Questions today are about: Influencing children – how does punishment work? Advice to psychology students who want to learn evo psych in a school that teaches conventional psychology Phobias like snakes, heights, etc.. are briefly explored Brief question regarding Big Five personality and how/if those traits can change as we age and gain status. Sharing evolutionary psychology knowledge in social settings. Getting cynical from evolutionary psychology – accepting the tragic view of existence.
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107: Bullying, Job satisfaction, Changing careers
Listener questions today are: 1. Pediatrician has overweight child patients that get picked on at school. Asking for advice on what to tell them. 2. Job satisfaction – should people select their job based on their own IQ, conscientiousness, and stability? 3. Stay-at-home mom has finished raising her kids and now wants to do something that makes her feel productive. Her family, on the gravy train because of all that she does for them is giving her push back. She’s a little stuck between starting personal projects & disrupting the family balance. We have two callers: Alan – who asks about Dr. Lisle’s thought process for diagnosing a problem. And the next caller, Rob, asking about how humans react differently to significant events vs. everyday events that are similar.
106: Dreams, Meditation, Listener calls in
Dreams, Meditation, Listener calls in about a childhood question