PickVidsBest Psychology & human behavior Videos
The 166 Psychology & human behavior videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 7 introductory, 7 intermediate, 152 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a talk. What they share is that one speaker finishes a claim, and the examples exist to hold that claim up. Channels you will keep seeing include TED, Veritasium, TEDx Talks.
You aren't at the mercy of your emotions -- your brain creates them | Lisa Feldman Barrett
Psychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett presents her research on what emotions are, arguing that the brain constructs them rather than reading them off faces.
Why "scout mindset" is crucial to good judgment | Julia Galef | TEDxPSU
Julia Galef introduces the soldier versus scout metaphor for two approaches to thinking, using the Dreyfus Affair as the illustration.
Joe Rogan Experience #1006 - Jordan Peterson & Bret Weinstein
A long Joe Rogan Experience podcast episode with psychologist Jordan Peterson and biologist Bret Weinstein, recorded during the controversy at Evergreen State College.
Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, reflects on the pressure placed on artists to be geniuses.
Guilty until proven innocent.
A compilation of police interrogations of innocent suspects who behave in very different ways yet are treated as guilty.
Sasquatch music festival 2009 - Guy starts dance party
Amateur footage from the 2009 Sasquatch music festival in which one person starts dancing alone and a crowd gradually joins in, turning it into a dance party.
Crowd Wisdom Principles
A ten-minute explainer from Hypermind on the wisdom of crowds, covering Galton's discovery and the diversity theorem.
The Hidden Rules of Conversation
Tom Scott explains Gricean maxims, the unwritten guidelines that shape how we understand each other.
A kinder, gentler philosophy of success | Alain de Botton
Alain de Botton gives a TED talk questioning how we define success and failure.
RR #128 - Morgan Housel: The Psychology of Money
Rational Reminder podcast episode with Morgan Housel, author of The Psychology of Money.
The First Principles Method Explained by Elon Musk
A short excerpt of Elon Musk, interviewed by Kevin Rose, explaining first-principles reasoning with the example of the car versus improving horse carriages.
Chamath Palihapitiya, Founder and CEO Social Capital, on Money as an Instrument of Change
Chamath Palihapitiya's Stanford GSB View From The Top talk on money as an instrument of change.
Orwell comes to america - clip - reason 1
A short clip, titled Orwell Comes to America, on reasoning and perception.
Slavoj Žižek | Why Be Happy When You Could Be Interesting? | Big Think
A two-minute Big Think clip of Slavoj Zizek arguing that happiness is a conformist, even unethical goal.
The Science of Thinking
A Veritasium explainer on how the brain works and how we learn.
Bike Thief 2012
Casey Neistat's social experiment in New York City where he tries to 'steal' his own bike with various tools, showing how little stops passers-by from helping.
How to start a movement | Derek Sivers
In a six-minute TED talk, Derek Sivers uses footage of a dancing man at an outdoor festival to show how a movement starts.
Lie Witness News - SXSW Edition
A Jimmy Kimmel segment in which interviewers at SXSW ask festival-goers about made-up bands, and many people confidently claim to know and like them.
The surprising habits of original thinkers | Adam Grant | TED
Adam Grant's TED talk on the habits of original thinkers, including procrastination and embracing failure.
New York Subway Signs
A short social experiment video in which people mimic the New York subway practice of workers pointing at signs and signals.
IN-SHADOW - A Modern Odyssey - Animated Short Film
A 13-minute hand-animated short film that takes a symbolic journey through the unconscious, built around Carl Jung's idea of confronting the Shadow.
The Secret of Our Success | Joseph Henrich | Talks at Google
Joseph Henrich's Talks at Google presentation of his book.
Capuchin monkeys reject unequal pay
Primatologist Frans de Waal shows an experiment in which capuchin monkeys refuse a reward after seeing a partner get a better one for the same task.
You Need to Be Bored. Here's Why.
Harvard professor Arthur Brooks explains why boredom is useful rather than something to avoid.