The Research Room Podcast

Episode 40: Tell your children (and yourself) to support women in STEM

In this episode, I focus on the biggest factors that have been studied as to why girls and women may not want to pick STEM trajectories. There is still a lot of work to be done, but it’s a start!

 

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Episode 39: Doctors are not treating women of color well

In this episode, I talk through how biased the system is against pregnant women of color and actual experiences they have been through.

 

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Episode 38: Are motivated women perceived as hostile?

In this episode, I talk about how ridiculous it is that we perceive men and women differently when they do the exact same thing. How correct is this research and what can we do to change discrimination toward women?

 

 

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Episode 37: Why are psychology professors that are women not doing as well as men

In this episode, I discuss how women who are professors in Clinical Psychology tend to not be as successful as men, at least not in the normal ways. I also discuss why this finding may not be the “truth” and needs to be further explored. 

 

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Episode 36: Using smartphones to increase empathy…maybe

In this episode, I go over how to increase empathy (which is involved, but simple) and then I talk about if we really should be and when we can expect this to work.

 

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Episode 35: I hear you, but I don’t care for you

In this episode, I talk about if empathy always helps a conversation with your partner, how concerned you really need to be, and if responsiveness to your partner is always a good thing.

 

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Episode 34: But…I don’t wanna empathize

In this episode, I talk about the reasons why we may avoid empathy according to research. I’ll also add in why I think this research may not be completely applicable to our daily lives.

 

 

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Episode 33: Is empathy good or bad in daily life?

In this episode, I answer questions like "does empathy lead to well-being," "when is empathy more positive or negative," and "how many times a day should you be empathizing?"

 

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Episode 32: The wrong title is ”social media causes addiction”

In this episode, I explore the idea that passion can lead to addiction-like symptoms with Facebook. Do you know anyone who is experiencing addiction-like symptoms? This will help you understand what may be important and what you may not have to focus on in trying to help them.

 

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Episode 31: (many) Ways to become happier, if you want

In this episode, I talk about what might typically happen in a happiness intervention. I also talk about what factors stick out as important for whether or not the intervention works and might be more or less effective.

 

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