Psychologically Speaking
Psychologically Speaking
Dawn Brinkley
Stand Back! I'm Going to try Science: How we "DO" Psychology
20 minutes Posted Aug 19, 2021 at 4:00 am.
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Did you know that liking curly fries and Morgan Freeman's voice is linked to high intelligence? Michael Kosinski and colleagues (2013) found evidence of these and other interesting correlations after studying the pages of 58,000 Facebook users. But what do findings from studies like this one really tell us, if anything? How do psychologists conduct research, and what are empirical questions? Listen to this latest episode to find out!