Speaking of Psychology

Inner Monologues with Ethan Kross, PhD

Mar 25, 2020

41:23

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Social Rejection and Emotional Pain

01:49

What Are Your Thoughts About the Inner Voice?

01:38

Is Distancing a Good Thing?

02:24

Introduction

3min

What Is the Inner Voice?

2min

What Are Your Thoughts About the Inner Voice?

2min

The Difference Between Hearing Voices and Hearing Monologues

4min

Why Are We Born With an Intermodal Log?

2min

Does It Help Children Develop Self-Control?

2min

You Don't Need to Hear to Have an Inner Voice

2min

Do Bilinguals Have an Inner Monologue in Two Languages?

2min

Do You Have Any Research on People Who Talk Out Loud to Theirself?

2min

10.

When the Inner Voice Goes From Helpful to Self-Defeating?

3min

11.

Self-Distancing Can Help You Deal With Problems

3min

12.

Distancing

2min

13.

Social Rejection and Emotional Pain

2min

14.

Coping With Rejection? Yeah, It Does.

2min

15.

Does Social Media Make You Feel Better or Worse?

3min

16.

Is Distancing a Good Thing?

2min

17.

Are You Capable of Distancing?

3min

You may have heard about the internet debate on inner monologues recently. It all started from a tweet that went viral. That tweet said that some people have an internal narrative, and some don’t. What ensued were thousands of comments, retweets and news stories on the topic.

Turns out that people have a lot to say about their inner voices. According to our guest for this episode, University of Michigan psychology professor Dr. Ethan Kross, it’s not exactly that simple. He says every healthy person has an inner voice, but how it manifests can vary dramatically from person to person.

Find more on Kross’ work here: http://selfcontrol.psych.lsa.umich.edu

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