No one lives in reality, our brain creates distortions without our knowledge and without our consent

Confirmation bias is one of the strongest forces for shaping the way we think and creates some pretty huge distortions between what our brain thinks is reality and actual reality 

Our brain hides our biases from ourself. No reason to cook the books to make you feel good about yourself and then reveal you are cooking the books.

When two things are shown over and over together the brain creates a connection, if this has to do with groups of people it can become a stereotype 

We have a tendency to see people in our group as better than they are and people in groups we dislike as worse than they are. This causes all kinds of societal problems. 

Everyone knows there are two sides to every story. What is it that creates that and why can no one actually see reality as it is.

Genes play a rather large part in who we are. People who think they can just mold people in teaching and parenting to who they want them to be are going to be disappointed

Nurture or the environment also plays a large role in how we develop

Emotional Intelligence is one of the most important predictors of success in life. Teaching yourself and children this skills is one of the most important things in my Child Development Class

Kohlberg's Theory with Clips from Guardians of the Galaxy to illustrate

The way teens see the world is due to a changing brain. A hallmark of the teen years is to start caring more about what your peers think. I talk about what is going on and some helpful tips to help people who work with teens.

Due to the later development of the prefrontal cortex in the brain emotions often take the reins of the teen brain. 

Because of changes in the teen brain teens are often performing for each other. Sometimes they are performing when there is no one to watch either

Does money buy happiness? The answer is yes... and no. This video explores how finding out the top of the curve will help us to have more life satisfaction

Status Anxiety is the fear of what other people think of us. Everyone has it, but what can be done about it?

Many people stay in Abusive Relationships because of the trap of the abuse cycle which I describe here

The term gaslight has become one of the more overused and misused terms in psychology. This is what it really means and where the term comes from.

Parents want their kids to grow to their full potential but we often don't understand the difference between harmful criticism and helpful teaching. This video explores that with the netflix show unstable.