WPA 2022: Portland, OR
Selecting content for introductory psychology: Recommendations from the APA Introductory Psychology Initiative
Neuroscience
Mirror Neurons
(Nova Science Now)
Brain Trauma
(Nova Science Now)
The Brain Song (Pinky and the Brain
)
Parkinson's Disease
Muhammad Ali and Michael J. Fox
PSA
Synaptic Connections:
Terminator 2: Rerouting of Power
Recognizing Faces:
American Express Commercial - Sad Things and Happy Things
Cognition
Multitasking
Awareness Tests
Paradox of Choice (reduced):
Tombstone Head Canoe
Logical Thinking
She's a Witch
Top-down/Bottom-up Processing:
Sneakers (7/9) Movie CLIP - Navigating by Sound (1992) HD
Priming:
American Express Commercial - Sad Things and Happy Things
Availability heuristic:
Michael Jordan "Failure" Nike Commercial
Learning
Classical Conditioning:
Miracle Max
Classical Conditioning:
"That was Easy!"
Operant Conditioning:
T-mobile Plans
Shaping:
Stupid Pet Tricks
Observational Learning:
Fabio's Italian chicken fried steak
Observational Learning:
Puppy teaching Puppy to go down stairs! SO cute
!
Learning:
I Taught my Dog to Play Minecraft
Social
Bystander lntervention:
Unsung Hero
Actor / Observer bias, Cognitive Dissonance, reciprocity norm:
Game of Thrones: All Jaqen H'ghar scenes
Outgroup homogeneity effect:
SAMUEL L JACKSON MISTAKEN BY A NEWS REPORTER FOR LAURENCE FISH BURNE
Categories exaggerate differences:
29/31 by Garfunkel and Oates
Abnormal
Sensation
Memory
Memory Bias:
How is this still a thing: Hollywood Whitewashing
Context effects:
Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Camp Lehigh
Schemas:
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Clustering:
Blazing Saddles - Harvey Korman
State Dependent retrieval -
The Shins - Simple Song
Anterograde Amnesia:
10 Second Tom
False Memories:
9 Most Misquoted Movie Lines: Star Wars, Jaws & More!
Life Span Development
TED Talk:
Why 20 is not the new 30
Personality
Regression:
Miracle Max
Denial:
Monty Python-The Black Knight
Ego Defense Mechanism:
Family Guy Cookie Monster
Displacement:
Scrubs - Passing on the Anger
Projection:
Penny and Sheldon Missing Leonard
Projection:
How I Met Your Mother | Judy Greer AKA Royce
Denial:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Harry at the Order (HD)
Conditional Positve regard:
North Pole Elf Wants to be a Dentist
Health
Type A and Hostility:
The Best of The Soup Nazi
Stress:
This is Water by David Foster Wallace
Consciousness
Inner dialogue:
What about Bunny?
"I Dog Bunny the "Talking" Dog
Bunny is a Mood What about Bunny
Attention:
Awareness Tests
Attention:
Disconnect to Connect (DTAC Thailand TVC)
Attention:
Sneakers (2/9) Movie CLIP - Defeating the Keypad (1992) HD
Divided Attention:
Jane, Lisbon bomb scene part3 - "I press this trigger, you die."
TED Talk:
How to tame your wandering mind
Perception
Beliefs influence perception:
Misheard Song Lyrics
Gestalt Laws:
Black and White Tights
Gestalt Laws:
Scrubs: West Side Story
Language
Phonemes:
Паляниця или перелом русского языка Андрей Полтава ВАТА ШОУ
Ambiguity of Language:
Guards! Make sure the Prince doesn't leave this room ...
Emotion
TED Talk:
You aren't at the mercy of your emotions, your brain creates them
Therapies
Intelligence
Multicultural
Diverse representation
:
Sizzler Promotional Commercial 1991
Individualistic cultures:
Amy Destroy's Raiders of the Lost Ark
Gender
Lawyer explains laws broken in movies
TED Talk:
The Radical Authenticity Revolution
Motivation
Self-determination Theory:
Neuroscientist Explains Why These Rats Drive Tiny Cars
Research Methods
Operational Definition:
Scrubs: 10 on the pain chart
Operational Definition:
Seinfeld: That's Garbage
Operational Definition:
Seinfeld: The Suit
Demand Characteristics:
Star Wars Undercover Boss: Starkiller Base - SNL
Empirical Evidence:
How to Chop Onions without Crying (link not working)
Limits of Correlations:
Hi Fidelity: Which Came first, the Music or the Misery
Unknown:
Republican or Not - SNL
