Podcasts about richard nisbett

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2023 60:53

The Person and the Situation is a book by social psychologists Lee Ross and Richard Nisbett, originally published in 1991. The argument made by Ross and Nisbett was that context matters. Human beings don't behave in a vacuum, unaffected by the circumstances of society, history, and culture. The job of the social psychologist is to understand both the person and the situation. Without a proper appreciation of the larger context, it's impossible to know what to make of any given observation about human behavior.But a limitation of the project set out by Ross and Nisbett is that social psychology has always had a limited ability to study “situations.” It is, after all, psychology—not anthropology. Psychologists tend not to study humans in their natural situations; they try to recreate paired down versions of them in the lab. It's not the same thing.This is something Ross and Nisbett, I think, appreciated. Nisbett went on to publish a book called The Geography of Thought, about how people from the West think differently from people in Asia. But another way to approach this problem is not from the psychology side, at least not directly—to start not with the person, but the situation itself. This is what I like about really good travel writing.The job of a travel writer is similar to the job of the anthropologist. It is to go to a place and get a feel for what people are up to there. Then to come back and report to the rest of us what it is you observed. But the problem with ethnographies by anthropologists is that they're usually not that fun to read, obsessed as they are with kinship structures and long-standing epistemological debates within their field. Good travel writing has the same incisive edge as an informal ethnography—and has the benefit of being much more engaging. Good travel writing is an exploration of the person via the situation.For my money, the best author doing this kind of travel writing today is Erika Fatland. Erika is the author of three travel books, including Sovietistan, about the post-Soviet states of central Asia; The Border, about the countries bordering Russia from North Korea and Mongolia to Finland and Norway; and High, about the countries of the Himalayas. She speaks six languages, including Russian, and is currently adding more. She also trained as a social anthropologist for her master's degree, which probably goes a ways toward explaining where that incisive edge came from.Erika's approach to travel writing incorporates her own travel experiences with deep readings of a country's historical, cultural, and economic circumstances. More than other travel writers I've read, she relies on her conversations with people she meets in the places she goes—usually finding at least one common tongue between them—and uses these interview as a foundation for her own observations. In this conversation, we talk about the point of travel, Erika's formative experiences and how she became a travel writer, her approach to writing, how her relationship with Russia has changed through the years, and some of her favorite (and least favorite) countries she's visited. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit codykommers.substack.com/subscribe

#98: A Cognitive Scientist Tries to Convince Me the Mind is Flat; I Don't Think He Succeeds (feat. Nick Chater)

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2022 71:11

My guest today is Nick Chater, a Professor of Behavioural Science at Warwick Business School. Nick is an influential cognitive scientist with a wide-range of interests, which these days often tend toward public policy. But in 2018, he published a book, trying to draw some culminating insights from the disparate pieces of his own work in cognitive science as well as the field more broadly. He came to the conclusion that we have dramatically misunderstood important aspects about what the overall picture of the mind looks like. He called the book The Mind Is Flat.And by ‘we' Nick means essentially... everyone. His argument is that the notion of the unconscious we've grown accustomed to over the last century or so is fundamentally flawed. We attribute all sorts of hidden ‘beliefs' and ‘desires' and other psychological motivations to the murky depths of the subconscious mind. But according to Chater, they aren't really there. They're fictions. There is no such thing as a ‘desire' you don't know about. According to Chater, what you see of the mind is what you get.It's a strange argument. Particularly because pretty much every modern theory in psychology and cognitive science presupposes there is some sort of cognitive infrastructure supporting beliefs, goals, and intentions below the surface of conscious thought. So what evidence does he have there are no such things as hidden beliefs? It's a good question. But another way to frame it is: what evidence do we have that makes us so confident that are minds are a kind of mental iceberg of which we can only see the very tip?That's not to say that there's no structure to the mind. But we've never seen a belief — how can we be so sure of what one would look like? I think there's a certain story about the depths of the unconscious mind that we've started to take for granted. I think it's worth taking some time to rethink that.Nick's alternative is that the mind is continuously improvising, deploying behavior to maintain consistency with an on-going narrative. Instead of simple psychological causes (“She believed x and wanted y, so she did z”), we are acting in a way to stay ‘in-character' within our own story. We are like fiction authors, not constructing behavior based on firm psychological truths, but rather seeking consistency, continuinity, and growth in the arc of our character's development. According to Nick, to say that the rest of us are acting based on some engimatic psychological depths is no more true than to say a fictional character is doing so. The story is all there is.Here's Nick's alternative model, in his own words:An improvising mind, unmoored from stable beliefs and desires, might seem to be a recipe for mental chaos. I shall argue that the opposite is true: the very task of our improvising mind is to make our thoughts and behaviour as coherent as possible — to stay ‘in character' as well as we are able. To do so, our brains must strive continually to think and act in the current moment in a way that aligns as well as possible with our prior thoughts and actions. We are like judges deciding each new legal case by refering to, and reinterpreting, an ever-growing body of previous cases. So the secret of our minds lies not in supposed hidden depths, but in our remarkable ability to creatively improvise our present, on the theme of our past.Nick introduces the concept of a mental tradition as the infrastructure of the mind. We get into it a little later on in our conversation. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure what he means by the term; but I like it. It takes a well-worn concept (“habit”) and articulates it with a fresh conceptual edge. At one point, I press Nick and ask him point blank whether he thinks habits exist. He says he doesn't. I couldn't tell you the exact difference between a habit and a mental tradition. But Nick's position, as I've understood it, is that typically we believe we act according to ‘preferences'. I like coffee, so I get it first thing in the morning. No, he says. In fact, you're acting according to a mental tradition.In preparation for this conversation, I found myself thinking through Nick's improvising metaphor with my own understanding of the concept — through my training as a jazz musician. If you were to ask an improvising musician about why they chose to play a specific note, they'd be able to construct a story, supported by music theory, about why that note works in the way it does. But that's just a post-hoc story. It doesn't describe in any meaningful sense for why that particular note was produced in the first place, as opposed to any other note which could have a music theoretical justification.Yet that's not to say there's no depth. The underlying harmony does cause the note to come about in a very real sense. The musician is responding to structure. They're not acting alone. They're collaborating with the structure: the structure of the music, as well as the other musicians. That strikes me as a kind of depth, and one that has not just significance in the metaphor itself but also in our concept of the structure of the mind.So what are the stakes here? Suppose this theory is true, as Nick presents it, what might the implications be? Here's one idea:If there are no psychological depths to be found, the only psychological "truths" are the stories we tell about ourselves and others. They are "true" by virtue of the fact that we're telling them, in the same way there are truths about Anna Karenina simply because that's how Tolstoy told the story. There's something liberating about this. We're no longer committed to defending the ‘why' of our actions, at least from the perspective of a single motivating psychological variable. This is often what we reach for when trying to hold others to account. That may be necessary in the courtroom. But I think it's the source of a lot of tension in our interpersonal relationships — the need to specify what caused someone to behave in a certain way. Rather, we get to look at through a different lens. We get to say okay, this is what I've done. How does it fit into the overall story? The theory actually gives us an explanation for why the question "why did you do that?" can be the source of so much emotional violence in a relationship. There is really no answer. Therefore any answer is necessarily wrong and inadequate. And any expectation of an adequate answer is inevitably let down.At any rate, this argument by Nick makes me think of something said in a recent episode with Sam Gershman. The point of a model is not to be right. The point is to articulate the space of possibilities. I do think Nick is right that psychology—with the exception of 20th century Behaviorism—has for a long time taken for granted that there are some sort of depths to the mind. His argument is useful because it attempts to paint a clear and compelling version of the alternative. Whether or not he's onto something, I'll leave up to you. But I think part of the exercise of thinking through his position is about gaining a better understanding of what we take for granted in the conventional ways we talk about our own mental lives. Perhaps the mind isn't exactly flat, as Nick says, but I think it's say to safe that we're inclined to ascribe more depth to our minds than is merited—telling more than we can know, as Richard Nisbett called it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit codykommers.substack.com/subscribe

#97: Is the Biggest Fish in the Pond Happy? (feat. W. David Marx)

Choiceology with Katy Milkman

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2022 80:56

One of my favorite psychology papers of all time is called “Telling More than We Can Know” by Richard Nisbett and Timothy Wilson. The argument of the paper is that humans don't actually know why they do what they do. But they're more than happy to give you an explanation nonetheless.This the reason why we need a science of human behavior. If we could all just intuit the correct answers automatically, there'd be no need for researchers to figure them out. This provides a kind of template for how psychological research works: I got the human do something, and now I'm going to tell you why they did it.And cognitive science in particular is traditionally obsessed with explaining “why” in terms of one main concept: rationality. The human did the thing because it's a reasonable thing to do, once you take into account all the right information. And if the story is not so straightforward, then the deviation from rationality cries out for explanation. It is an account of human behavior that prioritizes practical function: we have the mental apparatus we have because it helps us succeed in the situations we're most likely to find ourselves. While this may be a useful explanation for behavior in the laboratory, things get more complicated once you start observing humans in the wild. What about all the stuff that isn't explainable by mere rational utility?Why, for instance, do I prefer some clothes over others? Why do I have a little piece of leather on my keychain when it neither holds keys nor opens doors? Why did I listen to the Men in Blazers soccer podcast religiously for two years, then suddenly forsake it entirely? Why do I insist, simply our of principle, on never drinking French wine?In other words: what's the “why” behind culture?This question is the impetus for the recent book by my guest today, W David Marx. David has lived in Japan for 19 years. His first book was Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style. For most of his career he has followed and written about Japanese culture and its influence on the West. His latest book, Status and Culture, is his effort to explain the mechanisms of cultural change: why we do what we do, when we don't need to do it.He calls this the “Grand Mystery of Culture”: Why do humans collectively prefer certain practices, and then, years later, move on to alternatives for no practical reason?This is where status comes in. David argues that it's the conceptual glue that holds together the parts of human behavior that aren't explained by rationality. How exactly it does that is the subject of our conversation.But the thing about status is that you can always have more of it. If, as David argues, we're all constantly chasing after status in one way or another, when does it stop? Is anyone ever satisfied with their status? Is the biggest fish in the pond happy? Or does she just want to find a bigger pond? Does status ever give us a sense of purpose or meaning? Or is it just empty calories? We get into a lot of this throughout the conversation. Yet, for me, reading David's book raised as many questions as it answered.Status and Culture is an entry in the genre of Epic Theory. It seeks to explain everything. Doing so requires that one leaves out quite a bit, especially when the book weighs in at a svelte 275 pages of full text. But there's something about David's book which makes me really love it: It is an academic book that isn't written by an academic. Reading it, one gets the feeling that the reader is hearing from someone who has actually been out there in the world and lived a little bit. David reads. (A lot.) But it doesn't feel like he spends his days cooped up in a library. When he talks about culture, you know you're hearing from someone who has participated in it—not just theorized about it. He's not trying to explain why those other people over there are into one fashion trend and not another; he's trying to explain the fashion trends which he's seen in his own social circles.Ultimately, perhaps David, like all of us, is guilty of telling more than he can know. Do the mechanics of status really explain all of culture? I don't know. Maybe it is all about status. Maybe it's not. But I'll keep that little piece of leather on my keychain, just in case.David's new book is Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change. It's out now.At the end of each episode, I ask my guest about three books that have most influenced their thinking. Here are David's picks:* One for All: The Logic of Group Conflictby Russell Hardin (1995)Little known but mind blowing; the theory also explains fashions really well.* The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetryby Harold Bloom (1973)Art as a process of being influenced by and attempting to influence. A classic.* For a Critique of the Political Economy of the Signby Jean Baudrillard (1972)Incisive investigation into the reason why things are valued. The denser French theory precursor to David's Status and Culture.Books by David:* 2022: Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change* 2015: Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style(I hope you find something good for your next read. If you happen to find it through the above links, I get a referral fee. Thanks!) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit codykommers.substack.com/subscribe

We Know We Are Right – That’s The Problem – Episode #524

Live on Purpose Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 25:06

A little over a year ago, Dr. Paul interviewed Dr. Richard Nisbett in an episode of Live On Purpose Radio called “Thinking About Thinking“. In this episode, Dr. Paul reflects on that conversation with one...

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48: A Joyous Journey from Black-and-White to Grey (with Tom Gilovich)

On Wisdom

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2022 48:26

Is "the spectrum" a more helpful way to think about the world than "categories"? Tom Gilovich joins Igor and Charles to discuss the perils of black-and-white thinking, the evolving data on the hot hand phenomenon, the science of regret, why foxes are wiser than hedgehogs, and the freedom that comes from learning that we are of less interest to other people than we think. Igor considers the limits of psychological nudging in tackling society's structural problems, Tom shares the perspective that leads him to be so unrelentingly joyful, and Charles learns that even scientists have to work hard to avoid being typecast. Welcome to Episode 48. Special Guest: Tom Gilovich.

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Second-Guessing First Impressions: With Guests Allen Sarven & Richard Nisbett

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2022 32:37 Very Popular

Don't shoot the messenger is a metaphorical phrase for blaming the bearer of bad news. It's easy to be angry with someone who is associated with information you don't want to hear–say, a doctor delivering an unwelcome diagnosis, or a manager who has to fire you due to budget issues beyond her control. The phrase also points to a tendency we all have to overweight someone's personality or disposition (that person who fired me is a jerk) and underweight the situation (sales were down this year, and they can't afford current staffing levels).In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we look at this bias in a number of different contexts, and explore how it often leads us to make mistakes.Allen Sarven, a.k.a Al Snow, is a man who has been viewed as both a villain and a hero. He spent many years as a professional wrestler in the WWE as a heel or bad guy. Wrestling fans would heap scorn on him, and cheer on his opponents. Of course, it was all an act and as you'll hear, he is a three-dimensional human being who thinks deeply about the nature of storytelling in pro wrestling and beyond.Recently, Sarven found himself being lauded by the media as a hero in a dramatic rescue in Florida. But he argues that anyone would have done the same thing if they were in his shoes.Allen Sarven is currently the owner and CEO of Ohio Valley Wrestling in Louisville, Kentucky.Next, Katy speaks with renowned social psychologist Richard Nisbett about how incomplete information can result in consequential errors. Nisbett argues that the fundamental attribution error gets us in trouble constantly. We often trust people we ought not to, or avoid people who really are perfectly nice, or we might hire people who are not all that competent, simply because we fail to recognize situational forces that may be affecting the person's behavior.Richard Nisbett is the Theodore M Newcomb Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Michigan. He's also the author of many books, including Thinking: A Memoir.Finally, Katy talks about the ways that fundamental attribution can affect businesses and even your investment strategy.Choiceology is an original podcast from Charles Schwab. For more on the series, visit schwab.com/podcast.If you enjoy the show, please leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating or review on Apple Podcasts. Important DisclosuresAll expressions of opinion are subject to change without notice in reaction to shifting market conditions.The comments, views, and opinions expressed in the presentation are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of Charles Schwab. Data contained herein from third-party providers is obtained from what are considered reliable sources. However, its accuracy, completeness or reliability cannot be guaranteed.The book How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (CS&Co.). Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (CS&Co.) has not reviewed the book and makes no representations about its content.Apple Podcasts and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.Google Podcasts and the Google Podcasts logo are trademarks of Google LLC.Spotify and the Spotify logo are registered trademarks of Spotify AB. (0322-263H)

The psychology of thinking and free will; an interview with a Distinguished influence in the field: Richard Nisbett.

Psych Flow

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2022 59:11

This interview has been the singular most influential and outstanding achievement in my career and academic life so far. A discussion with an award winning psychologist which sheds light on the working of the brain, free will, consciousness and influence of behaviour. We discuss Richard's newest memoir; Thinking, which is now available to purchase using the links below:Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thinking-memoir-Richard-Nisbett/dp/0578854678/ref=ascEbay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/194242991272?chn=ps&Wob: https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/richard-e-nisbett/thinking/9780578854670?gclid=CjwKCAiAx8KQBhAGEiwAD3EiP84hxzhdgGoogle: https://www.google.com/shopping/product/12601828410963919854?q=thinking+memoir+richard+nisbett&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1324&bih=1042&sxsrf=APq-WBuGqhIAPQ7eI9uVBRE0tu4MDvm3cw:1645273813434&uact=5&oq=thinking+memoir+richard+nisbett&gs

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My Chat with Psychologist Dr. Richard Nisbett (The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad_350)

The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2022 66:20

Topics covered include Richard's memoir, theories of reasoning (e.g., argumentative theory, Wason selection task), cultures of honor (e.g., the American South), cultural differences, IQ, evolutionary psychology, behavioral decision theory, the University of Michigan, authenticity (Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, and Donald Trump), epistemic humility, deontological versus consequentialist ethics, identity politics, Lebanon, Nassim Taleb, interdisciplinarity, variety seeking, the psychology of regret, kindness, and choosing the right mate. Richard's memoir: https://amzn.to/3JXDeEb _______________________________________ If you appreciate my work and would like to support it: https://subscribestar.com/the-saad-truth https://patreon.com/GadSaad https://paypal.me/GadSaad _______________________________________ This clip was posted earlier today (January 10, 2022) on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1358: https://youtu.be/NsNrQJCHSzw _______________________________________ The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense (paperback edition) was released on October 5, 2021. Order your copy now. https://www.amazon.com/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X _______________________________________ Please visit my website gadsaad.com, and sign up for alerts. If you appreciate my content, click on the "Support My Work" button. I count on my fans to support my efforts. You can donate via Patreon, PayPal, and/or SubscribeStar. _______________________________________ Dr. Gad Saad is a professor, evolutionary behavioral scientist, and author who pioneered the use of evolutionary psychology in marketing and consumer behavior. In addition to his scientific work, Dr. Saad is a leading public intellectual who often writes and speaks about idea pathogens that are destroying logic, science, reason, and common sense. _______________________________________

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Richard Nisbett on Flawed Reasoning and Societies (Podcast)

Masters in Business

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 99:57

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with social psychologist Richard Nisbett, an emeritus professor at the University of Michigan who has studied how culture affects cognitive processes, among other issues. He is the author of several books, including "The Geography of Thought," "Intelligence and How to Get It," and, most recently, "Thinking: A Memoir." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

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L'interpretazione erronea: psicologia sociale.

In viaggio con la Psicologia.

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2021 5:26

Capita spesso di porsi tutta una serie di domande e di non avere la certezza che le risposte (che ci diamo), siano quelle giuste. Richard Nisbett e Stanley Schachter (1960), dimostrarono l'interpretazione erronea che le persone attribuiscono ai propri pensieri, compiendo un esperimento sugli studenti della Columbia University. Quanto è importante dubitare delle/sulle proprie scelte?Buon viaggio e buon ascolto.

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SPP 138: Dr. Richard Nisbett and Critical Thinking

School Psyched!

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2021

SPP 138: Dr. Richard Nisbett and Critical Thinking #psychedpodcast is excited to connect with Dr. Nisbett! https://www.richardnisbett.com/ Richard E. Nisbett is one of the world’s most respected psychologists. His work focuses on issues in social psychology and cognitive science. Richard E. Nisbett has received the Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions from the American Psychological Association… Continue reading SPP 138: Dr. Richard Nisbett and Critical Thinking

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43: Invisible to Ourselves: A Life of a Psychological Scientist (with Richard Nisbett)

On Wisdom

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2021 71:16

A disturbing thought - might it be impossible for us to directly observe the workings of our minds? Richard Nisbett joins Igor and Charles to discuss a life lived on the cutting edge of behavioral sciences in the second part of the 20th Century. He shares tales from his groundbreaking research into our faulty mindware, discussing various biases, cultural differences in cognitive processes, our inability to directly observe our mental processes, and why job interviews are not only unhelpful but potentially harmful to our ability to hire the best person for the job. Igor is keen to learn about the human beings behind some of the 20th Century's academic idols in social psychology like Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky and Lee Ross, Richard explains why important work and interesting work are not necessarily the same thing, and Charles struggles to make sense of when we do and don't intervene to help strangers in peril. Welcome to Episode 43. Special Guest: Richard Nisbett.

Richard Nisbett - Why Your Reasoning Is Flawed and How To Fix It

Smart People Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2021 60:43

Richard Nisbett is one of the world's most respected psychologists. His work focuses on issues in social psychology and cognitive science. Richard is also the Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished University Professor of Psychology Emeritus at the University of Michigan.Richard's most recent book is Thinking: A memoir.Read more about Richard at his website: richardnisbett.com.Support the Show - Become a Patron!Help us grow and become a Patron today: https://www.patreon.com/smartpeoplepodcastSponsors:Organifi - Treat yourself to amazing health and try it today for 20% of the entire purchase! Go to organifi.com/SMARTLinkedIn - Get a $100 advertising credit toward your first LinkedIn campaign. Go to linkedin.com/smart.Donate:Donate here to support the show!

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227. Richard Nisbett on Thinking & Reason

Science Salon

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2021 134:54

In this wide-ranging conversation Shermer and Nisbett discuss Nisbett's research showing how people reason, how people should reason, why errors in reasoning occur, how much you can improve reasoning, what kinds of problems are best solved by the conscious mind and what kinds by the unconscious mind, and how we should think about intelligence, along with the controversies over group differences and genetic influences on I.Q. scores and why Charles Murray (The Bell Curve) is wrong in inferring genetic causes for group differences in I.Q.. Nisbett also shows that self-knowledge can be dramatically off-kilter and points to ways to improve it, and demonstrates how different cultures have radically different ways of reasoning and feeling, and how this led to his most famous research showing the difference between Northerners and Southerners in rates of violence, the culture of honor, and a hair-trigger for slights and insults. The two also discuss the #metoo, BLM, antiracism, and woke movements today in context of his psychological research.

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121a. Attachment Theory as cultural ideology

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2021 59:17

The title of this episode might ruffle some feathers. Attachment Theory is developmental psychology's shining star, the theory with the greatest predictive success, and one which has become popular among child psychiatrists. You can now hear it spoken about wherever child psychology is the main topic, and it has become something of a buzzword. Could this scientific theory really be "cultural ideology"? What would that even mean? Attachment Theory as Cultural Ideology is the name of an essay within the volume Multiple Faces of Attachment - Cultural Variations on a Universal Human Need which I talk about in the recording. It is a collection of essays written by anthropologists plus one evolutionary psychologist on the problems with existing Attachment Theory - mainly its lack of applicability outside of a Euro-American context. The Cultural Ideology essay in particular was the one that got me to buy the book, and it shows how Attachment Theory is in fact deeply intertwined with 20th century Western moralisms around the treatment of children. In this part of the episode, I describe what Attachment Theory is, how it was developed, and biological evidence that would at least partially weaken its existing claims. Enjoy the episode. *** RELATED EPISODES Anthropology: 39. The Geography of Thought by Richard Nisbett; 106. The Anthropology of Childhood by David Lancy; 116. Cultural Foundations of Learning, East and West by Jin Li

#23 Paul Thagard - On philosophy, cognitive science, and collaboration.

Cool Collaborations

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2021 44:18

Welcome to episode #23 of the Cool Collaborations podcast. My guest today is Paul Thagard, PhD, a is a philosopher, cognitive scientist, and author. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He has been awarded the Molson Prize (2007) and a Killam Prize (2013) by the Canada Council for the Arts.Our conversation covers a lot of ground as we explore collaboration in the world of people, animals, and artificial intelligence, in line with the work in Paul's new book Bots and Beasts: What Makes Machines, Animals, and People Smart? We speak about recursive thinking, empathy, complex problem solving, and creativity in the three worlds of bots, beasts, and humans. Here's a few links to Paul Thagard's latest book and some of the other things we discuss during the episode: Paul Thagard, PhDBots and Beasts: What Makes Machines, Animals, and People Smart?Richard Nisbett, Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished University Professor, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, University of MichiganKeith Holyoak, Distinguished Professor, Stanford UniversityOcean's ElevenLitt, Abninder & Eliasmith, Chris & Kroon, Frederick & Weinstein, Steven & Thagard, Paul. (2006). Is the brain a quantum computer?. Cognitive science. 30. 593-603. 10.1207/s15516709cog0000_59.Distributed Artificial Intelligence or Multiagent systemsDeep Mind by GoogleIBM WatsonAlphaGo – DeepMind playing the game Go.The concept of EmergencePaul Thagard's new book Bots and Beasts: What Makes Machines, Animals, and People Smart? It comes out on October 19, 2021. And, be sure to subscribe to the Cool Collaborations podcast with your podcast provider and share it with a friend you think would enjoy listening. Your host for the Cool Collaborations podcast is Scott Millar. Scott is the principle of Collaboration Dynamics, where he often works as a "peacemaker" by gathering people with different experiences and values and helping them navigate beyond their differences to tackle complex problems together.

#015 - Rational Thinking with Dr. Richard Nisbett

Why Do We Do That?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 55:17

In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Ryan Moyer speaks with social psychologist, Dr. Richard Nisbett about how poorly people are at explaining their own thoughts, how thinking has changed over the past century, what statistical principles can make you a better thinker, and cost-benefit analysis in the age of Covid-19. For more on Richard, visit his website, where you can purchase his latest book "Thinking: A Memoir" Why Do We Do That? is a psychology podcast that deconstructs human behavior from the perspectives of social scientists, psychologists, and others that use applied psychology in their work. Website | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube

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Episode 42 - Interview with Dr. Richard E. Nisbett

Psychology After Dark

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2021 59:25

From a humble beginning in Littlefield, Texas, to Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Dr. Richard Nisbett has lived an extraordinary life as a widely influential social psychologist, the key points of which he explores in his new book, Thinking: A Memoir. In this interview, Dr. Nisbett talks about his contributions to psychological research including common thinking errors people make as it pertains to thinking rationally, and teaching people how to correct them; how Asian cultures think differently than Westerners; how Americans from the South think differently than those from the North, the importance of understanding base rates and statistics in psychology, to what and how we attribute our decision making processes, and how to pick a good graduate program. Along the way, Dr. Nisbett affectionately reflects on some well-known intellectuals and researchers whom he has worked with, encounters with vastly different cultures and the implications for western psychology, and being one of the architects of a “golden age” in psychological research. Join Drs. Micono and Morelos as they interview researcher, author, and Professor Emeritus Richard E. Nisbett.

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1540: Soul-Share with Social Psychologist and Thinking Author, Richard Nisbett

The Positive Head Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 58:37

Richard is a psychologist and author who focuses on issues in social psychology and cognitive science. In this episode, he discusses the reasoning processes people use to think about the world, how we can avoid errors in reasoning, and nature versus nurture. Download The Golden Key audio or e-book at GoldenKey.Gift with the Code: POSITIVEHEAD Care to play a game with the youniverse? positivehead.com/youniverse Text Brandon to receive regular golden nuggets of wisdom at 310.564.0750

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S03E04 Interview with Leonard Carr on Relationships, Insecurity and Psychotherapy

Changing Minds with Owen Fitzpatrick

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2021 62:15

This week, I interview a brilliant psychologist Leonard Carr who is an expert on personality and relationships and we talk about relationships, insecurity and psychotherapy… this one is not to miss! Key Takeaways: How to develop an appreciative approach On going with your feelings versus going with your gut There is a lot to learn from toddlers because they live in vulnerability How to become a well-rounded human being On power issues and the weaponization of social media A good relationship has a healthy balance of maintaining one's sense of self and making space for the other person Leonard's tips for single people Quotes: “How you perceive the world... is really a choice, and it's those choices that inform your experience of life.” “You can only see the world as if for the first time if you're not bringing old agendas and programs to your current reality.” “[Try not to become] the monster you are trying to find.” “A person has to enjoy life and be happy with wherever you are and whatever phase that you're in.” “Make a real commitment to understand the greatness of every human being and the value of human dignity...” ABOUT LEONARD CARR Leonard Carr is a clinical psychologist who has over forty years' experience counseling and psychotherapy in diverse lay-voluntary and professional settings. Internationally recognized as an expert on personality and relationships, he has been cited in books and other publications. A prolific writer and columnist, Leonard has appeared extensively on national and international radio and television and has hosted two of his own radio shows on psychological matters. He is regularly invited to present workshops and talks both locally and internationally. He was the primary psychological commentator on the Oscar Pistorius Trial and during the trial made extensive appearances on radio, TV and in the press. Leonard has worked in a diverse variety of settings like schools, hospitals, crisis intervention centers and children's homes in his early career. Leonard is a past chairperson of the South African Association of Marital and Family Therapy. He is an accredited Mediator. He gained extensive experience from being called upon to assess and report on the psychological dynamics in a variety of court cases, many of which contributed to changing the law in South Africa. Leonard has developed an integrative perspective on personality that draws on insights from many schools of psychology and spiritual thought and tradition integrated into a comprehensive map of personal development. He runs growth courses and workshops based on his model and its applications to the areas of leadership, organizational functioning, personal growth, dating, marriage, parenting and interpersonal relationships. To learn more, go to http://www.leonardcarr.com You might also enjoy last week's interview with Dr. Richard Nisbett on social psychology and thinking. Listen here.

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116a. Cultural Foundations of Learning, East and West by Jin Li

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2021 33:21

You may have noticed that I am generally quite disappointed in professors of education. It seems that the work of cognitive scientists, (some) psychologists, anthropologists, (some) economists, historians, and even machine learning researchers and philosophers is reliable, trustworthy, and can offer a good contribution, whereas that has not been my experience with people explicitly employed by university education departments. However, Jin Li breaks that trend. And boy, how she breaks it. Cultural Foundations of Learning, East and West follows Jin Li's research into the nature and causes of differences in learning beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours between Westerners (mainly European-Americans) and people from "the East" (mainly Chinese, Taiwanese, and Chinese-Americans). She goes into issues of parenting, teaching techniques, student attitudes, language usage, and underlying philosophy. Overall, she paints a coherent picture which is invaluable to helping see the water in which we are swimming. What is really striking about her work is the degree to which she peers into people's souls. By explicitly stating hidden assumptions of Western culture, she not only deftly expresses how well she understands you (which can be a bit unnerving), but demonstrates how your most deeply held beliefs, so deep that you would not have even considered them beliefs but obvious truisms, not only don't have to be accepted by other cultures, but in fact usually aren't. In the process, she peers into her own soul (with the help of a large body of cultural evidence) to reveal the thinking style of her own Chinese origins. The result is mind-expanding in the way only good anthropology can be. I will be covering this book over many parts. This first part will serve as an introduction to the main themes of the book, and to the author herself. Enjoy the episode. ### RELATED EPISODES 39a, b. The Geography of Though by Richard Nisbett (on the differences between "Eastern" and "Western" cultures more broadly, not just about learning) 106a-h. The Anthroplogy of Childhood by David Lancy (comparing childhood across many human societies, not just "East vs. West")

PIcciniCast 47 - Como Pensar Melhor e Com Inteligência

PicciniCast - Professor Piccini

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021 31:30

Quer pensar melhor e tomar melhores decisões? Confira as dicas neste PicciniCast para você pensar com mais clareza, decidir melhor e ter mais resultados na vida. Todas as estratégias deste episódio foram retiradas do livro Mindware do autor Richard Nisbett, adquira na amazon: https://amzn.to/2URA4x1 Mande suas críticas, elogios e sugestões para contato@estudareaprender.com Se você quer passar em alguma prova, concurso ou faculdade em menos tempo, conheça o Método 5. Meu curso completo para ajudar você a desenvolver todas as potencialidades do seu cérebro e ter 100% de êxito em suas provas. Acesse: https://metodo5.com Se você gostou do episódio e gosta do formato do PicciniCast pode me ajudar a convidar mais pessoas para ouvir também? Tudo o que você precisa fazer é deixar um comentário e 5 estrelas no Apple Podcast (e se inscrever, se ainda não fez) Se você está ouvindo Podcast por outros agregadores como Spotify ou Google Podcast é só compartilhar com algum amigo ou amiga para ele conhecer também. Isso significa muito para mim, muito obrigado! Para mais conteúdos acesse o site do Professor Piccini.

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#42: Thinking with Richard Nisbett

Opinion Science

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2021 37:38 Transcription Available

Richard E. Nisbett has spent his career studying how people think. He is an emeritus professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan, and his research has influenced how psychologists think about reasoning, introspection, culture, and intelligence. He has written several important books over his career, including The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently…and Why and Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking.His newest book is Thinking: A Memoir.In this episode, Nisbett shares samples of his work relating to our inability to know the inner workings of our own minds, whether we can call various cognitive biases “errors” in reasoning, and how culture shapes the way we interact with the world.Some things that come up in this episode:Nisbett's favorite study: Norman R. F. Maier's finding that people fail to understand where their insights come from (Maier, 1931)The classic set of studies by Richard Nisbett and Tim Wilson on our failure to introspect on cognitive processes (Nisbett & Wilson, 1977)The study where a goat entered a classroom (but that was really about intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation; Lepper, Greene, & Nisbett, 1973)Nisbett's work on errors in reasoning (Nisbett & Ross, 1980; Nisbett, 1992)Early work by Hazel Markus and Shinobu Kitayama on the effects of culture on how we think about ourselves (Markus & Kitayama, 1991; also see Markus' book Clash!)The “Culture of Honor” (Nisbett, 1996)Cross-cultural differences in analytic versus holistic thinking (see Nibsett's Geography of Thought for a summary)For a transcript of this episode, visit: http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/episode/thinking-with-richard-nisbett/---------------Check out my new audio course on Knowable: "The Science of Persuasion."Learn more about Opinion Science at http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/ and follow @OpinionSciPod on Twitter.

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0284 [LIFE] How to Heal Emotional Trauma with Cedric Bertelli

Women Inspired!

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 46:31

How many times have you experienced a strong, negative emotion and acted in a way that you later regret? How many times have you experienced intense fear, anger, or anxiety, seemingly out of the blue? These experiences are what's called disruptive emotional patterns, and they can be changed. Today's guest is Cedric Bertelli, the founder of the Emotional Health Institute. Through is work, he helps people recognize and overcome disruptive emotional patterns that interfere with their lives. Through a process called Emotional Resolution or EmRes, he helps people retrain their mind to more accurately respond to day-to-day life and move past disruptive emotional patterns. I personally found incredible value in this episode, particularly as we spoke about our ability to use our bodily sensations as a guide in this process. I know you'll get incredible insight from this conversation. Learn more about the Emotional Health Institute: https://www.emotionalhealthinstitute.org/ During this episode I mentioned last week's episode with Dr. Richard Nisbett. You can check that episode out here: www.peakmindpsychology.com/blog/0281

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Episode 68: How (Not) to be a Hater

Two Psychologists Four Beers

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 84:26

Alexa and Yoel discuss "The Anticreativity Letters," a satirical article by Richard Nisbett that advises young psychology researchers to (among other things) avoid being overly critical. How does the article's advice hold up today? How does one combine appropriate skepticism with enthusiasm for research? Or are the two in conflict at all? Plus: Alexa gets salty about salty drinks, and Yoel returns to the gym.

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0281 [LIFE] How to Become a Better Thinker with Dr. Richard Nisbett

Women Inspired!

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2021 52:22

In today's episode of the podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Richard Nisbett, one of the most well-known, well-cited, and influential Psychologists of all time. To say I am thrilled is an understatement! During our conversation, we dive deep into the meaningful contribution he has made to the field of Psychology. In particular, we touch on the difference between the unconscious and conscious mind and how we can use our unconscious mind more fully. We talk about errors and biases in our judgement and decision-making. And, he gives us a glimpse into the powerful factors that shape our behavior and the ways in which we experience life day-to-day. Find Dr. Nisbett's newest book "Thinking: A Memoir" here: https://amzn.to/3ziTVVb Find Dr. Nisbett's book "Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking" here: https://amzn.to/3wglNax

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Richard Nisbett - Does Introspection Actually Matter?

Standard Deviations

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 49:38

Tune in to hear:- On a previous podcast, Richard Nisbett expressed that the most central message of psychology is that we have no access to most of what goes on in our heads. What studies are illustrative of this dramatic conclusion he reached?- What are the implications of this stream of thought, particularly in regards to free will and determinism?- In light of this research, are things like introspection valuable or do they simply feel meaningful?- If environment is highly influential in our decision making process, what can we do to create environmental prompts to improve the decisions we make?- How can incentives for driving behavior backfire and why might consensus be a more powerful motivational tool?- How can we consider all sides, to more effectively protect ourselves from confirmation bias, in an age when it's so easy for really harmful, unvetted ideas to get propagated and shared widely.- What's a practical example of how one can use formal logic to improve decisions?Web: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SSAXRCW/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1Compliance Code: 1863-OAS-6/18/2021

Conscious Processes and Intelligence (with Richard Nisbett)

Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2021 75:36

What sorts of things do the conscious and unconscious parts of our minds do? How we can make people more intelligent? How much is intelligence heritable vs. environmental? What's the value (or disvalue) of holding interviews during the hiring process? When do we over- and under-use cost-benefit analyses?Richard E. Nisbett is one of the world's most respected psychologists. His work focuses on issues in social psychology and cognitive science. His newest book Thinking: A Memoir is both an intellectual autobiography and a personal history. It's available for sale on Amazon, Amazon.co.uk, and Barnes and Noble. To learn more, go to RichardNisbett.com.[Read more]

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This is the fourth and final part of Richard and Christian's conversation where they discuss the differences in Western versus Eastern thought and Richard's motivations behind writing his book. Richard recently released his new book Thinking: A Memoir, in which he details different human reasoning errors, why those errors occur, and how to improve your reasoning. Episode 48.Find out more at cashliman.comThinking: A Memoir by Richard Nisbett on AmazonFollow Christian on Instagram @cashlimanSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/cashliman)

#125: Thinking; with Dr. Richard Nisbett

Left of Greg Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2021 67:44

Today we are joined by social psychologist Dr. Richard Nisbett to discuss his latest book called “Thinking: A Memoir.” Dr Nisbett has spent his career researching things like how people reason, how people should reason, why errors in reasoning occur, how much you can improve reasoning, what kinds of problems are best solved by the conscious mind and what kinds by the unconscious mind. We get into a number of different areas during the episode including Eastern vs Western thinking, Jukebox Theory, and one of the most prevalent issues I see happen on social media today which is something called fundamental attribution error. AT the end of the show, Greg and I stayed on to record our thoughts on the interview. You can listen to a short clip of the conversation and if you enjoyed it you can head over to the Left Of Greg Patreon page to hear the rest. Thank you for tuning in to the show, and please don't forget to subscribe, share it with your friends, and follow us on our new Left Of Greg Instagram page. You can find all of those links and more below.Left Of Greg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_left_of_greg_podcast/ Left Of Greg Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeftOfGregSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/LeftOfGreg/)

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The Power of the Unconscious Mind & the Law of Large Numbers w/ Richard Nisbett

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 20:43

Today is the third part of Richard and Christian's conversation where they discuss the power of the unconscious mind, the law of large numbers, and how learning these concepts can change everything. Richard recently released his new book Thinking: A Memoir, in which he details different human reasoning errors, why those errors occur, and how to improve your reasoning. Episode 46.Find out more at cashliman.comThinking: A Memoir by Richard Nisbett on AmazonFollow Christian on Instagram @cashlimanSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/cashliman)

Research Replication & the Fundamental Attribution Error w/ Richard Nisbett

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 15:18

Continuing the conversation with Richard E. Nisbett! Richard recently released his new book Thinking: A Memoir, in which he details different human reasoning errors, why those errors occur, and how to improve your reasoning. Today is the second part of Richard and Christian's conversation where they discuss the replicability of psychological research and the Fundamental Attribution Error. Episode 44. Find out more at cashliman.com Thinking: A Memoir by Richard Nisbett on Amazon Follow Christian on Instagram @cashliman Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/cashliman)

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5-Minute Friday: Reasoning Errors Run Deep

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2021 8:04

In the inaugural episode of 5-Minute Fridays, Christian discusses the relationship between reasoning errors detailed in the book Thinking: A Memoir by Richard Nisbett and the class distinctions and group inferences reviewed in The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell. Episode 43.Find out more at cashliman.comThinking: A Memoir by Richard Nisbett on AmazonFollow Bedletter on Instagram @cashlimanSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/cashliman)

Reasoning Errors & Mentor Relationships w/ Richard Nisbett

Psychology Concepts Explained

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 18:01

This week we welcome accomplished psychologist Richard E. Nisbett to the show! Richard recently released his new book Thinking: A Memoir, in which he details different human reasoning errors, why those errors occur, and how to improve your reasoning. Today is the first part of Richard and Christian's conversation where they discuss Richard’s interest in reasoning errors and how a mentor relationship can benefit your growth. Episode 42. Find out more at cashliman.comBuy Richard’s book Thinking: A Memoir on AmazonFollow Bedletter on Instagram @cashlimanSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/cashliman)

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My Conversation with Dr. Richard Nisbett

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 84:48

This week I have the pleasure and honor to pick the brain of Dr. Richard Nisbett, who recently released his memoir, "Thinking." He is one of the most influential social psychologists of our time, especially in the realm of social cognition. We covered a wide variety of subjects, from his storied career, loss of his close friend of 55 years, Dr. Lee Ross, aspects of his research he wished received more attention, multicultural psychology topics such as the bamboo ceiling, and more. #AsianAmericanPacificIslanderHeritageMonth #mentalhealthawarenessmonth Here are some relevant links from the episode: https://bookpublicityservices.com/thinking-a-memoir-by-richard-e-nisbett/ https://www.richardnisbett.com/ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10299632-the-person-and-the-situation https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/226630.The_Geography_of_Thought https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13543093-the-better-angels-of-our-nature https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11140803-american-nations Thanks again for listening! Hey come check out Discord with me https://discord.gg/XwNrZb4mFU Written transcripts found on my podcast page! https://drjackchuang.wordpress.com/ Find me via email: PsychExplained@pm.me, or via Twitter, @JACKBTEACHING (I know, that's clever, right?) Anonymous suggestion box: https://pht4g6i9gwi.typeform.com/to/UIfqLwxP Ways to Support my podcast: - Please rate and comment on Apple Podcasts or your podcast platform. - Use Anchor link below for leave voice messages, or monthly support BUY ME COFFEE..... - PayPal to my username, @JACKYAC Or via https://paypal.me/jackyac?locale.x=en_US - Venmo: Username = jackbteaching All support received goes towards keeping Dr. Chuang caffeinated, and the coffee purchased will be from local, small roasters and coffee shops - so your support will help local small businesses! Coffee shops I have supported: https://www.facebook.com/Twocatsroastingco/?ref=page_internal https://groundsandhoundscoffee.com/  https://brewsandrescuescoffee.com  https://www.blackcoffeefw.com/products  https://ascensiondallas.com/shop/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jackbteaching/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jackbteaching/support

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Richard Nisbett: Intelligence & Psychology | USIA Podcast #3

USIA Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2021 33:53

CONNECT: Subscribe to the USIA YouTube channelUnited Sigma Intelligence Association (USIA): https://usiassociation.org Ian Bott's Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanBott USIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/UsiaPodcast USIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USIAssociationOUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 0:48 - What is intelligence? 1:28 - Are IQ tests useful as a measure of intelligence? 5:33 - Genetic vs. environmental influences on intelligence 7:01 - Differences in Western and Eastern thought 16:11 - How can we teach reasoning skills? 22:26 - The replicability crisis in the social sciences 31:05 - Misaligned incentives in academia

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Conscious Processes and Intelligence with Richard Nisbett

Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 75:36

What sorts of things do the conscious and unconscious parts of our minds do? How we can make people more intelligent? How much is intelligence heritable vs. environmental? What's the value (or disvalue) of holding interviews during the hiring process? When do we over- and under-use cost-benefit analyses? Richard E. Nisbett is one of the world's most respected psychologists. His work focuses on issues in social psychology and cognitive science. His newest book Thinking: A Memoir is both an intellectual autobiography and a personal history. It's available for sale on Amazon, Amazon.co.uk, and Barnes and Noble. To learn more, go to RichardNisbett.com.

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Season 1: Episode 9 - Lee Ross + Richard Nisbett: Context is key

consideranew (+ Season 2 cohost, Dr. Jane Shore of School of Thought)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 7:20

"The Person and the Situation: Perspectives of Social Psychology" by Lee Ross and Richard Nisbett (2011) (http://bit.ly/2XSlkvP) "An interpretation of the false consensus effect in terms of construal, it should be reemphasized, requires more than the simple assumption that different people construe a given situation in different ways. It depends on the additional assumption that in doing so they fail to recognize or fail to make adequate inferential allowance for the fact that their peers may construe the 'same' situation quite differently. The contention here is that people fail to recognize the degree to which their interpretations of the situation are just that -- constructions and inferences rather than faithful reflections of some objective and invariant reality" (p. 85). References: "Minding Matters: The Consequences of Mindlessness–Mindfulness" by Ellen Langer (http://bit.ly/2KnGajq) "A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change" by Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown (http://bit.ly/3bRzENc) Michael Lipset of PassTell Stories (http://www.michaellipset.com/) Connect: Twitter (https://twitter.com/mjcraw) Website (https://www.mjcraw.com) Music from Digi G'Alessio CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (https://bit.ly/2IyV71i)

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#42: Richard Nisbett on Telling More than He Can Know

Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2021 103:37

Richard Nisbett is the Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished Professor of social psychology and co-director of the Culture and Cognition program at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He is also the co-author of one of my favorite psychology papers of all time: "Telling More than We Can Know." In this conversation, Richard self-reports on what got him into psychology, the books that most impacted him, the influence of his mentor Stanley Schachter, and his best practices for collaboration and mentorship. Those self reports sure seem accurate, though I'm not sure either of us is in an especially good position to judge. We also digress a fair bit into psychological history, particularly about Freud, Gordon Allport, and Kurt Lewin. Another fun fact about Richard: he's Malcolm Gladwell's favorite psychologist.

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East-West Cultural Contrasts and the Pandemic

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2020 47:19

The U.S. is faring much worse with the coronavirus than the East Asian and Southeast Asian countries, where people also are much more agreeable to wearing face masks. These differences may be seen in the context of the broad historical contrasts drawn in Richard Nisbett’s The Geography of Thought, which presents cultural-psychological studies showing the... The post East-West Cultural Contrasts and the Pandemic appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

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Smart Thinking w/Dr. Richard Nisbett

The Keith Law Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2020 25:28

Rundown2:55 How Humans Are Profligate Causal Theorists4:44 Unconscious Influences9:28 Reasoning By Schemas11:20 Can Schemas Be Helpful & Unhelpful?14:10 The Thinkability Heuristic16:51 When Is Cost-Benefit Analysis Appropriate?19:53 When Cost-Benefit Analysis Runs Into Moral Considerations Follow Keith on Twitter: @keithlaw Get 40% off of a subscription to The Athletic at theathletic.com/klaw Interested in Dr. Nisbett's book? Purchase 'Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking' at bookshop.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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John Bargh: Dante, Coffee and the Unconscious Mind

Behavioral Grooves Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2020 92:05

John Bargh, PhD is a Professor of Psychology and Management at Yale University. His name may be familiar because of the replication crisis, but there is so much more to John Bargh than a couple of experiments that were challenged during replication. John has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, chapters in over 30 books, and he founded The ACME lab at Yale in order to research the unconscious and implicit influences on social judgment, motivation, and behavior. Over the years, his research has focused on embodied cognition effects, or how physical experiences (such as washing one’s hands or holding something warm or rough) influence metaphorically related social variables (like how physical warmth leads to feelings of physical warmth, for example). Recently, he’s been focused on how social goals and political attitudes can be influenced by the satisfaction of underlying physical-level motivations; for example, how immunization against the flu virus influences attitudes towards immigration as ‘invaders’ of one’s ‘cultural body.’ We feel fortunate to have such a wide-ranging and fun conversation with John and we’re pleased to share his insights and humor with our listeners. If you’ve not subscribed to our Patreon site, please check it out at www.patreon.com/behavioralgrooves. © 2020 Behavioral Grooves Links John Bargh, PhD: https://psychology.yale.edu/people/john-bargh ACME Lab: https://acmelab.yale.edu/ Bargh & Williams’ Coffee Study: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/suppl/2008/10/23/322.5901.606.DC1/Williams.SOM.pdf Jeff Simpson, PhD: https://twin-cities.umn.edu/content/faculty-profile-jeffry-simpson John Bowlby, PhD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bowlby Dante Alighieri “The Divine Comedy”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy Priming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priming_(psychology) Richard Nisbett, PhD: https://lsa.umich.edu/psych/people/emeriti-faculty/nisbett.html Tim Wilson, PhD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Wilson Gary Latham, PhD: https://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/FacultyAndResearch/Faculty/FacultyBios/Latham Peter Gollwitzer, PhD: https://as.nyu.edu/psychology/people/faculty.peter-m-gollwitzer.html Howard Gardner, PhD “The Mind’s New Science”: https://www.amazon.com/Minds-New-Science-Cognitive-Revolution/dp/0465046355 “The Effect of Primed Goals on Employee Performance: Implications for Human Resource Management,” Shantz & Latham: https://www-2.rotman.utoronto.ca/facbios/file/37%20-%20Shantz%20&%20Latham%20HRM%202011.pdf On Diederik Stapel’s bad data: “The case of Diederik Stapel”: https://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2011/12/diederik-stapel Jeff Greenberg, PhD on “Terror Management Theory”: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/terror-management-theory Sigmund Freud: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud William James: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James Susan Fiske, PhD: https://psych.princeton.edu/person/susan-fiske Apocalypse of St. Paul: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_of_Paul The Zeigarnik Effect: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XHpBr0VFcaT8wIUpr-9zMIb79dFMgOVFRxIZRybiftI/edit Feng Shui: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feng_shui Chameleon Effect: https://acmelab.yale.edu/sites/default/files/1999_the_chameleon_effect.pdf Lucien Stryk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucien_Stryk Adam Grant “Pre-Crastination”: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/opinion/sunday/why-i-taught-myself-to-procrastinate.html Kristen Berman on Behavioral Grooves – Episode 149: https://behavioralgrooves.com/uncategorized/covid-19-crisis-kristen-berman-on-remote-work-quaranteams-and-marinades/ Wim Hof: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Hof Gary Latham on Behavioral Grooves – Episode 147: https://behavioralgrooves.com/episode/gary-latham-phd-goal-setting-prompts-priming-and-skepticism/ Artist Links King Louie & Bo$$ Woo “Gumbo Mobsters” (Drill): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA1XYIdz3TA&feature=emb_title Jimmy Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Page Robert Plant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Plant Talking Heads “Fear of Music”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_Music Alan Parsons Project “Sirius (Eye in the Sky)”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkC_oi0ksuw YoYo Ma on Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major Prelude: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1prweT95Mo0

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Öğrenmenin Coğrafyası: Batılılar Ağaçları Hatırlarken, Doğulular Neden Ormanı Hatırlar?

Evrim Ağacı ile Bilime Dair Her Şey!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2020 7:15

Farklı kültürel birikimlerden gelen insanlar farklı mı düşünür? Farklı düşündükleri kanısı (kültürel görelilik) on yıllardır tabuydu. Bazı bilim insanlarına göre farklı insan gruplarının farklı düşünüp düşünmediğini gündeme getirmek bile ırkçıdır. Diğerleri, kültürel göreliliğin kuramsal olarak kalıplaşmış… Seslendiren: Altay Kenger

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Does revenge work and how do you de-escalate?

Cognitive Engineering

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2020 28:15

A dish best served cold, or not at all? We discuss revenge as a strategy. Image: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Things mentioned in this podcast: - The ProRevenge subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/ProRevenge/ - William Miller, In Defense of Revenge https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1130&context=book_chapters - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Retributive Justice https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/justice-retributive/ - Richard Nisbett, Culture of Honor https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Honor-Psychology-Violence-Directions/dp/0813319935 - Robert Axelrod - Evolution of Cooperation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Evolution_of_Cooperation For more Cognitive Engineering episodes find us on iTunes, Google Play or wherever you get your podcasts, or add this RSS feed to your preferred player https://link.chtbl.com/SQeIgc44

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The Global Exchange: Looking at the Indo-Pacific again

The CGAI Podcast Network

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 26:58

On today's Global Exchange Podcast, we are joined by Hugh Stephens and Stephen Nagy to discuss the Indo-Pacific region. The Global Exchange is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. Subscribe to the CGAI Podcast Network on SoundCloud, iTunes, or wherever else you can find Podcasts! Bios: - Colin Robertson (host): A former Canadian diplomat, Colin Robertson is Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. - Hugh Stephens: CGAI fellow and Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. - Stephen Nagy: CGAI fellow and a Senior Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the International Christian University, Tokyo. Recommended Books: - Hugh Stephens: “The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from A Secret World” by Peter Wohlleben, Tim Flannery, et al (https://www.amazon.ca/Hidden-Life-Trees-Communicate-Discoveries-Secret/dp/1771642483) - Stephen Nagy: “The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why” by Richard Nisbett (https://www.amazon.ca/Geography-Thought-Asians-Westerners-Differently/dp/0743255356) - Stephen Nagy: “The Rise of China vs. the Logic of Strategy” by Edward N. Luttwak (https://www.amazon.ca/Rise-China-vs-Logic-Strategy/dp/0674066421) Related Links: “Why Canada Should Embrace Taiwan's Accession to CPTPP” [Global Exchange Podcast] (https://www.cgai.ca/why_canada_should_embrace_taiwans_accession_to_cptpp) "Shifting into the era of the Indo-Pacific" by Stephen Nagy (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/12/12/commentary/japan-commentary/shifting-era-indo-pacific/#.XiYAR1NKiiA) "Japan's Indo-Pacific dream or nightmare?" by Stephen Nagy (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/08/22/commentary/japan-commentary/japans-indo-pacific-dream-nightmare/#.XiYAr1NKiiA) "Sino-Japanese relations – five years of bickering" by Stephen Nagy (https://www.policyforum.net/sino-japanese-relations-five-years-of-bickering/) Recording Date: December 17, 2019 Give 'The Global Exchange' a review on iTunes! Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on Linkedin. Head over to our website www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Jay Rankin. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

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#118 Lee Ross: Fundamental Attribution Error, Naïve Realism, and Politics

The Dissenter

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2019 41:25

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. Lee Ross is a Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and co-founder of the Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation. He's been the recipient of several awards. The author of three influential books, Human Inference and the Person and the Situation (both with Richard Nisbett) and, more recently, The Wisest One in the Room (with Thomas Gilovich), and many highly cited papers. His research on attributional biases and shortcomings in human inference has exerted a major impact in social psychology and the field of human inference, judgment and decision-making. Among the phenomena he identified and has explored are the fundamental attribution error, the false consensus effect, reactive devaluation, the hostile media phenomenon, and the convictions of naïve realism. In this episode, we cover the psychological phenomena that were the main targets of Dr. Ross' academic research. These include: the fundamental attribution error; the just world phenomenon; cultural differences in how people apply the fundamental attribution error; naïve realism, the false consensus effect, and objectivity in the eye of the beholder; reactive devaluation in the case of trying to solve a problem between opposing human groups or political parties; and the possible ways to get around these human cognitive inclinations. Time Links: 01:14 The fundamental attribution error 05:49 The just world phenomenon 13:53 Cultural differences 15:25 Naïve realism 25:05 Reactive devaluation 28:17 How to establish bridges between opposing political parties and other human groups 35:13 Trying to find common ground 39:05 Follow Dr. Ross' work! -- Follow Dr. Ross' work: Faculty page: https://tinyurl.com/y7yksdqs Articles on Researchgate: https://tinyurl.com/y8668uej Books: https://tinyurl.com/y7abt6sw The Wisest One in the Room: https://tinyurl.com/ycfukf2t -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, AND HANS FREDRIK SUNDE! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018: https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo And check out my playlists on: PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g

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Tom Gilovich - The Power of Investing in Experiences vs. Material Possessions

What's the Big Idea with Andrew Horn

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2019 52:47

Thomas Gilovich is the Irene Blecker Rosenfeld Professor of Psychology at Cornell University and co-director of the Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics and Decision Research. He specializes in the study of everyday judgment and reasoning, psychological well-being, and self-assessment. In addition to his articles in scientific journals, Dr. Gilovich is the author of How We Know What Isn’t So (Free Press), Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes (Simon and Schuster, with Gary Belsky), Social Psychology (W.W. Norton, with Dacher Keltner, Serena Chen, and Richard Nisbett), and The Wisest One in the Room (The Free Press, with Lee Ross). Dr. Gilovich is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. He received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of California at Santa Barbara and his PhD in Psychology from Stanford University. In this episode we dive into the psychology behind why people are happier when they invest in experiences over material possessions. Being one of 4 principles to live by to advance personal happiness, we focus on things people can simply DECIDE to do today, to make themselves happier.

#73 Richard Nisbett: What Social Psychology Tells Us About Cognition

The Dissenter

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2019 58:40

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. Richard Nisbett is the Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished Professor of social psychology and co-director of the Culture and Cognition program at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He was the recipient of the Donald T. Campbell Award from the American Psychological Association in 1982, and he's a Guggenheim fellow. He's also the author of several books, including Culture of Honor, The Geography of Thought, and Mindware. In today's episode, we talk about some of the work by Dr. Nisbett on social psychology and human cognition. More specifically: his views on the innate and evolutionary bases of cognition; different cognitive defaults between Eastern and Western peoples; the fact that cognition works mostly at a subconscious level; and cultural differences between northern and southern states of the US, and some of their social and political implications. Time Links: 00:44 How human cognition works 02:34 Culture-gene coevolution 09:33 Is cognition partly innate? 12:38 Evolutionary psychology and the modularity of the mind 14:44 Cognition in Eastern and Western peoples 25:50 What elements of culture influence cognition? 35:48 Culture is not deterministic 39:37 Cognition occurs mostly at a subconscious level 43:44 Post-hoc rationalizations 46:08 Cultural differences between northern and southern states in the US 55:52 Follow Dr. Nisbett's work -- Follow Dr. Nisbett's work: Faculty page: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nisbett/ Books: https://tinyurl.com/ybpqa89z Try the MOOC “Mindware: Critical Thinking for the Information Age”: https://www.coursera.org/learn/mindware -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, AND HANS FREDRIK SUNDE! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018: https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo And check out my playlists on: PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g

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37: Reframing the Way You Learn and Becoming a MetaLearner with Nasos Papadopoulos

Nat Chat

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2017 50:50

It’s the consistency over a long period of time where you really start to see the breakthrough. In this episode of Nat Chat, I’m joined by Nasos Papadopoulos. Nasos attended Oxford University, where after a while, realized that being on the path with finance and economics just wasn’t for him. He took a long break to travel and explore new opportunities, eventually getting into meta-learning and the science of learning. He started the site Metalearn.net where he educates other people on learning more effectively and efficiently. He also has a popular podcast and a course on the topic, all focused on helping people get better at learning. Nasos is an excellent guy to learn from for those wanting to learn more effectively and efficiently, stay motivated, and getting to know their learning strengths and weaknesses. We cover a wide range of topics, including: What Nasos has learned by focusing on learning how to learn The niche and lesser-known aspects of learning The fixed and growth mindsets and their impact on learning Figuring out your own learning strengths and weaknesses Applying Hebb’s Law and becoming more self and other-aware Overcoming the sunk cost of highly investing in the wrong area And much more. Please enjoy, and reach out to Nasos on Twitter! If you enjoyed this episode and our discussion on learning and self-education, be sure to check out my episode with Zak Slayback, and my episode with Connor Grooms, where we delve into these topics and more. Find Nasos online: Website [0:35] MetaLearn Twitter [49:18] Nasos’ Twitter [49:20] Mentioned in the show: Oxford University [0:15] Metalearn.net [0:35] MetaLearn podcast [0:48] Nat’s episode on the MetaLearn podcast [1:24] Italki [20:45] Make Me a MetaLearner course [24:47] Self-authoring Suite [25:44] 5-Minute Journal [30:45] Hebb’s Law [31:32] Python [32:58] Duolingo [34:23] Codecademy [34:24] Sesame Street [34:26] Books mentioned: How Will You Measure Your Life [11:12] The 4-Hour Workweek [11:50] Intelligence and How to Get It [21:17] People mentioned: Clayton Christensen [11:13] Tim Ferriss [11:50] Plato [12:05] Aristotle [12:06] Carol Dweck [16:53] Elon Musk [18:24] Richard Nisbett [21:15] Howard Gardner [22:49] Dr. Jordan Peterson [25:36] Scott Adams [45:32] 1:19 - Introduction to Nasos, him detailing his schooling experiences and time at Oxford University, and then rethinking his whole perspective on the educational system. 7:30 - How Nasos’ perspective on continuing to work in the financial field changed, after barely missing a top score on one of his finals. Also, a bit on his traveling experiences and what he did after having this huge change in perspective. 10:33 - How Nasos was paying for travel and a few of the impactful books he read shortly after leaving the financial field. 12:18 - How and when Nasos first began his company, MetaLearn. 13:32 - Some of the most important lessons that Nasos has learned from studying the science of learning. 16:44 - Neuroplasticity, the growth vs the fixed mindset, and some explanations on these. Also, why the growth mindset can be harmful towards learning. 19:30 - Using some of these techniques for improving your language learning, speculation how much of a role IQ plays, and some thoughts on intelligence in general. 24:18 - Figuring out your own strengths and weaknesses with learning, re-evaluating yourself, and self-analyzing with external perspectives on yourself. 28:06 - Nasos’ personal experience with self-awareness and learning that there isn’t a one-size-fits-all. 29:50 - What Nasos has been doing to be more self-aware and other-aware. 31:23 - Nasos detailing a few examples of learning based on making connections to past knowledge. Also, how Nasos has applied Hebb’s Law. 34:05 - The gamification of learning (Duolingo, Codecademy, Sesame Street) and Nasos’ thoughts on this. 36:42 - Nasos on blending the learning games with effective learning techniques. “I think if you have a piece of your learning process that is purely gamified, that’s great as long as it’s not the only thing.” 38:44 - How Nasos keeps himself motivated with learning new things and working on his entrepreneurial creative project. “I come back to: ‘Why am I doing this, why does this matter to me, what impact is this having on the people around me and the wider world?” and that keeps me motivated.” 40:26 - Nasos’ advice on letting go of the sunk cost of investing heavily in something that you didn’t enjoy doing or wasn’t meaningful to you. 43:37 - Nasos’ current long-term goals with Metalearn and other projects. Also, a bit on systems-based thinking and Nasos’ advice for others looking to become more effective with learning in general. 48:55 - Wrap-up and where to find Nasos online. If you enjoyed this episode, don’t forget to subscribe at https://nateliason.com/podcast When it has meaning to you, the other motivational stuff just becomes irrelevant.

Episode 003 | Hunter Maats

The Good Intentions Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2017 93:14

Hunter Maats talks with Dave Rael about education, perspective, science, reason, persuasion, and fundamentalism Chapters: 0:52 - Hunter's background and story5:43 - Resources and resourcefulness10:30 - Thinking and feeling are always linked15:21 - The Straight-A Conspiracy, Mindset, and practical learning21:56 - Aristocrats, eugenics, and Intelligence Quotient25:40 - IQ research, the blind men and the elephant, and sectarian differences35:01 - The relevance of "redneck culture"42:20 - The meaning of "Mixed Mental Arts"49:59 - Managing anger, engaging people with difficult perspectives, and challenging people53:30 - Fundamentalism60:47 - Identification of fundamentalists71:58 - The difference between the message sent and the message received75:21 - Susceptibility of humans to fundamentalism83:50 - Shaking up echo chambers and rounding out worldviews Resources: Mixed Mental Arts The Straight-A Conspiracy: Your Secret Guide to Ending the Stress of School and Totally Ruling the World - Hunter Maats Jim Watson Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl The Mixed Mental Arts Book List Some Context on "You should never meet your heroes" Katie O'Brien William Kamkwamba The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind - William Kamkwamba Good Will Hunting Carol Dweck Mindset: The New Psychology of Success - Carol S. Dweck “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” - Mark Twain The Origin of Species: 150th Anniversary Edition - Charles Darwin Francis Galton Lewis Terman The Blind Men and the Elephant Heritability of IQ Intelligence and How to Get It: Why Schools and Cultures Count - Richard E. Nisbett Richard Nisbett Mandi Ainslie "Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein Thomas Sowell Black Rednecks and White Liberals - Thomas Sowell Alvin Toffler "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." - Alvin Toffler Bryan Callen "Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own." - Bruce Lee Hamlet (AmazonClassics Edition) - William Shakespeare The Tao of Pooh - Benjamin Hoff Sam Harris Richard Dawkins Atul Gawande Atul Gawande at Caltech on the nature of the scientist - "... an experimental mind, not a litigious one" - quoting Edwin Hubble "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." - William Shakespeare The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion - Jonathan Haidt Lena Dunham Richard Spencer Boggart Tom Woods Anarcho-capitalism Tom Woods on the Bryan Callen Show / Mixed Mental Arts podcast Strong Opinions, Weakly Held Fantich and Young

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Richard Nisbett on how how culture determines our outcome

Travel Wisdom Podcast -travel and learn languages for success and money

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2017 62:57

Richard Nisbett is the author of 3 books which deal with the psychology of thought. His first book was about the differences between Eastern and Western ways of thinking. Eastern is more holistic and Western is more atomistic meaning that the ways they perceive things are completely different as well. His second book was about the different culture in the North versus the Southern United States and what that meant for outcomes. Finally, his last book is about we can learn better

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The Psychology of Thinking - Ri Science Podcast #13

Ri Science Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2017 56:39

In a lightning tour of human reasoning, world-renowned psychologist Richard Nisbett shines a new light on the shadowy world of the way we think – and how we can make our lives, and the lives of those around us, better. Subscribe to the podcast via your podcasting app for free: Just search 'Ri Science Podcast'. Richard Nisbett is Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished Professor of social psychology and co-director of the Culture and Cognition program at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. "The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world." –Malcolm Gladwell

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39b. The Geography of Thought by Richard Nisbett [continued]

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2017 73:29

This continues the episode about The Geography of Thought, looking at more ways in which the cultural differences manifest themselves in differing psychologies of people from different parts of the world. Themes include: Visual perception; Descriptions and understandings of the self; Attitudes to choice; "Fitting in" versus uniqueness; Attitudes to the law and contractual agreements; Factors affecting motivation; Preference for different types of reasoning; and Approaches to blame and causality. I also answer some questions posed at the beginning of last episode, namely: Why do modern Asians excel at science and maths, and yet have few Nobel prizewinners? Why were the ancient Chinese good at algebra and arithmetic, but bad at geometry, which the ancient Greeks excelled in? Why did the West outpace the East in science and technology, given how far ahead China was in the fourteenth century? The big idea here, as before, is that our thinking about psychology and education may be less universal than we realised. Many things that we thought were fundamental parts of human nature turn out to vary from culture to culture. It's a sobering thought, and has led me to have to rethink a range of conclusions about education, psychology, and human nature that I was previously quite confident about. Enjoy the episode. Music by podcastthemes.com.

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39a. The Geography of Thought by Richard Nisbett

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2017 75:37

Unlike many books that I cover, this is one that I read recently and felt an urgent need to share its contents even before I got to the appropriate theme in a series of episodes. It hit me right where it hurts - in my fundamental assumptions about human nature. As I research the field of education and produce this podcast, I have been generally assuming that people are more or less the same everywhere in their fundamental modes of thinking and feeling. I presumed that the topic of motivation, for example, or that of cognitive biases, can be covered in a more or less general way. However, this book has had me realise that different people from different places think in very, very different ways... and that I (and the majority of my listeners) are among the people on the extreme end of a spectrum that runs from East to West. People in the East and West think differently from each other in fundamental ways. Consider the following: Which two of these three would you consider to form a natural group: monkey, cow, banana? Westerners almost always group the monkey with the cow, as they are both animals (categorisation focus). Easterners group the monkey with the banana (relationship focus). There are 24 pens. 18 are blue, 5 are green, and 1 is purple. You can have one. Which one would you like? Westerners tend to choose the purple pen (scarcity makes it seem more valuable, plus they like to feel unique). Easterners ask for a blue pen (they want to fit in). Which task would you be more motivated to do: one you choose yourself, or one that your mother chooses for you? Westerners prefer to choose their own (autonomy as a motivational driver); Easterner are more motivated when their mother chose the task (what the hell?!). I hope you can see that this totally changes how I have to think about things. I now have to contextualise not only everything I think about, but *everything I read*, since so many psychologists say things as if they were universal, but then they are overturned once you test these things on people from a different culture! This even includes apparently "universal" traits such as cognitive biases, with Easterners usually avoiding the Fundamental Attribution Error where Westerners almost universally fall for it; and the principle of scarcity, an idea with strong ties to economics that rarer things are considered more valuable, which seems to not always be followed by people from the East. Hopefully, you will find your mind broadened, and your assumptions annoyingly and uncomfortably challenged, just as mine were. Enjoy the episode. Music by podcastthemes.com.

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Making Better Decisions, The Sophomore Jinx, & The Illusion of Objectivity with Dr. Richard Nisbett

The Science of Success

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2016 52:00

In this episode we discuss the errors people make in their reasoning and how to correct them, we explain a number of statistical principles to help sharpen your thinking and make you a better decision maker, why every $1 spent on a “scared straight” program creates $400 of cost for the criminal justice system, the illusion of objectivity, why you should NOT rely on your intuition and much more with Dr. Richard Nisbett. Dr. Richard Nisbett is a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan. He has been awarded the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the American Psychology Association, the William James Fellow Award for Distinguished Scientific Achievements, and the Donald T. Campbell Award for Distinguished Research in Social Psychology, among others. He is the author of the recent book Mindware, as well as The Geography of Thought, Think Differently, and Intelligence and How To Get It. The errors people make in their reasoning and how to correct themHow to apply the lessons of statistics to making better decisionsIs your intelligence fixed and unchangeable?How the industrial revolution massively transformed the way people thinkWe discuss the skills, not on an IQ test, that you must have to be able to function effectively in today’s ageWhy job interviews are totally useless and have almost no correlation to job performance How misunderstanding the law of large numbers can lead you to make huge mistakesWhy does the rookie of the year almost always have a worse performance the following year?Understanding regression to the mean and how it creates extremely counterintuitive conclusionsWhy Performance = Skill + Luck Why deterministic thinking can drastically mislead you in finding the root cause of a phenomenaWe explain a number of statistical principles to help sharpen your thinking and make you a better decision makerThe concept of "base rates" and how they can transform how you think about realityWe walk through a number of concrete examples of how misunderstanding statistics can cause people to make terrible decisionsIf you’re like most people, then like most people, you think you’re not like most people (but you are)Why every $1 spent on a “scared straight” program creates $400 of cost in criminal and incarceration costs Why the “head start” program is a massive failure and what we could have done about it How you can use the experimental method to make data driven experiments in your lifeThe illusion of objectivity - Why you should NOT rely on your intuition How we massively distort our perception of reality and why our perceptual apparatus can easily mislead usHow many of the structures we use to understand the world are highly error proneWhy we are amazing at pattern detection but horrible at "covariation detection”Why the traditional rorschach test is bogus and doesn't actually produce any results Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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ML28: Richard Nisbett on Mental Models, The Geography of Thought and The Nature vs Nurture Debate

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2016 45:21

Richard Nisbett is the Theodore Newcomb Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Michigan and has written 3 great books for a lay audience on mental models, the nature of intelligence and how thinking differs across cultures. Understanding the patterns behind our thought processes is a crucial part of developing self awareness and improving as learners, as we're often subject to cognitive biases that take us down the wrong path. Richard has spent decades researching thinking across contexts and cultures, which is why I was so keen to reach out to have a discussion on the subject. In this episode we discuss a range of topics including: - How to become aware of the mental models that drive behaviour and decisions - The differences between Eastern and Western thought - The way we view intelligence and the state of the nature vs. nurture debate So whether you're looking to become aware of your own thought processes, understand the main cultural differences between Asians and Westerners or gain insight into the nature vs nurture debate, this episode has you covered.

Episode 11: Epistemic Modesty

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2016 79:22

In the final chapter of “Mindware,” Nisbett assures the reader that we’re smarter than we were before started the book, and that we’ll now recognise mistakes in the wild. Are you, dear listener, less likely to make the errors in thinking that we’ve been discussing here? When are you likely to make mistakes? When should you rely on other people’s judgements about a domain? There seems to be an element of politeness when interacting with people who make claims, but is it wrong to, say, ask your doctor how often a diagnosis is wrong? Being sceptical about your own claims and expertise seems to be important in making everyday decisions, so how can we develop this epistemic modesty? Does knowing about experimental methodology help you make better decisions? Does is make you more sceptical? Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone asked to see the evidence before important policy decisions were made? How about an Open Science Framework for public policy? Reading: Mindware by Richard Nisbett, “Keeping It Real” and “The Tools of the Lay Scientist” Guests: Jason Tangen, Rachel Searston, Ruben Laukkonen, Gianni Ribeiro, Jeremy Nash, Brooklyn Corbett, Josephine Echberg, Joshua Adie, Kirsty Kent, Melissa Lane, and Ryan Metcalfe. Learn more at think101.org.

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Episode 10: Simplicity

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2016 67:11

If a major goal in science is to “Keep It Simple,” what exactly does “simple” mean in this context? Helpful? Useful? Easy to Understand? Should public money only be spent on research that can be explained to folks down at the local pub? Does simplification naturally lead to overgeneralisation? Should the media “keep it simple” when communicating scientific results to the public? The curse of knowledge is clearly operating here. How much does the average person actually know (or need to know) about seemingly simple everyday objects like a zipper, lock, or toilet? What about cognitive explanations about “simple” species like bees, fish, or birds? Are simple explanations ideal in the judgements and decisions that we make everyday? Reading: Mindware by Richard Nisbett, “KISS and Tell.” Guests: Jason Tangen, Rachel Searston, Ruben Laukkonen, Gianni Ribeiro, Jeremy Nash, and Ryan Metcalfe. Learn more at think101.org.

Episode 9: Logic and Wisdom

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2016 52:15

Many experiments have demonstrated differences between people who grew up in the Eastern vs Western cultures on a variety of perceptual and cognitive tasks. Is an “object-centric” perspective more useful than a “situation-centric” perspective? Logic and the scientific method grew out of this object-centric approach, and they're pretty useful. There's some real value in treating objects and events abstractly, so we can better appreciate how they operate. But in many of our everyday decisions, we don't need to generate a label to successfully navigate the world, and recognising the context of an argument is clearly important for opinion change. Is dialectical reasoning more like conscious or unconscious processing? How does the notion of “wisdom” relate to these two perspectives? Reading: Mindware by Richard Nisbett, “Logic” and “Dialectical Reasoning.” Guests: Jason Tangen, Rachel Searston, Ruben Laukkonen, Gianni Ribeiro, Jeremy Nash, and Ryan Metcalfe. Learn more at think101.org.

Episode 8: Self-Experiments

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2016 75:15

What makes a good self-experiment? If our ratings of happiness change depending on whether we're in the moment (the experiencing self) or reflecting on the day (the remembering self), which one should we privilege? Self reports are generally very tricky because they're susceptible to all sorts of framing effects, so what's the solution? How far can you generalise the results of an experiment on yourself compared to the results of an experiment on several other people? Would you be more likely to change your behaviour after running a self-experiment than you would if you just read about the same experiment on other people? Reading: Mindware by Richard Nisbett, “Don’t ask, can’t tell.” Guests: Jason Tangen, Rachel Searston, Ruben Laukkonen, Gianni Ribeiro, Jeremy Nash, and Melissa Lane. Learn more at think101.org.

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Episode 7: Wiggling Events

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2016 82:00

There's a relatively new movement in science called the “Open Science Framework” where researchers put all their cards on the table and make predictions before collecting a single data point. Will it change the way that people conduct experiments? Where do you draw the line between science and mere observation? Carefully controlled experiments trump multiple regression analyses, so why are they often treated equally? Why is the notion of ”wiggling events" so critical in experimentation? Can experimental psychologists calibrate their measurements in the same way that astronomers calibrate their telescopes? Reading: Mindware by Richard Nisbett, “Experiments natural and experiments proper” and “Eekonomics.” Guests: Jason Tangen, Rachel Searston, Ruben Laukkonen, Gianni Ribeiro, Jeremy Nash, and Josephine Echberg. Learn more at think101.org.

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Episode 6: Tails - No Facebook Day

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2016 87:28

How do you decide what you like or don't like? Given what you now know about the fallibility of your decision making systems, are you really an authority on your personal preferences? It turns out that in order to make better judgements and decisions, you need to be more systematic. Maybe find out whether, say, facebook improves your life with an experiment: random assignment, daily ratings, and statistical analyses. Surprisingly, most things in life from law, education, and even medicine, are based on longstanding use rather than evidence. Reading: Mindware by Richard Nisbett, “Linked Up” and “Ignore the HiPPO”; Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases. Informal covariation assessment: Data-based vs. theory-based judgments. Guests: Jason Tangen, Rachel Searston, Ruben Laukkonen, Jeremy Nash, and Joshua Adie. Learn more at think101.org.

Episode 4: Decisions, Decisions…

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2016 80:39

How do you decide what product to buy, apartment to rent, or who to marry? Listing pros and cons, weighing attributes, and collecting evidence are important for optimal decision making. It’s also valuable to consider sunk costs and opportunity costs, but when do you say, "Enough is enough," and finally make a choice? Should we rely on highly analytic and rational approaches to decision making, or leave it to our unconscious processes to solve in the background? Reading: Mindware by Richard Nisbett, “Should You Think Like an Economist?” and “Spilt Milk and Free Lunch”; Arkes, H. R., & Blumer, C. (1985). The psychology of sunk cost. Organizational behavior and human decision processes, 35(1), 124-140. Guests: Jason Tangen, Rachel Searston, Ruben Laukkonen, Jeremy Nash, and Kirsty Kent. Learn more at think101.org.

Episode 5: Know When to Walk Away

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2016 48:21

Why do people persist with terrible jobs or relationships, where jumping ship is clearly the better option? Is it even possible to seriously consider a future job or partner that you've never had before? One way to better generalise from toy problems is to think about them in everyday circumstances. Try thinking about your interactions with someone like drawing marbles from an urn. Reading: Mindware by Richard Nisbett, “Foiling Foibles” and “Odds and Ns”; Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, "Bernoulli’s Errors" and "Prospect Theory." Guests: Jason Tangen, Rachel Searston, Ruben Laukkonen, Jeremy Nash, and Brooklyn Corbett. Learn more at think101.org.

Episode 3: It’s Happening To Me

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2016 68:23

Do you know why you do what you do… really? From the inside, many behaviours feel like they’re absolutely conscious or unconscious, but which ones, and how do you find out? (Mis)perceiving visual illusions are clearly involuntarily, but what about “higher order” cognitive processes like learning, memory, and language? If many (or most) of the judgements and decisions you make do happen unconsciously, without your free will, does that bother you? Reading: Mindware by Richard Nisbett, “The Rational Unconscious”; Psychological Sketches by John Vokey and Scott Allen, “Implicit Learning”. Guests: Jason Tangen, Rachel Searston, Ruben Laukkonen, Gianni Ribeiro, and Ryan Metcalfe. Learn more at think101.org.

Episode 2: The Curse of Knowledge

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2016 75:30

It’s incredibly difficult to put yourself in the shoes of another person. We just can’t ignore the knowledge we have that others don’t. This “curse of knowledge” is common in teaching, argument, political discourse, conflict resolution. It’s clear that all opinions are not equal, but it’s hard to know when your opinion is the bad one. Is it possible to genuinely consider your opponent’s position without dismissing it outright? Reading: Mindware by Richard Nisbett, “Everything’s an Inference” and “The Power of the Situation”; The Wisest One in the Room by Lee Ross and Thomas Gilovich, “The Objectivity Illusion”. Guests: Jason Tangen, Matthew Thompson, Rachel Searston, Ruben Laukkonen, Gianni Ribeiro, and Zan Saeri. Learn more at think101.org.

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Episode 1: I Know Kung-Fu