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    Give Paul Bloom one hour, and he'll teach you "the psychology of everything." Through the case studies of compassion, racism, and sex, Dr. Bloom explores the intrinsic fundamentals of human nature, including some of our most intriguing tendencies, such as the kindness of babies, stereotyping (which can be both detrimental and beneficial), and our universal sense of beauty. Additional topics addressed in the lecture include: "What do studies suggest is the number one characteristic that males and females look for in a mate?", "How can I get someone to have compassion for causes I care about?", "Are we all unconscious racists?", and even, "What do the porn preferences of monkeys tells us about our own sexual choices?"
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    PAUL BLOOM:
    Paul Bloom is the Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Psychology at Yale University. An internationally recognized expert on the psychology of child development, social reasoning, and morality, he has won numerous awards for his research, writing, and teaching. Bloom’s previous books include Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil and How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like, and he has written for Science, Nature, The New York Times, and The New Yorker.
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    TRANSCRIPT:
    Hello, my name is Paul Bloom and I’m a Professor of Psychology at Yale University. And what I want to do today is present a brief introduction to psychology, which is the science of the human mind.
    Now, I’m admittedly biased, but I think psychology is the most interesting of all scientific fields. It’s the most interesting because it’s about us. It’s about the most important and intimate aspects of our lives. So psychologists study everything from language, perception, memory, motivation, dreams, love, hate. We study the development of a child. We study mental illnesses like schizophrenia and psychopathy, we study morality, we study happiness.
    Now, psychology is such a huge field that it breaks up into different subfields. Some psychologists study neuroscience, which is the study how the brain gives rise to mental life. Others, like me, are Developmental Psychologists. We study what happens to make a baby turn into a child and a child turn into adults. We study what makes a baby turn into a child and a child turn into an adult. We ask questions like, how does a baby think about the world? What do we start off knowing? What do we have to learn?
    Other psychologists are Social Psychologists. They study human interaction. What’s the nature of prejudice? How do we persuade one another?
    Some Psychologists are Cognitive Psychologists. What that means is they study the mind as a computational device looking particularly at capacities like language, perception, memory, and decision-making. Some Psychologists are Evolutionary Psychologists, which means they’re particularly interested in biological origin of the human mind.
    There are Evolutionary Psychologists. Evolutionary Psychologists are particularly interested in the evolutionary origin of our psychologies. So they study the mind with an eye towards how it has evolved. What adaptive problems it’s been constructed to solve.
    Finally, there’s clinical psychology. For many people, this is what psychology means. Many people associate psychology with clinical psychology, and in fact, it’s a very important aspect of psychology. Clinical psychologists are interested in the diagnosis that the causes and the treatment of mental disorders, disorders like schizophrenia, depression and anxiety disorders. It would be impossible for me to provide a full spectrum introduction to all of these sub fields of psychology in the time I have.
    So what I’m going to do instead is I’m going to focus on three case studies. I’m gong to focus on compassion, racism, and sex. I’ve chosen these case studies for two reasons. First, each of them is particularly interesting in its own light. These are questions we’re interested in as people, as scientists, but also in our every day lives. And I want to try to persuade you that psychologists have some interesting things to say about them.
    Second, together they illustrate the range of approaches that psychologists use. The sort of theories that we construct, the sorts of methods we use when approaching a domain. I want to try to give you a feeling for what psychology looks like when we actually carry it out.
    The first case study is compassion. Compassion...
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  • @bigthink
    @bigthink  11 років тому +120

    Thanks for watching (and sharing)! We have 5 more that we'll release from this series. Stay tuned.

    • @Kimonodiloto
      @Kimonodiloto 3 роки тому +1

      29:28 Terrifying representation of the conscious-unconscious dichotomy as good vs evil just based on our current value system.
      Big Think, Think again when you manifest your values on deep psychological question, someone could identify the unconscious as an evil force opposed to the goodness manifested by the conscious and that would be terribly wrong

    • @obfishguy
      @obfishguy 3 роки тому +1

      Our usual lii9iii

    • @jadkylan7774
      @jadkylan7774 2 роки тому +1

      I know im asking the wrong place but does anybody know a tool to get back into an Instagram account..?
      I was dumb forgot the password. I appreciate any tips you can offer me

    • @matteokody4713
      @matteokody4713 2 роки тому

      @Jad Kylan instablaster =)

    • @marcdemell5976
      @marcdemell5976 2 роки тому

      The Holy Spirit is our moral compass ,our conscience ,our helper ,fact! HalleluYAH!

  • @shalimarsgirl
    @shalimarsgirl 10 років тому +70

    "Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind" William Shakespeare, and "The most important quality in a mate is kindness". That's how it is. Excellent video. Thank you!

  • @thedawapenjor
    @thedawapenjor Рік тому +15

    Thank you Big Think for producing so many of these valuable videos for so long.

  • @skeetdroid
    @skeetdroid 10 років тому +139

    i really like the way this video was put together and the visual representations of almost unfathomable things. very good job! i wish all lectures were like this.

    • @crxssaegrim
      @crxssaegrim 2 роки тому

      yeah lemme pull out the uhhhhh mf...uhhh purgatory classroom 😳😳

  • @Pepetex26
    @Pepetex26 8 років тому +117

    the presentation: 10/10 ign would play again. the sound effects: please make it stop kill me now.

    • @salexmatei
      @salexmatei 8 років тому +3

      +darude sandstorm that made me chuckle cos im a sound designer :p

    • @Pepetex26
      @Pepetex26 8 років тому +2

      +googlestopaskingformyname do you agree tho? i think they were really bad

    • @salexmatei
      @salexmatei 8 років тому +3

      darude sandstorm there were definitely some questionable decisions :D I did not like the very intrusive percussive pop sounds that were used.

    • @PACXS
      @PACXS 4 роки тому

      The sounds are horrible. It distracts the viewer. It does not add to any understanding.

    • @itsmesecksey
      @itsmesecksey 3 роки тому +4

      I like the sounds, I think the fact that they draw attention to themselves signals important info or pay attention to what is motivated by the sound, usually data

  • @tomatoxflames
    @tomatoxflames 8 років тому +262

    Watched the Yale lectures he has on UA-cam. Very good 10/10

    • @Logical_Motivation
      @Logical_Motivation 7 років тому +5

      tomatoxflames that video is really good! 10/10 fosure!

    • @Q_QQ_Q
      @Q_QQ_Q 3 роки тому +2

      Link

    • @Clickbait86
      @Clickbait86 3 роки тому

      @@Q_QQ_Q 😊

    • @Q_QQ_Q
      @Q_QQ_Q 3 роки тому

      @@Clickbait86 ???

    • @broken2bones
      @broken2bones 2 роки тому +4

      Same here. Paul is an amazing professor. I was surprised to learn Freud belongs in a history course as opposed to a psychology course.

  • @KikoMartinsUSA
    @KikoMartinsUSA 10 років тому +15

    Professor Paul Bloom at his best! A synopsis of us, humans, just as the way we are. You've got to love him!

  • @alecmorrow8431
    @alecmorrow8431 10 років тому +14

    Genuinely an amazing teacher, not only sonicly aware and understanding of what he is teaching, but equally as much capable of being interesting consistently.

  • @dave474c
    @dave474c 11 років тому +108

    "The more easily disgusted you are, the more aversion you have to outgroups"
    Very interesting.

    • @FBeckenbauer4
      @FBeckenbauer4 3 роки тому +10

      It does sound interesting, but women seem to be disgusted easier yet are more compassionate of other groups. 🤷‍♂️

    • @zuniga504
      @zuniga504 3 роки тому +9

      @@FBeckenbauer4 not true wemon are compassionate of other groups they feel are there group but to outsiders they are more hostile think of a mama bear protecting its cub

    • @rosalindmartin4469
      @rosalindmartin4469 3 роки тому

      Duh

    • @rosalindmartin4469
      @rosalindmartin4469 3 роки тому +1

      @@FBeckenbauer4 women? How about "learned sympathy"
      There's "disgust" vs annoyance or distaste, and More. Much of it is learned and imitated etc. both consciously AND UNconsciously.
      Everybody loves dogs now😳
      40 yrs ago in Mexico a dog was for work and protection and everyone knew it and steered clear of them. Now with TV and Amercuns ... Many people regard them as loveable pets. Yeah. I watched that happen. Yeah. I hablo spanglish.
      Yeah. Women tend to have more of the oxymoronic chemical that makes them coo at babies and puppies. I don't, but have to work at not behaving like others.

    • @FBeckenbauer4
      @FBeckenbauer4 3 роки тому

      @@rosalindmartin4469 The argument that it's learnt has zero validity. Learned by whom and why? Does it not prove that women learn acceptance of other groups easier, is that not my point you're confirming? If you're infering that women are not more accepting due to their own individual enlightenment but group think, and that is your litmus test, then you can't study anything about humans at all because near no one outside of these videos spends time studying themselves in a nietzschien way, the world is not a Jordan Peterson video.

  • @archa1624
    @archa1624 8 років тому +122

    thanks for sharing knowledge

    • @basslinger
      @basslinger 8 років тому +10

      +archa1624 knaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw-ledge

    • @timokirchler
      @timokirchler 8 років тому +3

      +basslinger is powah.

    • @SelfReflective
      @SelfReflective 7 років тому +1

      You're welcome. I do my best.

    • @andrewbarrett8178
      @andrewbarrett8178 7 років тому +2

      SelfReflective Holy Father Freud. He is a Lord of a Million Eons sent from Caodai to absorb our minds of the nectar of holy fruits. Please worship the true father of the mind.

  • @brattenj57
    @brattenj57 2 роки тому +13

    All I can say is: OUTSTANDING! Thank you, Paul Bloom, for bringing this to us.

  • @felixxia3604
    @felixxia3604 Рік тому +1

    the boy at 7:20, i want to hug him. i wish he would not change and have even more compassion like that forever. if only everyone is like that..... the world will be even more beautiful

  • @fj0m
    @fj0m 3 роки тому +2

    This is great, i am glad i found it. Thanks

  • @less4wireless
    @less4wireless 10 років тому +8

    I have no idea if mister Bloom will get this, but I want to personally thank him for helping me understand psychology better. Thank you sir, I improve my grades by 20%.And my life! Thank you!

  • @JoanaKompa
    @JoanaKompa 11 років тому +7

    An excellent general introduction to psychology without regurgitating history. Bloom's focus is very much on social psychology. I liked the findings on disgust and prejudice against outgroups. Compassion, racism and sex are great topics as they relate to the experience of many viewers.

  • @r3nd3rm4n
    @r3nd3rm4n 8 років тому +4

    paul bloom is simply the best. i loved his psychology lectures at yale online

  • @yoden666
    @yoden666 3 роки тому +5

    Wow.. learned so much right now. Thank for the lecture, very well done

  • @jolness1
    @jolness1 2 роки тому +6

    This is so damn good, I would love to see these make a comeback!

  • @shegsdev
    @shegsdev 3 роки тому

    How come I am just seeing this series?
    I love Paul Bloom's lectures...always interesting and full of wisdom.

  • @euscieu4246
    @euscieu4246 3 роки тому

    Thank you for making these videos! They’re so interesting and well made

  • @lifecloud2
    @lifecloud2 2 роки тому +3

    This was a wonderful lecture! I really learned a lot here. Thank you!

  • @eygene2007
    @eygene2007 10 років тому +3

    Thank you! for making this video.

  • @beautifullife5645
    @beautifullife5645 3 роки тому +13

    Thankyou everybody for putting such an amazing content For free. World seems a better place now.

  • @ashnesbitt4228
    @ashnesbitt4228 8 років тому +2

    I have never seen such an informative piece from a social perspective of psychology. I loved every second.

  • @mugishamahad1374
    @mugishamahad1374 Рік тому +3

    I was thinking about this before typing it as a comment. This might be the most useful video I have ever watched on UA-cam!

  • @raniyako
    @raniyako 7 років тому +3

    I am a big fan of Professor Paul and very grateful for all his lectures
    Can you please allow the subtitle feature because i am very interested in translating it so that more people can benefit

  • @JurijFedorov
    @JurijFedorov 8 років тому +1

    The best online lecturer in psychology. Levels above the rest right now.

  • @PsychologyinTamil
    @PsychologyinTamil Рік тому +14

    Such a Beautiful Video, So well thought out, Thank you So Much!

  • @rashca98
    @rashca98 11 років тому +7

    I fell asleep like 20 minutes in because I was tired. But very interesting and your voice is soothing, like a lullaby.

  • @animepizza2296
    @animepizza2296 10 років тому +9

    I'm from the UK and I have always been interested in the human mind and behaviour. I recently listened to professor blooms intro psych lectures at Yale university. They are excellent. Professor Bloom is very easy to listen to and understand, his passion for psychology is evident throughout. After listening to his lectures repeatedly over the last few weeks, I now know that I absolutely want to become a psychologist, and in just under a years time I will doing a Psychology degree.

  • @Twestliw
    @Twestliw Рік тому +1

    This man is such a great communicator. Very easy to understand his points. Great work !

  • @Certuniq
    @Certuniq 10 років тому

    This presentation is fantastic.
    Thanks alot for puzzling it together.

  • @chrismokelky
    @chrismokelky 10 років тому +11

    Taking psychology at college and he touched a lot of things discussed within an introductory lecture in psychology with social psychology. Very good video

    • @Pamven
      @Pamven 2 роки тому

      Any other resources/UA-cam videos you would kindly recommend to get ahead in studying psychology on your own? My classes have yet to start but I was looking to give myself a headstart 😊

  • @ngyuenn
    @ngyuenn 3 роки тому +6

    Almost each of the floating university lectures concludes with telling the viewers that the subject will be a perfect one to major in college, and I agree each time!! I know it is almost impossible, but could Big Think continue with this series and make one on English literature?

  • @milakim5139
    @milakim5139 11 місяців тому +1

    OMG, that is so interesting 🤔 Generally, I don't view psychological videos often, but I was instantly hooked on this one

  • @AlbertAguirre
    @AlbertAguirre 10 років тому +2

    THE best video I have seen on the human mind. Bravo!

  • @JinxMangSung
    @JinxMangSung 8 років тому +4

    Really good video thank you.

  • @eduardoandrade1214
    @eduardoandrade1214 9 років тому +4

    Amazing explanation/lecture! I would like to be student in his class!

  • @earlyrisersteph
    @earlyrisersteph 4 роки тому +1

    Just discovered Paul Bloom. Yay!

  • @flabbyhoy
    @flabbyhoy 10 років тому

    absolutely fantastic lecture Paul. thank you so very much

  • @Brun69M
    @Brun69M 8 років тому +75

    Thanks!
    PS: I would turn down a little the volume of the sound effects with respect to the voice of the speaker.

    • @SuperMKi1
      @SuperMKi1 8 років тому +12

      +Bruno M also the sound effects chosen are somehow annoying as fuck. at least to me.

    • @chuckdemus
      @chuckdemus 8 років тому +3

      +SuperMKi1 hey whats up, Mr. Complaints

    • @chuckdemus
      @chuckdemus 8 років тому +2

      +m1ndj4ck3r use the volume control on your own computer, DOOSHBAGG

    • @SuperMKi1
      @SuperMKi1 8 років тому +1

      m1ndj4ck3r hey, I was just stating how they felt to me :*

    • @cryora
      @cryora 8 років тому

      +Bruno M SEX

  • @AdamMusialBright
    @AdamMusialBright 11 років тому +10

    Beautiful, clear, precise and simple psychology introduction - well done Paul Bloom

  • @karimb5295
    @karimb5295 2 роки тому

    Great videos !
    I am gonna watch it more then once 👍🏽!!
    Thank you 🙏

  • @Tipoconsuguitarra
    @Tipoconsuguitarra 11 років тому

    I think the whole idea of this channel is just brilliant! Excellent!

  • @duyhoang79
    @duyhoang79 9 років тому +3

    everyone is a psychologist in some way ...but a broader understanding with our surrounding is very helpful. thanks Dr.

    • @Preetvnd
      @Preetvnd 9 років тому +13

      Everyone is a psychologist in the same way as everyone who has a camera is a photographer. But, in reality only a true photographer would know what to capture. (:

  • @samanthanorris8297
    @samanthanorris8297 3 роки тому +8

    the sound is really bothersome. def impaired my ability to learn. i couldnt even spell the word impaired because i think the BOOOP BOOP BOOP broke my function to sound out words and spell them properly. thanks.

  • @Worm8theBird
    @Worm8theBird Рік тому

    This is more relevant now than ever. So glad to have come up on this. Thank you.

  • @ezequielsilva9444
    @ezequielsilva9444 3 роки тому

    Hugely grateful for the amazing knowledge shared. 👏🏽👏🏽

  • @AthenaSees
    @AthenaSees 9 років тому +39

    This was a great video. Thank you for creating it. One of the things holding scientists back from understanding human psychology and what grows healthy loving people vs. what grows psychosis is that we are observing identities or end results rather than observing the interrelationship between these end results. We become the people we are today because of what happened to us in our childhood. The spectrum of different outcomes is as clear as mixing colors. For a while we thought that red, yellow and blue were primary colors. In actuality cyan, magenta, and yellow are. This is similar to psychology. One of the biggest masks to understanding human consciousness is that people try to cover up their faults or at least reduce the actual negative effect of their actions by diluting it with other factors. Children become the kind of adults they are taught to be by those who are in charge of them. Many parents or adults have a hard time admitting that they weren't the best mentors because they tried to be.

    • @HEOEvgeny
      @HEOEvgeny 9 років тому +1

      Do you mean parents did not try enough hard to teach offspring.Why you might ask me, because it requires an tremendous effort.The effort cost us energy,thus mind preserves it with best regards that make us LAZY.

    • @prepperjonpnw6482
      @prepperjonpnw6482 2 роки тому

      If children become the kind of adults they are taught to be by those who are in charge of them how do you explain the very real outcome of children being the opposite of what their parents are? As in the case of parents that are very free and for lack of a better word hippies and their children grow up to be a clone of Ronald Reagan? lol or parents who are ultra conservative church going republicans and yet their children grow up to be adults who don’t go to church because they say they aren’t religious they’re spiritual and are very much democrats? It’s the phenomenon of children growing up to be the opposite of their parents. Sometimes this happens on a massive scale as it did in the 1960’s and early 70’s in America. In that case the parents were the generation that fought in WWII and then had their children in the late 1940’s and early 50’s. Those parents tended to be rather conservative and yet their children came of age in the mid 1960’s. Those children were about as far left as you could get in that time. They listened to rock and roll not big band/swing and they grew long hair and eschewed flower power and had the summer of love etc. Of course it wasn’t like that for all families but a large portion of them were having that issue. I would very much like to hear a lecture about that phenomenon. How do we as parents raise our children to be more like us, with the same beliefs and political leanings so that we can perpetuate our way of life

    • @deaflloko2745
      @deaflloko2745 Рік тому

      Can’t agree more!As you wrote,usually our childhood is very important to understand what adults we will become!As an example i want to bring here true crime cases..Often,serial killers,have had a terrible childhood (from very neglecting parents to abusive ones..These ppl have had horrible examples while growing up and if what you see around you is only violence,your brain will view it as normal..Now ofc this is not a justification at all,and there are ppl that no matter how difficult their childhood was,they grow up to be nice persons..But this helps you to understand why these kinda ppl become violent adults..)

    • @18_rabbit
      @18_rabbit Рік тому

      @@HEOEvgeny yeah especially those parental units who are thoughtless, incurious and otherwise morally and intellectually bankrupt. The compassionate of society end up taking care of their kids as adults!

  • @halonothing1
    @halonothing1 9 років тому +6

    I just finished watching the last lecture in Professor Bloom's Introduction to Psychology course the other day. That course contained more interesting and potentially useful information than perhaps anything else I've ever watched. I'm definitely going to move on to another psych course and pursue it further.

  • @kristinlegault9168
    @kristinlegault9168 9 років тому

    This is so incredibly interesting! Love this video!

  • @Katyarubyrose1
    @Katyarubyrose1 3 роки тому

    very good time spent, thanks!

  • @mafan-_-
    @mafan-_- 3 роки тому +7

    The transition sound effects in this presentation are what I live for

    • @cassianowogel
      @cassianowogel 3 роки тому

      Oh, dear. I find them terribly distracting and annoying. 😂

    • @sparkybob1023
      @sparkybob1023 3 роки тому

      they definitely stand out as markers, for sure... a fine line...

  • @tannawang
    @tannawang 9 років тому +21

    Love Paul Blooms talks, but sound effects are really distracting and annoying at times.

  • @brianreeves
    @brianreeves 2 роки тому

    The breadth and depth of this--exceptional.

  • @MrEyesof9
    @MrEyesof9 3 роки тому

    Thank you for this!
    I think many of the folks who dare to be honest with themselves, will eventually brush up against a number of these ideas, it's wonderful to get the "rest of the story" (if you will) allowing a far more complete understanding..

  • @longjohnw86
    @longjohnw86 10 років тому +10

    any one else notice he rocks back and forth through out the vid?

    • @stevena8719
      @stevena8719 4 роки тому

      He could literally just have asymmetrical femurs or hips or something

  • @salexmatei
    @salexmatei 8 років тому +17

    someone go tell Hans Zimmer we found his twin brother.

  • @willchristie2650
    @willchristie2650 2 роки тому

    Fascinating. Still watching in 2021.

  • @skrame01
    @skrame01 10 років тому

    Paul Bloom, Thank you very much. You are very good at explaining the subject!

  • @unvergebeneid
    @unvergebeneid 8 років тому +30

    7:10 I didn't even guess the intent of that guy. I'm impressed the toddler does.

    • @invaderz1919
      @invaderz1919 7 років тому

      lmfao same here

    • @OersJ
      @OersJ 3 роки тому

      you must be smart at parties :)

    • @unvergebeneid
      @unvergebeneid 3 роки тому

      @@OersJ dunno but I usually do manage to open the doors to a party and I have my doubts if the person in that video has ever successfully opened a door ;)

    • @unvergebeneid
      @unvergebeneid 3 роки тому

      Wait, I will make an exception for automatic doors. They are the only kind that you can open by running into them twice and then standing aside in resignation, waiting for them to magically open themselves. Although I can see how one might come to think this works for any other door as well, given enough patience with the waiting.

    • @OersJ
      @OersJ 3 роки тому

      @@unvergebeneid ;)

  • @LCTesla
    @LCTesla 8 років тому +26

    Used to be a psychology addict, but over the years I began to realize it's a field that raises more questions than it answers, and to the extent it can settle anything, the answers are rarely objective, quantifiable and certain at the same time.

    • @WhatIsNature
      @WhatIsNature 8 років тому +22

      +LCTesla Can you name a field that answers more questions than it raises?
      Also, what is inherently wrong with any field that raises more questions than answers? That actually says absolutely nothing about the quality or productivity of the field. I can give examples to demonstrate this point, if it isn't obvious why.
      As far as the answers rarely being objective, that's an entirely generalized thing to suggest. What are you even talking about? Social psychology? Cognitive psychology? Developmental psychology? Evolutionary psychology? Neuroscience? All of psychology? There is a lot of psychology out there, and it helps to specify which particular field has which particular advantages and disadvantages in terms of scientific insights we gain from the, considering it's all different.
      There are actually studies that suggest psychologists collectively understand and perform science better than those in "hard sciences." The explanation for this is simple: psychology is so difficult to find conclusive results, and the nature of the science is so rigorous, that the experimenter or theoretician MUST be significantly informed in the expertise of the scientific method, otherwise the results will likely be insignificant. Many psychologists aren't experts at the scientific method and fail to produce significant results (which seems to be where your focus is stuck at)--but this is actually true of any field of science, which always includes experimenters and theoreticians who are incompetent. Likewise, many psychologists are experts at the scientific method and produce significantly beneficial insights into the mind and behavior, just like other fields of science do for their own subject. (In short: soft sciences have a tendency to promote better scientists and generally strong science because they obligate them by their very nature. To refuse acknowledging the good science in a field of science because of the bad science in a field of science is to use confirmation bias if one is ridiculing the science as generally subjective and not quantifiable).
      The more you discredit psychology, the more you risk sharing the view Scientologists have of it. At the end of the day, you can't generalize any science--you can only be specific with advantages and disadvantages any subfield of any subject in science has. Frankly, you didn't do that, and so I can't find your comment being substantially meaningful.
      Also, big difference in a "psychology addict" and someone who has studied it on at least an academically collegiate level, as far as understanding it goes. This applies to most sciences for most people. E.G., I can find 100 people enthusiastic about physics, but only a small handful will actually know what they're talking about compared to those who have been formally educated in the field. I bet a lot of "physics addicts" have very interesting, yet false, perceptions about physics.
      Psychology, like most sciences to most Americans, seems unsupported on its surface. That's why it usually takes a higher education just to remotely begin breaking down that barrier and introducing the substance of its foundation. To most Americans, evolution is rarely objective and quantifiable at the same time. Does this mean criticism for evolution is valid, or rather that the mass perception of science is flawed by incompetent education?

    • @keesmulder3020
      @keesmulder3020 8 років тому +3

      +Calvin Constable You sir, are one interllectual man. That comment was very well written.

    • @WhatIsNature
      @WhatIsNature 8 років тому +2

      +Qhorin Halfhand The beauty of freedom is that you can feel that way and express it, Qhorin. I'd just like to point out, though, that the only people who would back your claim are scientologists (they believe the brain sciences are pseudosciences--which is quite interesting). If that's a group that seems credible to you and you feel comfortable sharing opinions of scientific criticism with, again, you're free to have such an opinion.
      I'd just personally feel concerned when my views line up with the actual quackery of scientology. To me, that's a good red flag to begin reevaluating myself. "I think X, but so does scientology... is X really a coherent opinion?" Just some food for thought.

    • @ElFelipeLoco
      @ElFelipeLoco 8 років тому +2

      +LCTesla science is a never ending process. you cannot find a different field that will give you clear answers.

    • @bradleykehoe5402
      @bradleykehoe5402 8 років тому +9

      +Qhorin Halfhand Qhorin, I currently work in a psychology research lab focusing on traumatic stress mainly in children in Sri Lanka who have been exposed to war and death. The point of the lab is to strive toward data to develop a better treatment for PTSD in a non-Western culture, as mental illness differs from culture to culture. Now, this doesn't sound like quackery to me. Why does it to you?

  • @OswellMusic
    @OswellMusic 7 років тому

    This video was very helpful and easy to understand. Great work!

  • @fsavegano
    @fsavegano 10 років тому

    absolutely well presented and interesting. thanks a lot for that.

  • @ellesbells902
    @ellesbells902 Рік тому +5

    Stranger danger does not disappear in larger scale communities, it just turns into mental illness and stress

    • @erinmarieee23
      @erinmarieee23 Рік тому +2

      Larger scale communities tend to have a lot of diversity (think New York City), thus, stranger danger does not completely disappear, but it is significantly diminished due to increased contact with diverse groups.

    • @VoltairesRevenge
      @VoltairesRevenge 11 місяців тому

      @@erinmarieee23Not true. It depends upon the dynamics of the community.

  • @wrathofme03
    @wrathofme03 9 років тому +8

    this explains why xenophobia and religion/paranoia is high in rural areas.

  • @lobintool
    @lobintool 2 роки тому

    Thank for that. It answered a lot of questions. Not all of them but enough for a start!

  • @bzzzvzzze
    @bzzzvzzze 5 років тому

    Thank you for the knowledge!

  • @mkwarlock
    @mkwarlock 11 років тому +3

    I've been thinking so much about how the difference in the ability for producing offspring affects perception of sexes. I came to the same conclusion, but I wouldn't be able to put it this eloquently in near future. Amazing documentary, really thought-provoking and enlightening.

  • @theslothfulone
    @theslothfulone 11 років тому +8

    I can honestly say that I can understand and appreciate every second of this video. I'ts almost scary to think that all the time that I have thought about these things and wondered, there have been people like him that have thought exactly the same way.
    Pschology here I come!

  • @ULTIMATE_FREEDOM_FIGHTER
    @ULTIMATE_FREEDOM_FIGHTER 11 років тому

    seriously good explanation of psychology! simple and fantastic!

  • @carnagededo
    @carnagededo 6 років тому

    Great video, thank you for sharing.

  • @unironically_me
    @unironically_me 10 років тому +14

    i wanna study psychology when i go to college

    • @thetruthareufos
      @thetruthareufos 10 років тому +5

      u are very lucky some of us study it from life

    • @TheEnfadel
      @TheEnfadel 10 років тому +3

      I worked in psych for a long time. This was what it all came down to. You can consider yourself an expert after this. ;)

    • @vitormelomedeiros
      @vitormelomedeiros 4 роки тому

      Did you do it?

  • @samschweblin1992
    @samschweblin1992 3 роки тому +4

    35:04" what tf are we just doing."

  • @DonMahaffeyWeaverII
    @DonMahaffeyWeaverII 8 років тому

    Nice presentation. Thanks for the lesson.

  • @youseftomar
    @youseftomar 10 років тому +2

    Simply, Amazing!

  • @prygler
    @prygler 9 років тому +53

    It is very misleading to call it the psychology of everything, when it is only a bit psychology of compassion, racism and sexual motivation.

    • @MattWeismiller1994
      @MattWeismiller1994 9 років тому +7

      prygler Psychology of everything would be teaching "all" the psychological perspectives and then applying it to any topic. I have yet to take a psychology course or a lecture that mentions all perspectives, even though I think it can be simplified by talking of the biopsychosocial approach. And I feel like it's the one of the perspectives that is closest to an absolute truth because it takes into account: genetics, emotions and disposition/social norms.

    • @fratertenc7589
      @fratertenc7589 9 років тому +4

      Matt Weismiller yeah it's impossible in 45 minutes. so far this is like developmental psych part of 101 psych course compacted.

    • @bige8949
      @bige8949 8 років тому +3

      +Frater Tenc I agree, that would be like teaching all of math in 30 seconds. "plus adds stuff! minus takes stuff away! multiply multiplies motherfuckers! deal with it" hahaha

    • @frankmanning3815
      @frankmanning3815 5 років тому +4

      I'm creating a video called "The Everything of Everything." It's basically just going to cover everything. Trust me, it'll be epic!

  • @nicholkid
    @nicholkid 11 років тому +4

    Based solely on youtube videos I have watched, I wish I had the opportunity to go to Yale, Harvard and MIT concurrently.

  • @ryanblumenow
    @ryanblumenow 2 роки тому

    This was fantastic. Professor Bloom, you are an excellent presenter.

  • @MEDSimplified
    @MEDSimplified 11 місяців тому +1

    Amazing video

  • @WhirlwindWerewolf
    @WhirlwindWerewolf 10 років тому +6

    I don't think Dr. Freud and Dr. Phil should ever share the same screen....

  • @quilesboy
    @quilesboy 10 років тому +13

    Why did he just use the onion at 5:55

    • @zomicks-bakery-org
      @zomicks-bakery-org 10 років тому

      because it stinks :)

    • @mikemorrow6055
      @mikemorrow6055 10 років тому +2

      The only place you will find a headline like that?

    • @ryderov0
      @ryderov0 10 років тому +3

      Mike Morrow Pretty much this. It was used as hyperbole and corresponded with the statement he was currently making.

  • @ViscaeleusXtheXGreat
    @ViscaeleusXtheXGreat 10 років тому +2

    Paul Bloom is awesome.

  • @TheMrFunktastic2
    @TheMrFunktastic2 11 років тому

    I really, really enjoyed this video. Thank you

  • @shitonskyrim
    @shitonskyrim 10 років тому +14

    Don't young babies usually antagonize their younger siblings because they feel jealous of the all the attention being paid to the new baby?

  • @aagreen59
    @aagreen59 9 років тому +4

    LOL. Did he just mention Freud and Dr. Phil in the same sentence?

    • @GepardenK
      @GepardenK 9 років тому +1

      Anthony Green Sure, Dr. Phill is the reincarnation of Freud. And both is the grandson of Jesus. All hail Gandhi!

  • @EricKolotyluk
    @EricKolotyluk 3 роки тому

    Really love this... great explanations...

  • @frankelkjr8041
    @frankelkjr8041 Рік тому +1

    Doesn't get more complete then that. Straight forward physiology 101..pretty much " we lack that...don't know/can't control why we do this...finally understanding/getting better at all of it . Great presentation

  • @derekonlinenow777
    @derekonlinenow777 9 років тому +3

    Did anyone laugh along with me?
    39:23

  • @gregbloom8850
    @gregbloom8850 9 років тому +7

    Haha the article they use as a source in the background is from the Onion.

  • @gwilkie01
    @gwilkie01 11 років тому

    Superb. Informative and captivating. Love the clean and fun way it was presented.

  • @dewality8768
    @dewality8768 10 років тому

    Insightful documentary! Thanks for the upload xx

  • @MrMoonman3000
    @MrMoonman3000 8 років тому +5

    Questions regarding attractiveness to kindness: Why is the appeal of a "bad boy" so prominent; and why do so many women continue to pick out abusers as companions?

    • @Axle-F
      @Axle-F 8 років тому

      Because they were ovulating at the time then grew to like the mans kindness, not knowing he concealed his violence the whole time?

    • @pradyuminater
      @pradyuminater 8 років тому +4

      +MrMoonman3000 because the bad boy image relates to a wild , untamed and testosterone filled alpha male.

    • @pradyuminater
      @pradyuminater 8 років тому +1

      +MrMoonman3000 which in turn shows that the bad boy is somekind of brave and better option than other timid and kind males...

    • @MrMoonman3000
      @MrMoonman3000 8 років тому +1

      pradyumna sarkar
      Interesting point. But they also can be dangerous by taking risks and putting themselves and the mother/child in danger. Also, the bad boy usually demonstrates a psychological instability that can be dangerous. The manifestation of this kind of danger is the abusive husband. And so many women who are in an abusive relationship do not leave it. For various reasons. And by not leaving, they are keeping themselves and their child in a potentially deadly relationship.

    • @pradyuminater
      @pradyuminater 8 років тому +1

      +MrMoonman3000 yes ,thats 100% correct but at time of ovulation hormones take control over normal and logical thinking and creates an illusion that the bad boy is more suitable. (its just my opinion and it may be wrong)

  • @Windchild69
    @Windchild69 10 років тому +6

    I believe the next stage in evolution of our race has to be rethinking our world and this is part of the solution is finely understand our self so we can understand others. Which will help our plant to work together for it own survival.l. And maybe even one day dealing with space people?

    • @fynngilbert281
      @fynngilbert281 10 років тому

      To the rethinking part and the stuff with the help our planet to work together for its own survival: Nonviolent-Communication. Check it out, and pls let me know if u do. It really can solve any Human to Human problem.

    • @Windchild69
      @Windchild69 10 років тому

      Could you please explain your idea more? writing is hard for me and I did not understand what you meant. I have 6 major learning difcalitys. But that gives me great insight to life Problems that our world and people are dealing with.

    • @lumi1979
      @lumi1979 9 років тому +1

      i agree, althought this video is interesting, i didnt learn anything about myself, nor tools to do so. and obvously, the educationnal system dont either. How many students are stuck at the end of their high school still asking themselves, what will i do next? and that is a real problem. and the worse is that the answer is so simple, make them learn about themselves, and the answer will come naturaly, and truthfully. there is some people who live and die without knowing who they really are.

    • @Windchild69
      @Windchild69 9 років тому

      For a child to become a productive member of society they need to know who they are and what they believe in and why. This dose not mean you forces them but teach them how to critical think for themselfs. There truly need to be philosophy taught in grade school. Also the world cutlers so they understand others they come into contact with. I so agree with you Lumi1979.

    • @lumi1979
      @lumi1979 9 років тому +1

      thank you, all that beeing said, we must agree that education is a challenge that need reflection and is difficult to set, but, i think, there is much progress waiting to be made.

  • @sherwinalcover7016
    @sherwinalcover7016 10 років тому

    Brilliant... So vivid...thanx for the lecture

  • @niboe1312
    @niboe1312 7 років тому +13

    Liked the talk but can I just complain about the sound affects for a minute? They are distracting, annoying, and in some cases downright painful to listen to, at least for me.
    That said I found the part with disgust and outgroups kinda interesting. I wouldn't have thought that those two things would be linked in our minds.

    • @sergiootero5904
      @sergiootero5904 7 років тому +2

      Yeah, the sound effects are too loud.

    • @tylermabry6881
      @tylermabry6881 7 років тому

      Without headphones it's not bad at all. I'm assuming you used headphones?
      I apologize ahead of time, but I didn't read the entire message you wrote.

    • @niboe1312
      @niboe1312 7 років тому +1

      Tyler Mabry Well, I didn't say it in my comment, but you are correct. I guess not everything sounds better with headphones after all.

    • @MrTlong2010
      @MrTlong2010 7 років тому

      Great I read this comment before watching and now I can't ignore them. Thanks a lot!

    • @niboe1312
      @niboe1312 7 років тому +1

      Thomas L No problem!

  • @Data-By-Zack
    @Data-By-Zack 3 роки тому +3

    I imagine an angry circus clown snuck into postproduction to add these sound effects in because he was mad at Paul Bloom for sleeping with his wife.

    • @sparkybob1023
      @sparkybob1023 3 роки тому +1

      🤡👽💀

    • @sparkybob1023
      @sparkybob1023 3 роки тому +1

      totes. kind of reminds me of a 80’s sci fi show... made in Canada.

  • @LiberApolion
    @LiberApolion 11 років тому +2

    Wonderful talk. Of course, it's not about understanding everything of human behavior and he does a tremendous job inviting people to be more inquisitive about psychology. There's so much to learn...

  • @existensistrubczthentruscatt
    @existensistrubczthentruscatt 2 роки тому

    Grateful for get to this understandings by this lecture video :)

  • @sednafloating7027
    @sednafloating7027 8 років тому +35

    sound effects are extremely irritating