Cognitive Self Videos

Why Is The Persistant Self In The Centre?

In the last couple of videos i posted i talked about the idea, coming out of antonio damasio and thomas metzinger largely, that the sense of a persistant and continuous self identity arises from the existence of a similarly persistant pattern of cognitive activation that maps the stable core physi...

Cognitive Distortions Part 1

Based on the book feeling good by david burns. this video describes the ten cognitive distortions that cause us suffering. when we are upset or sad, it's usually caused by a negative thought. if we identify the thought or thoughts that cause the suffering and contradict them, we can turn around our ...

Sociology 150a Lecture 5 Cognitive Biases 3

Social psychology self and society professor robb willer

Abct Hayes And Leahy With Single Client

Steven c. hayes, ph.d., foundation professor of psychology at the university of nevada. he is an author of 34 books and 475 scientific articles, and has received a number of awards including the lifetime achievement award from the association for behavioral and cognitive therapies. his self help boo...

Self And Self Whys And Wherefores

september 30, 2009 david unger, from ibm research, discusses how his experience in computer science has led him to the conclusion that even if your ideas succeed, the real legacy is the people. stanford university stanford.edu stanford engineering everywhere see.stanford.edu stanford university ...

Stoicism The Original Self Help? With Jules Evans Part1

Stoicism, the ancient greek philosophy that grew up in athens in 300bc, would seem to be light years away from modern self help. the stoics fasted, slept on floors, avoided hot baths, shunned cook books, attempted to extirpate all passions, and embraced suicide as a legitimate response to the 'sling...

Carol Tavris Mistakes Were Made For Good Reason

Carol tavris describes dissonance theory and how self justification and self deception often keep people from changing their minds even in the light of compelling contrary evidence, because the evidence is often dissonant with one's self image. she details the implications of dissonance theory for t...

Cognitive Dissonance Dissonant & Justified

A song on cognitive dissonance and self justification to help my students study for the upcoming ap exam. the song's lyric ideas were collaboratively created in aa wiki which i arranged and formatted into this song. i had help with the artwork as well with allison winslow contributing 'the dumped gu...

Drs. Robert Epstein & Bf Skinner With Pigeons Part 1

Psychologists epstein and skinner in a classic classroom film originally released in 1982 and dubbed best film of the year by the american psychological association. in sometimes stunning footage, the film shows that pigeons, with the right training, can behave in ways that appear to demonstrate a...

Episode 36 Self Concept

This is part 1 of a two part series on self concept and self efficacy two fundamental ideas necessary to fight off unhealthy negative emotions.

How To Change Your Beliefs

Cytguides.com george learns his first lesson about self improvement.

Self Psychology Episode 42 Suicide

When thinking of suicide it's important to accept the thoughts and emotions, then look at how you may be catastrafizing the situation, look for support from friends and family, and look at the possibilities the future holds.

Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory An Introduction Davidson Films

Treading new ground in the field of social psychology, albert banduras work has become basic to an understanding of how social forces influence individuals, small groups and large groups. from his early bobo doll experiments through his work with phobias, to his recent work on self efficacy, bandura...

Self Skepticism Skepticon 4 Spencer Greenberg

Please subscribe. during filming, if a powerpoint slide is just a reiteration of what the speaker is saying, without any new information, i do not cut to it. if you are screaming, what the fuck is on the projector ... this is the answer. all skepticon videos will be monetized this year with ads. 1...

Sociology 150a Lecture 3 Cognitive Biases 1

Social psychology self and society professor robb willer