Psychology Takeaway Podcast
Psychologytakeaway presents factual podcasts about human development including - development, mental health, cognition, neuroscience and social psychology. Each of the presentations is filled with factual information which you will find helpful.
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- Sep 18, 2026
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- Jul 8, 2026
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Helping Your Friends (opens the original)
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Helping Your Friends Well we had some fun in the last episode with Sarah. We hope that she took her insights back to CIA Headquarters. This week Ralph and Jim will look at how to help two others: Friend who has been harassed online and is in distress and Friend struggling and drinking heavily after a breakup. Before you listen to us, why don’t you think about what your responses would be and compare them to ours? LEARN MORE For more tips on personal problem solving, check out this book by Jim an
Here is why Sarah did not make the podcast (opens the original)
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She is a top leader at the CIA (Crocodile Investigation Agency). She had flown into Mt P on an Official Agency Jet (an OAJ). And was getting prepared for the podcast when she got SCA (Special Croc Announcement from NY Instead of delegating to a junior team member (a JTM) she immediately flew to NY (in an OAJ) and spent the evening prowling the NY sewer system. She spotted no crocodiles but saw lots of alligators. She sent a SAA (Standard Alligator Advisory) to the AIA (Alligator Investigation Ag
Psychology in the News (opens the original)
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Well, Sarah is a no-show again – but she has a good excuse. Apparently, she is on a secret mission for the CIA! Ralph and Jim take a detour. They look at three new stories: Psychology in the News. They first look at new research on genetics and personality, next a new AI study looking at AI use of 40000 public school students and finally AI again. This time AI use by crooks! LEARN MORE Take a look at Jim’s latest book Behind the Curtain at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HBRY184T
Helping People Help Themselves (opens the original)
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Sarah was a no-show today, so Ralph and Jim soldiered on with strategies for helping people. LEARN MORE To read a sample of Jim’s book about dealing with difficult people, click on this Amazon link, and you can read a sample: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H75V79V1 Or if you want to sample everything that Ralph and Jerry Fuller (and Jim) have created, please check out Jim’s Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jim-Carroll/author/B0F4FR3HWF/allbooks?ccs_id=f6240d7e-bc6b-4bfd-baee-0d9d3ab57b95
Helping With Problems (opens the original)
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We all have friends who sometimes need to talk. They may be struggling with a relationship, a problem at work, or a difficult decision. At first, listening is enough. But sometimes, after hearing the same story several times, you realize that your friend is stuck in a loop. The problem isn't simply that they don't know what to do—they may be unable to see the situation clearly because they're too close to it, caught in a cognitive bias, protecting themselves from an uncomfortable truth, or convi
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