Social cognition

1)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnncaCSxzh0
In this video, social Psychologist Roy Baumeister discusses positive illusions of the self.

2)  https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/06/marshmallow-test/561779/
This article critiques Mischel and Ebbesen’s famous study of self-control in light of new research.

3)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO2pBE8WI5g&t=630s
This lecture covers a range of cognitive biases in social psychology.

4)  https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/processing-the-environment/cognition/v/cognitive-dissonance
This short video contains a clear, worked example of cognitive dissonance.

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