Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files

Why does it seem that males in many cultures have to prove their manhood? Do women have to prove their womanhood? Why is this and what happens when men feel like they are less than a man? In this review of a recent research article entitled, "Precarious Manhood", we take a look at this intriguing issue.

A humorous way to learn about the Freudian defense mechanisms (actually elaborated by Anna Freud) of Displacement, Denial, Sublimation, Reaction Formation, and Projection.  A little dream analysis thrown in.  Who knows?  Maybe Freud would have been good at tech support... 

Need to memorize Freud's stages for a test?  Here's a mnemonic that should do the trick.  In this brief video, the founder of psychoanalysis gives you a mnemonic and explains the 5 stages for you.  Make sure to check out these other Psych Files episodes for psychology mnemonics: How to Memorize the Parts of the Brain, How to Memorize Erikson's Eight Stages, and How to Memorize Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development.  I love mnemonics here on The Psych Files so if you need to memorize anything else let me know!

How can you find the best videos on YouTube?  In this video episode of The Psych Files you are going to learn some crazy power tips that will alert you whenever whenever a video from a credible source gets added to a YouTube playlist.  You will be the first to know.  And you can find out not only by receiving an email, but - if you want - you can also get a phone call when that video is ready for you!  Don't waste your time - there are some crazy new ways to efficiently search the web and here is how I do it.

Most performers "mark" when they're tired during rehearsals.  Are they "not giving it their all" or are they getting quite a benefit from doing this?  You'd be surprised at how beneficial marking can be.  

If you're not familiar with marking, here's a definition from the authors of a recent study on how marking benefits dancers: "Marking involves enacting the sequence of movements with curtailed size and energy by diminishing the size of steps, height of jumps and leaps, and extension of limbs. The dancer often does not leave the floor and may even substitute hand gestures for certain steps."