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“When I think about Juneteenth as Emancipation Day, and I think about this moment, I feel like we still need to be emancipated.”

Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III speaking about the Emancipation Proclamation and Juneteenth.

In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank tackles some difficult topics dealing with prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination. There's a lot here, ...

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In Zimbabwe in the 1980s, Mary Bassett witnessed the AIDS epidemic firsthand, and she helped set up a clinic to treat and educate local people about the deadly virus. But looking back, she regrets not sounding the alarm for the real problem: the structural inequities embedded in the world's political and economic organizations, inequities that make marginalized people more vulnerable. These same structural problems exist in the United States today, and as New York City's Health Commissioner, Bassett is using every chance she has to rally support for health equity and speak out against racism. "We don't have to have all the answers to call for change," she says. "We just need courage." TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector

Watch Niki Harré talk about her book "Psychology for a Better World". The book can be downloaded for free from: http://www.psych.auckland.ac.nz/psychologyforabetterworld Hard copies can be ordered from the website or from Amazon or Lulu. Kindle version also available. Film Credits Produced by Charlotte Blythe Animated by Graeme E. Bibby Illustrated by Lucy Yu - http://cargocollective.com/lucyyuart

As the effects of climate change become more evident, more than half of U.S. adults (56%) say climate change is the most important issue facing society today, yet 4 in 10 have not made any changes in their behavior to reduce their contribution to climate change.

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Our willingness to engage in proenvironmental activities reflects how we identify as a part of our social and political ecosystems, as well as how we envision our relationship with science itself.

As the effects of climate change become more evident, more than half of U.S. adults (56%) say climate change is the most important issue facing society today, yet 4 in 10 have not made any changes in their behavior to reduce their contribution to climate change, according to a new poll by the American Psychological Association. For more info, visit https://on.apa.org/climate-change-survey __________________________________ The American Psychological Association is the leading scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States, with more than 118,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students as its members. To learn more about APA visit http://www.apa.org Follow APA on social media: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AmericanPsychologicalAssociation/ Twitter https://twitter.com/apa LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/american-psychological-association/

How to Persuade Others with the Right Questions: Jedi Mind Tricks from Daniel H. PinkWatch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideoJoin Bi...

Bestselling author Dan Pink shows us how to influence others more effectively; it's as simple as A-B-C. Whether we're employees pitching to our bosses, paren...

Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. What makes you, you? Psychologists like to talk about our traits, or defined characteristics that make us who we are. But Brian Little is more interested in moments when we transcend those traits — sometimes because our culture demands it of us, and sometimes because we demand it of ourselves. Join Little as he dissects the surprising differences between introverts and extroverts and explains why your personality may be more malleable than you think. The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. You're welcome to link to or embed these videos, forward them to others and share these ideas with people you know. Follow TED on Twitter: http://twitter.com/TEDTalks Like TED on Facebook: http://facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://youtube.com/TED TED's videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy (https://www.ted.com/about/our-organization/our-policies-terms/ted-talks-usage-policy). For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at https://media-requests.ted.com

0:00 – Introduction 0:41 – Making attributions about behavior of others 12:21 – Making attributions about our own behavior 14:53 – Obedience and conformity 20:49 – Bystander effect 23:41 – Deindividuation 26:16 – Conclusion This video is brought to you by Digital Intro at Wesleyan University. Follow us at http://digitalintro.wescreates.wesleyan.edu For more information, contact Lisa Dierker, ldierker@gmail.com For educational purposes only.

In this episode, I talk to esteemed psychologist Todd Kashdan about the art of insubordination. As creatures of habit, humans seek familiarity in

Vanessa Bohns discusses how we can become more aware of our power to persuade, and learn to wield it wisely.

Earlier this week I came across a research study that opted for the third approach: attempting to train students to adopt different study habits. … It was a massive undertaking and provides some very interesting and compelling insights into what does and does not work when trying to get students to

0:00 – Introduction 0:46 – Behaviorism 21:20 – Cognitivism 25:02 - Constructivism 27:02 - Humanism 29:36 – Conclusion This video is brought to you by Digital Intro at Wesleyan University. Follow us at http://digitalintro.wescreates.wesleyan.edu. For more information, contact Lisa Dierker, ldierker@gmail.com For educational purposes only.

To aid in understanding the basics of descriptive and correlational research methods in the behavioral science. Textbook: http://bit.ly/GenPsychTextPg. 16-19...

Listen to this episode from The Curiosity Project on Spotify. Brew a cup and join Omar and Professor Daniel Oppenheimer for a chat! In today's episode we talk about the science of memory retention. Professor Daniel Oppenheimer walks us through his studies and research in to how to improve your long term and short term memory and whether or or multi tasking is a good thing.  Check out our website here! Equipment we use: Microphones: Sennheiser MK4 and Neumann TLM 103 MT Interface: Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 Cables: Kenable XLR 4m cables

Listen to this episode from Hidden Brain on Spotify. No matter who you are, it's guaranteed that at some point in life you'll make a mistake. Many of us find failures to be uncomfortable — so we try our best to ignore them and move on. But what if there was a way to turn that discomfort into an opportunity? This week, we begin a two part mini-series on the psychology of failure and feedback. Psychologist Lauren Eskreis-Winkler teaches us how to stop ignoring our mistakes, and instead, start to learn from them. Do you like the ideas and insights we feature on Hidden Brain? Then please consider supporting our work by joining our new podcast subscription, Hidden Brain+. You can find it in the Apple Podcasts app, or by going to apple.co/hiddenbrain. Thanks!

This resource is a collection of video clips from various visual media (advertisements, news stories, movies, etc.) that exemplify prejudice and discrimination.

As youth serving librarians, we have a unique opportunity to build relationships and interact with young children and their families. This opportunity allows us to support families in many ways: building literacy skills, learning the importance of play, enjoying library programs, and of course much more.  Among the “much more” is the opportunity to speak with young children about race, to speak with caregivers about how to talk about race, and to model talking about race with children for their caregivers. It’s Never Too Early to Talk with Children about Race Research indicates both that children notice racial differences from a very young age (Winkler, 2009) and that if caregivers do not openly talk about race with children, children make up their own, often erroneous, meaning from what they see (Bigler, as cited in Dwyer, 2013). But, many caregivers/librarians/teachers, particularly white folks, are uncomfortable talking about race. They may feel...