The Psych Files - Michael Britt

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Ep 187: I'd Like to Have an Argument Please! (critical thinking part 3) Jan 23, 2013

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How would you like to have an argument? Turns out that learning how to have a good argument might just be the best way to learn to think critically. In this episode I discuss a neat piece of research in which 7 and 8 year olds are taught how to effectively argue. And they do a darn good job of it as it turns out. Perhaps this is the way to teach our young people critical thinking: give them some great books to read - like The Giving Tree - and have them discuss what they think about it. The key ingredient: making sure that they fully understand the point of view of the other person. This'll be fun. I promise. Especially since I've got a couple funny clips from Monty Python's Argument Clinic sketch to help move things along.

Ep 186: The Shootings at Newtown - Could We Have Prevented It? Jan 06, 2013

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Everyone was horrified to hear that an adolescent, Adam Lanza, walked into an elementary school and killed 20 children and 6 adults as well as killing himself. Many people have offered their view as to what was wrong with Adam and about what we could have done and should do to prevent these incidents. In this episode I'll share my concerns over what I think is going wrong with community mental health centers and why they probably would NOT have been able to help Adam, which is the extraordinary focus on productivity - the application of the factory model - to current mental health settings. I also introduce one approach that might help if more mental health centers adopted it, which is the "Sanctury Model".

Ep 186: The Shootings at Newtown - Could We Have Prevented It? Jan 06, 2013

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Ep 185: The Dynamics of Therapy: Transference and Counter Transference: An Interview with Kerry Malawista Nov 20, 2012

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Transference and Countertransference are two key concepts in psychoanalysis and they are fascinating. If you're interested in the therapy side of psychology - particularly psychoanalysis - this is the episode for you. Kerry Malawista, psychoanalyst and author, along with Anne Adeleman and Catherine Anderson, talks about their new book, "Wearing My Tutu To Analysis". In this episode we focus on two of the stories in the book, which focus on transference and countertransference.

Ep 185: The Dynamics of Therapy: Transference and Counter Transference: An Interview with Kerry Malawista Nov 20, 2012

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Ep 184: Critical Thinking Part 2 - Important? Yes. But Can We Teach It? Well…. Nov 03, 2012

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In episode 183 I talked about what critical thinking is and why it's important. Now we talk about why it's so darn hard to teach and to use critical thinking in our everyday lives. In this episode I'll discuss Dr. Daniel Willingham's advice to teachers on what they can do to effectively teach critical thinking - something that couldn't be more important in today's world where misinformation is all around us. Make sure to take a look at the concept map below.

Ep 184: Critical Thinking (Part 2) - Important? Yes. But Can We Teach It? Well…. Nov 03, 2012

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