PickVidsBest Psychology & human behavior Videos
The 166 Psychology & human behavior videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 7 introductory, 7 intermediate, 152 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a talk. What they share is that one speaker finishes a claim, and the examples exist to hold that claim up. Channels you will keep seeing include TED, Veritasium, TEDx Talks.
Tinder Experiment: 18 Yr Old Woman Tries Being A Man!!!
A social experiment in which an 18-year-old woman runs a Tinder profile as a man and sees how differently the dating experience plays out for men.
The Psychology of Human Misjudgement - Charlie Munger Full Speech
A recording of Charlie Munger's 1995 Harvard speech on the psychology of human misjudgment.
Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are | Amy Cuddy | TED
Amy Cuddy's TED talk arguing that adopting expansive postures, or power posing, can boost feelings of confidence and affect success.
Neuroscience of Personality | Dario Nardi | Talks at Google
UCLA professor Dario Nardi presents brain-imaging research suggesting that different Myers-Briggs personality types use their brains in different ways.
Jordan Peterson - Women in High Paying Jobs
A clip of psychologist Jordan Peterson discussing why few women reach high-paying, high-pressure jobs.
How to Make Stress Your Friend | Kelly McGonigal | TED
Psychologist Kelly McGonigal argues in this TED talk that stress is harmful mainly if you believe it is, and that reaching out to others is an underrated way to reduce its effects.
My descent into America's neo-Nazi movement & how I got out | Christian Picciolini | TEDxMileHigh
Christian Picciolini tells how he became a white supremacist at 14 and led America's first neo-Nazi skinhead gang, then how he left.
The riddle of experience vs. memory | Daniel Kahneman
In this TED talk, Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman distinguishes the experiencing self from the remembering self, using examples such as vacations and colonoscopies.
The Future Of Reasoning
Vsauce explores how human reasoning works, drawing on the social theory of reason and the extended mind thesis, made in partnership with Bill Gates around climate change.
The Secret Reason We Eat Meat - Dr. Melanie Joy
Social psychologist Melanie Joy introduces the concept of carnism, the belief system that conditions people to eat some animals but not others.
Hovering a Helicopter is Hilariously Hard - Smarter Every Day 145
Smarter Every Day host Destin Sandlin tries to hover a helicopter and finds it very hard.
Jordan Peterson - IQ and The Job Market
A clip of Jordan Peterson arguing that IQ is a strong predictor of job market success and that more complex jobs demand higher cognitive ability.
The Stuff of Thought | Steven Pinker | Talks at Google
Steven Pinker presents his book The Stuff of Thought at Google in 2007.
Testing if 60 minutes of silence drives you crazy
Veritasium's Derek Muller spends an hour in a silent, dark anechoic chamber at BYU to test the claim that 45 minutes is the most anyone can bear.
Unconscious Bias @ Work | Google Ventures
A Google Ventures talk on how unconscious biases shape product decisions, hiring and workplace interactions.
Joe Rogan Experience #965 - Robert Sapolsky
Joe Rogan interviews Stanford neuroendocrinologist Robert Sapolsky about his book Behave.
The Skinner Box - How Games Condition People to Play More - Extra Credits
An Extra Credits episode on how games use Skinner box operant conditioning and reward schedules to keep players playing and spending.
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Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person
A School of Life video arguing that everyone marries someone who is somewhat wrong for them, and that this is unavoidable.
RSA ANIMATE: The Truth About Dishonesty
An RSA Animate adaptation of a Dan Ariely lecture on dishonesty.
Survivor Bias
A Veritasium video on survivor bias, explaining how an observed sample can be incomplete and skewed.
Q&A with a person who does not have an internal monologue
A student interviews Kirsten Carlson, who does not have an internal monologue, and she answers questions about how she thinks.
30 Essential Ideas you should know about ADHD, 1B Inhibition, Impulsivity, and Emotion
An excerpt from Russell Barkley's lecture on ADHD, focusing on inhibition, impulsivity and emotional regulation.
Where good ideas come from | Steven Johnson
Steven Johnson's TED talk argues that good ideas come from connected, slow-building hunches and liquid networks, from London coffee houses to Darwin to the modern web, rather than lone Eureka moments.