Speaking of Psychology

Does Nostalgia Have a Psychological Purpose? with Krystine Batcho, PhD

Nov 6, 2019

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Nastasia Is Bitter Sweet

02:39

Is There Any Israwafer Society to Collect Nastalgia?

03:14

Nastalgia Inventory

03:33

Introduction

2min

The Role of Nastalgia in the Human Psyche

3min

Nastalgia

3min

Are You Longing for the Good Old Days?

3min

Are We Retrieving Memories of the Good Old Days?

5min

Are You Having Nastalgia?

2min

Is There a Distancing Effect on Loneliness?

2min

Is There Something Is Missing in the Current Life Style?

2min

I Wish It Were More Intense

2min

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Can Istalgia Be a Destructive Force That Can Incubate Anger, Isolation or Hatred?

3min

11.

Nastasia Is Bitter Sweet

3min

12.

Nestalgic Reminiscence - Is Age a Trigger for Astalgia?

3min

13.

Nastalgia Inventory

4min

14.

Is There Any Israwafer Society to Collect Nastalgia?

3min

15.

Speaking of Psychology Podcast

2min

What psychological purpose does nostalgia serve? Is it good or bad? Are we more nostalgic today in our hectic, connected world? Is there such a thing as the “good ‘ol days”? Here to help explain is Dr. Krystine Batcho, professor of psychology at LeMoyne College in Syracuse, New York. She’s an expert on nostalgia and developed the Nostalgia Inventory, a survey that assesses proneness to personal nostalgia.

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