picking is called excoriation disorder. Even though...
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Signs You Might Be Struggling With Scrupulosity (Religious OCD)
Do you sometimes feel like you're being too hard on yourself? That maybe your thoughts and feelings just don't line up with what everyone else seems to believe? If so, you might be struggling with scrupulosity. In this video, I talk...
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Locus of Control: What Is It & Why It Matters
In this video, I talk about the importance of your locus of control. What is it? How do you know where you lie on the spectrum of internal to external? And how do you become more internally focused?
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Types of Power
French and Raven, researchers at the University of Michigan, identified five bases — or sources — of social power in 1959: legitimate, reward, referent, expert, coercive
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Strategic Contingency Model
Strategic Contingencies Theory focuses on tasks that need to be done in the form of problems to be solved, thus de-emphasizing personality. If a person does not have charisma but is able to solve problem, then s/he can be an effective...
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Stanford Prison Study - Zimbardo Studies
The Stanford prison experiment was a psychological experiment conducted in the summer of 1971. It was a two-week simulation of a prison environment that examined the effects of situational variables on participants' reactions and behaviors.
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Opportunitistic Behavior
Opportunistic behavior is an act or behavior of partnership motivated by the maximization of economic self-interest and occasioned loss of the other partners.
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Milgram Studies
Also known as the Milgrim Shock Experiments, the Milgram experiment on obedience to authority figures were a series of social psychology experiments conducted by Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram.