Two Psychologists Four Beers

Yoel and Mickey welcome return guest Elizabeth Page-Gould to the podcast to discuss adults with and without children. Why did Liz choose to have children? What do we make of fathers who leave their familiies? How does society view people without children? What is the logic behind anti-natalism? Bonus: What is concept creep and is it necessarily a bad thing?Special Guest: Elizabeth Page-Gould.Sponsored By:The Great Courses Plus: The Great Courses Plus is a Video-On-Demand service brought to you by The Great Courses – the leading global media brand for lifelong learning and personal enrichment. With thousands of in-depth videos taught by the world’s greatest professors, you’ll always have something fascinating to learn about. Promo Code: BEERSLinks:Beer | Steel & Oak Brewing Co. Old Yale BrewingTree Brewing CompanyConcept Creep: Psychology's Expanding Concepts of Harm and PathologyWhy men leave their wives and families - a man shares his storyFathers Who Leave | Psychology Today CanadaThe Case for Not Being Born | The New YorkerWhen men choose to be childless: An interpretative phenomenological analysis - Imogene Smith, Tess Knight, Richard Fletcher, Jacqui A. Macdonald, 2020“There’s More Thinking to Decide”: How the Childfree Decide Not to Parent - Amy Blackstone, Mahala Dyer Stewart, 2016Parenthood as a Moral Imperative? Moral Outrage and the Stigmatization of Voluntarily Childfree Women and Men | SpringerLink

As Little Urban Achievers, Yoel and Mickey delight in discussing previews for The Jesus Rolls, a Big Lebowski spinoff starring John Torturo as Jesus Quintana. They next talk about the University of California's policy of selecting faculty job candidates based primarily on their diversity and inclusion statements. They finally talk science: What happens when open science advocates veer from their pre-registration plans and fail to reject the null hypothesis? Should we care about effect sizes in psychology outside of applied research?Sponsored By:The Great Courses Plus: The Great Courses Plus is a Video-On-Demand service brought to you by The Great Courses – the leading global media brand for lifelong learning and personal enrichment. With thousands of in-depth videos taught by the world’s greatest professors, you’ll always have something fascinating to learn about. Promo Code: BEERSLinks:Sponsor: The Great Courses PlusIndie Alehouse Brewing CoThe Big Lebowski’s Jesus Quintana is back in first trailer for The Jesus Rolls | Ars TechnicaLife science jobs at Berkeley give precedence to candidates’ diversity and inclusion statements « Why Evolution Is TruePsyArXiv Preprints | Many Labs 4: Failure to Replicate Mortality Salience Effect With and Without Original Author InvolvementThe Expertise of Death – The Black GoatPsyArXiv Preprints | A Word of Caution about Many Labs 4: If You Fail to Follow Your Preregistered Plan, You May Fail to Find a Real EffectPsyArXiv Preprints | Do Effect Sizes in Psychology Laboratory Experiments Mean Anything in Reality?

Yoel and Mickey welcome Stanford sociologist and psychologist Robb Willer to the show, who serves up hot takes about the replication crisis. Did the low replicabilty era in social psychology have consequences for political science or sociology? Has the open science movement benefited from motivated morality, only effecting change when change was easy? Despite intentions, will the open science movement make science even more elitist? Bonus: Taking psychedelic drugs at music concerts is fun! Special Guest: Robb Willer.Links:Fog Breaker IPA | Anchor Brewing CompanyTransformative experience and social connectedness mediate the mood-enhancing effects of psychedelic use in naturalistic settings | PNASAmon Tobin - One Shy Morning (Official Music Video) - YouTube

Yoel and Mickey discuss a new paper by Tal Yarkoni suggesting that quantitative research in psychology is suffering from a generaliozability crisis. Do the numbers and statistics that psychological scientists present in their papers correspond to their verbal claims? What would psychological science look like if psychologists made fewer general statements? Should psychologists conduct more qualitative and descriptive research? Did Tal Yarkoni himself use a quantitative argument to prop up very old verbal claims about the problem of induction? Bonus: Before discussing generalizability, Yoel and Mickey discuss Contrapoints and her new video on cancel-culture.Links:DEVIL'S TRILL XII: CYPRESS TRILL — Blood BrothersCanceling | ContraPoints - YouTubeTrashing: The Dark Side of SisterhoodCancel Culture Is Not Real—At Least Not in the Way You Think | TimeAllo Darlin - Tallulah - YouTubePsyArXiv Preprints | The Generalizability CrisisThe Rise and Fall of Social Psychology: The Use and Misuse of the Experimental Method: Augustine Brannigan: 0000202307433: Books - Amazon.caPsyArXiv Preprints | Strong Effort Manipulations Reduce Response Caution: A Preregistered Reinvention of the Ego-Depletion Paradigm

Yoel and Mickey declare war on Christmas, discuss US-Canada differences, and almost entirely avoid serious topics. Bonus semi-serious topic: are all theories in psychology bound to be true?Links:Kitchen Party | Big Spruce Brewing | BeerAdvocateAn Additional Future for Psychological Science - William J. McGuire, 2013Adam Green - Dreidels Of Fire - YouTube

Mickey and Yoel chat with Nick Hobson, a psychologist who has moved from academia to applying behavioral science in the real world. What are some of the challenges that face academics-turned-practitioners? How can you apply psychological research in a rigorous way while, at the same time, keeping the bosses happy? We talk to Nick to find out. Plus: Yoel's eventful evening, and microdosing.Special Guest: Nick Hobson.Links:A Smiling Serial Shitter Is Terrorizing Toronto - VICECall Me | chipmunks on 16 speedThe Behaviorist‎It's All Just a Bunch of BS on Apple Podcasts

Are many classic social psychology experiments more theater than science? Mickey and Yoel discuss "The Rise and Fall of Social Psychology," a book by the sociologist Augustine Brannigan that makes this provocative claim. Given the complexity of social life, are laboratory experiments just the wrong way to measure most social phenomena? Bonus: who is Don Cherry, and what is his beef with Yoel?Links:Home - Beau's‘I don’t regret a thing.’ Don Cherry not backing down after being fired by Sportsnet | The StarRon MacLean says Coach's Corner 'is no more' after Don Cherry firing | CTV NewsThe Rise and Fall of Social Psychology: Augustine Brannigan: 0000202307433: Amazon.com: BooksRÜFÜS DU SOL ●● You Were Right

Mickey and Yoel take advantage of the SESP (Society for Experimental Social Psychology) conference to ask guests some hard-hitting questions about the present and future of social psychology (and, of course, beers). We then answer the same questions ourselves. Bonus: why are we banning applause on the show?Special Guests: Hanah Chapman, Keith Maddox, Laura Niemi, and Pam Smith.Links:Beau's Brewing Co. - Lug TreadOxford students vote to replace clapping with silent jazz hands | News | The TimesSESPLaura Niemi | Munk School of Global Affairs and Public PolicyHanah ChapmanPamela Smith | Faculty | Rady School of Management | UC San DiegoYidan YinTufts University, Department of Psychology: PeopleSemantics derived automatically from language corpora contain human-like biases | ScienceExploring the landscape of modern academic psychology: Finding and filling the holes. (Paul Rozin) — Like any other domain of human activity, psychology has its fads and fashions. One consequence of fads is an overconcentration of resources on specific problems or approaches, which leaves other important problems or approaches (holes) underappreciated and understudied. This article is primarily about different factors (such as negativity bias, polarization of positions, focus on internal causes of behavior, dedication to a narrow view of what science is) that result in holes and about explorations of some of these holes that have interested the author. Psychologists should look more in the holes left behind by current enthusiasms. The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect: Judea Pearl, Dana Mackenzie: 9780465097609: Amazon.com: BooksWatch Undone - Season 1 | Prime Video

Mickey and Yoel talk with Debra Mashek, the executive director of Heterodox Academy, an organization working to increase open inquiry, viewpoint diversity and constructive disagreement in academia. But what does that mean exactly? Aren't these just codewords for "more conservatives"? We talk to Debra to find out. We also ask Debra about her decision to leave her tenured faculty position and move across the country to take this job.Special Guest: Debra Mashek.Links:A Beer Sommelier's No Name Beer ReviewBlood Orange - Flagship Brewing Company - UntappdWelcome to Heterodox Academy - Heterodox AcademyHalf Hour of Heterodoxy w/ Chris Martin - Heterodox AcademyPa Salieu - Dem A Lie - YouTube

Jessica Flake, an assistant professor at McGill University, dives into the intricacies of measurement in psychology. She shares her journey from high-school dropout to academia, emphasizing the importance of valid psychological assessments. The conversation critically evaluates the GRE's validity and its implications for educational equity. Flake also tackles the challenges of measuring concepts like racial bias and highlights the need for robust measurement practices in psychology. Plus, expect a lively discussion about beer and personal anecdotes that add humor to the mix!