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Pre-Occupied

Pre-Occupied

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 Zenon and Maddy, two hopelessly lost psychology majors, take listeners on a tour of the many fields of psychology through landmark experiments, pop culture, and interviews with experts in their fields. Whether you're curious about psychology as a career or just want to learn something new about the study of the mind, Pre-Occupied investigates the many disciplines of psych in an accessible, laid-back, and thought-provoking way. And maybe somewhere along the way, Maddy and Zenon will figure out what to do with their degrees!Pre-Occupied Science Social Sciences
Episodes
  • 016 - Romantic Racism and Racial Identity with Sai Auelua-Toomey

    016 - Romantic Racism and Racial Identity with Sai Auelua-Toomey
    Jul 13 2023
    Maddy and Zenon talk to Sai Auelua-Toomey, a down-to-earth and deeply knowledgeable doctoral student at Stanford University. Sai gives us first-hand insight into his discoveries about romantic racism. We also discuss the role of identity in academia and research, Sai's cross-cultural research experiences, and the future of diversity on college campuses. Send us an email at hosts@pre-occupied.com! Follow us on Twitter @PreOccPodcast! Follow us on Instagram @preoccpodcast! Like us on Facebook! Visit us at pre-occupied.com!
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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • 021 - Entrepreneurship with Dr. Kizzy Parks

    021 - Entrepreneurship with Dr. Kizzy Parks
    Aug 25 2021

    Our intrepid hosts venture out of academia and into business to learn from Dr. Kizzy Parks, founder and CEO of several successful businesses and Ph.D. industrial organizational psychologist. Listeners will enjoy Dr. Parks's exciting life journey, inspiring perspective on life, and practical advice for anyone who wants to make a living by starting a business.

    Send us an email at hosts@pre-occupied.com!
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • 020 - Primate Psychology with Dr. Francine Dolins

    020 - Primate Psychology with Dr. Francine Dolins
    May 5 2021

    In this episode, Maddy and Zenon interview Dr. Francine Dolins, a professor of comparative psychology at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Dr. Dolins shared experiences with us that ranged from pursuing an education in England to following lemurs through the jungles of Madagascar. We also discuss how Dr. Dolins's research on spatial cognition can relate to humans with spatial reasoning impairments. In our introduction, we discuss how cognition depends on our bodies, the various primate species that Dr. Dolins works with, and more! 

    Embodied cognition article: https://bit.ly/3e1K3GS
    Developmental topographical disorientation article: https://bit.ly/3nybJ9i

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    1 hr and 9 mins
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