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If we get to know that somebody shares his name with us, we tend to help this person. Especially if it's a unusual name. Of course this can be used by sales people to influence us... Author: Eskil Burck (Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences) www.learningpsychology.netBy Eskil Burck

At the beginning of the 70s social psychologist Henri Tajfel could show, that even minimal similarities can lead to preference for in-group members and/or discrimination against out-group members... (minimal group paradigm) Author: Eskil Burck www.learningpsychology.netBy Eskil Burck

What does really help after a traumatic experience? Should we, directly after a traumatic experience, talk through the traumatic experience again in great detail in a conversation with a psychologist (or another person we trust) so that we can process the experience better? Or might it be better to play Tetris, for example. The answer is perplexing…

Sometimes the psychological phenomenon priming can be confused with telepathy or mind reading... www.learningpsychology.netBy Eskil Burck

Almost everybodey knows the problem: When it comes to cleanliness, opinions differ widely. Luckily, there is an interesting psychological trick that can motivate people to and clean up. :) _________ Author: Eskil Burck (degreed psychologist) www.learningpsychology.net www.psychologie-lernen.de Angst - Was hilft wirklich gegen Angst und Panikattacke…

The Door-in-the-Face-Technique is one of the most famous inlfuence techniques. It's effectiveness could be shown in many different studies. But can you increase the effectiveness of the famous influence tactic? Author: Eskil Burck (degreed psychologist) www.learningpsychology.netBy Eskil Burck

The Door-in-the-Face-Technique is one of the most famous inlfuence techniques. It's effectiveness could be shown in many different studies. But can you increase the effectiveness of the famous influence tactic? Author: Eskil Burck (degreed psychologist) www.learningpsychology.netBy Eskil Burck

The Door-in-the-Face-Technique is one of the most famous inlfuence techniques. It's effectiveness could be shown in many different studies. But can you increase the effectiveness of the famous influence tactic? Author: Eskil Burck (degreed psychologist) www.learningpsychology.netBy Eskil Burck

In this episode wie take a look at a more recent study about the door-in-the-face-technique and we discuss wether it makes a difference whether the requester is an in-group or out-group member...By Eskil Burck

The Door-in-the-Face-Technique is one of the most famous inlfuence techniques. It's effectiveness could be shown in many different studies.By Eskil Burck

Do the ominous 36 questions to fall in love with someone really work? What psychological effects are at work? www.learningpsychology.netBy Eskil Burck

Can we simulate the medical effect of pills by just by imagining taking a pill? A fascinating new study published in Nature (Buergler et al., 2023) provides answers and could finally help us harness the placebo effect… __________________ Studies (small sample only): Buergler, S., Sezer, D., Bagge, N., Kirsch, I., Locher, C., Carvalho, C., & Gaab, J…

Benjamin Franklin not only entered the history books as one of the founding fathers of the USA, but is also mentioned in many psychology textbooks. His ingeniously simple method of turning an opposing politician into one of his closest allies and friends received a lot of attention, especially from social psychologists. But does the Benjamin Frankl…

It's time for our recap of this year’s highlights from Kalabalik på Tyrolen. Interviews with Roya, Riki, Catherine Moan, and Les Trucs, as well as our own impressions of a great festival.

We finally get to experience live music again – and we couldn’t ask for a better place to do it. Our favorite, best festival in the world: Kalabalik på Tyrolen! We sit down with Rue Oberkampf, Sex Kino, and Schluss Licht to talk about their gigs, and how it has been to make music without having live shows. Music is back!…

In this weird world we are living in right now we figured you need something to brighten your day. In our 53rd episode we got to hangout with Laura Morgan also known as Livmødr. We spoke about her growing up on the Isle of Man, her obsession with keytars and we also got an insight in her creative process. We’ve got new stuff sent in by our listener…

What happens if you combine influence techniques? Fointiat tested the combined effect of the foot-in-the-mouth technique and the door-in-the-face technique. Publication: Fointiat, V. (2000). “Foot-in-the-Mouth” versus “Door-in-the-Face” requests. The Journal of Social Psychology, 140(2), 264-266. Author: Eskil Burck (degreed psychologist) www.learn…

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Join us when we visit the bestest little festival in Sweden - Kalabalik - deep in the dark forests of Småland - a place we call Swedens Texas. We chat with Rex Pistols, Avi Roig, and Minuit Machine.

We are back with an English episode to give outsiders a chance to listen to our interview with Covenant's Eskil Simonsson, and to discover new Swedish electronic music. Eskil tells us about Covenant's humble beginnings, what Futurepop really is, all about Fieldworks Exkursion EP, and upcoming tour and album plans. With music by Minuit Machine, The …

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Icelandic postpunk female trio Kaelan Mikla were in Stockholm for a live show, and we got the opportunity to sit down for a minute and talk about Iceland, music, Robert Smith and much more.

We are back with a rare English episode, in which we talk about the magical little electronic music festival Kalabalik på Tyrolen in southern Sweden. On the bill were, among others Dive, Visitor, Ploho, Vanligt Folk, Position Parallèle, and the very first performance of Iceland act Hatari outside their native icy island. We meet up with Gertrud Ste…

Can you persuade people by using the simple phrase: "I hope I am not disturbing you, am I?" Publication: Meineri, S., & Guéguen, N. (2011). “I Hope I'm Not Disturbing You, Am I?” Another Operationalization of the Foot‐in‐the‐Mouth Paradigm1. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 41(4), 965-975. Author: Eskil Burck (degreed psychologist) www.learnin…

"How are you feeling?" Does this simple phrase improve compliance rates? Publications: Aunel, R. K., & Basil, M. D. (1994). A Relational Obligations Approach to the Foot‐In‐The‐Mouth Effect. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 24(6), 546-556. Howard, D. J. (1990). The influence of verbal responses to common greetings on compliance behavior: The f…

What happens if you combine influence techniques? Fointiat tested the combined effect of the foot-in-the-mouth technique and the door-in-the-face technique. Publication: Fointiat, V. (2000). “Foot-in-the-Mouth” versus “Door-in-the-Face” requests. The Journal of Social Psychology, 140(2), 264-266. Author: Eskil Burck (degreed psychologist)…

The foot-in-the-door technique is certainly one of the best-known and best-researched influence techniques. Usually only the study by Freedman and Fraser (1966) is presented in psychology textbooks. Meanwhile, foot-in-the-door technique has been tested in many other situations. For example when it comes to begging money or to invite a woman to a da…

The foot-in-the-door technique is certainly one of the best-known and best-researched influence techniques. Usually only the study by Freedman and Fraser (1966) is presented in psychology textbooks. Meanwhile, foot-in-the-door technique has been tested in many other situations. For example when it comes to begging money or to invite a woman to a da…

The foot-in-the-door technique is certainly one of the best-known and best-researched influence techniques. Usually only the study by Freedman and Fraser (1966) is presented in psychology textbooks.By Eskil Burck