The Psychology Undergrad Podcast

Episodes

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  Confirmation Bias & Folk Psychology: Why Common Sense Fails 23.07.2026 18m

  Why intuition and folk psychology mislead us, how confirmation bias works, and the scientific skepticism psychologists use instead. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #confirmationbias #researchmethods
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  Research Methods in Psychology: Basic vs Applied Research 23.07.2026 24m

  How the scientific research cycle works in psychology, who conducts it, and the difference between basic and applied research. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #researchmethods
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  Informed Consent & Research Ethics: Milgram, Tuskegee & the Rules of Psychology 20.07.2026 15m

  The moral foundations of ethical research: informed consent, the Milgram obedience study, the Tuskegee syphilis study, and weighing risks against benefits. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #researchethics #informedconsent
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  Psychological Theories vs Phenomena: How Psychology Explains Behavior 20.07.2026 26m

  The difference between phenomena and theories, what scientific theories are for, replication, and why there are always multiple theories for any set of phenomena. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #researchmethods
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  Operational Definitions & Levels of Measurement: How Psychology Measures Constructs 20.07.2026 23m

  Psychological measurement explained: constructs, conceptual vs operational definitions, self-report and behavioural measures, and the four levels of measurement (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio). #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #researchmethods
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  Reliability and Validity: How Psychologists Know Their Measures Work 20.07.2026 24m

  Reliability (test-retest, internal consistency, inter-rater) and validity (face, content, criterion, discriminant) of psychological measurement, explained with clear examples. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #reliabilityandvalidity #researchmethods
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  Experimental Design: Between-Subjects vs Within-Subjects & Random Assignment 20.07.2026 14m

  How to design an experiment: between-subjects vs within-subjects, random assignment, control conditions, carryover effects, and counterbalancing. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #experimentaldesign #researchmethods
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  Confounding Variables & Double-Blind Studies: How to Conduct a Valid Experiment 20.07.2026 23m

  Conducting experiments in psychology: recruiting participants, standardizing procedures, avoiding confounding variables, manipulation checks, and single- and double-blind designs. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #confoundingvariable #researchmethods
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  Correlation vs Causation: Correlational Research in Psychology Explained 20.07.2026 23m

  What correlational research is, when to use it, the directionality and third-variable problems, and why correlation does not prove causation. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #correlationvscausation #researchmethods
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  Multiple Regression, Mediation & Moderation: Complex Correlational Designs 20.07.2026 24m

  Complex correlational designs in psychology: multiple regression, partial correlation, factor analysis, and mediator vs moderator variables. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #multipleregression #researchmethods
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  Quasi-Experimental Design: Research Without Random Assignment 20.07.2026 14m

  Quasi-experimental research explained: nonequivalent groups, pretest-posttest, interrupted time-series designs, and why the lack of random assignment threatens internal validity. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #quasiexperimentaldesign #researchmethods
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  Applied Behavior Analysis & Single-Subject Research Designs (ABAB & Multiple-Baseline) 20.07.2026 21m

  Single-subject research designs used in applied behavior analysis: reversal (ABAB) designs, multiple-baseline designs, and the single-subject versus group debate. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #appliedbehavioranalysis #researchmethods
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  Open Science & the Replication Crisis: p-Hacking, Preregistration & Reform 17.07.2026 13m

  The replicability crisis in psychology, questionable research practices and p-hacking, and open science reforms like preregistration, replication, and data sharing. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #openscience #replicationcrisis
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  Rods and Cones: How the Eye Turns Light Into Vision 15.07.2026 27m

  How does the eye turn light into what we see? This episode explains rods and cones, the retina, phototransduction, the pupil and lens, and how photoreceptors send visual signals to the brain. Sensation and perception for psychology students. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #rodsandcones #vision #perception
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  The Visual Cortex (V1): How the Brain Builds Sight & Vision Loss 15.07.2026 19m

  How does the brain process what the eyes see? This episode explores the primary visual cortex (V1), the optic nerve pathway, receptive fields, and what happens with vision loss and blindness. Sensation and perception for psychology students. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #visualcortex #vision #perception
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  Face Blindness & Object Recognition: How the Brain Identifies What It Sees 15.07.2026 23m

  What is face blindness (prosopagnosia)? This episode explores object recognition, how the brain identifies faces and objects, visual development, the fusiform face area, and what happens when recognition breaks down. Sensation and perception for psychology students. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #faceblindness #prosopagnosia #perception
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  Color Vision, Depth & Size: How We Perceive a 3D World 15.07.2026 25m

  How do we see color and judge distance? This episode covers color vision, trichromatic and opponent-process theory, binocular and monocular depth cues, and size constancy. Sensation and perception for psychology students. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #colorvision #depthperception #perception
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  Perception and Action: How What We See Guides How We Move 15.07.2026 23m

  How does perception guide movement? This final episode explores perception and action, Gibson's ecological approach, affordances, visually guided behavior, and the tight loop between seeing and doing. Sensation and perception for psychology students. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #perception #action #sensation
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  Sound Localization & the Cocktail Party Effect: Hearing in Noisy Rooms 13.07.2026 11m

  How does your brain find one voice in a crowd? This episode covers sound localization, interaural time and level differences, auditory scene analysis, and the cocktail party effect from a hearing-mechanism angle. Sensation and perception for psychology students. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #soundlocalization #hearing #perception
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  How the Ear Works: The Mechanics of Hearing Explained 13.07.2026 23m

  How does the ear turn sound into hearing? This episode explains the mechanics of hearing, the outer, middle, and inner ear, the cochlea, hair cells, and how sound waves become signals the brain understands. Sensation and perception for psychology students. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #hearing #cochlea #perception