Nicky Hayes - A Little History of Psychology

A Book with Legs

Smead Capital Management

Investing, Business, Management

4.2 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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In this episode, psychologist Nicky Hayes discusses her newly released title, "A Little History of Psychology," which offers an engaging overview of key figures and concepts when it comes to the study of the mind. Hayes explores how psychological research has been applied both positively and negatively throughout history while focusing on the evolution of psychological thought and practice.

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0:00.0	You're listening to A Book with Legs, a podcast presented by Smead Capital Management.
0:08.0	At Smead Capital Management, we advise investors who fear stock market failure.
0:12.8	You can learn more at Smeadcap.com or by calling your financial advisor.
0:21.4	Welcome to a book with legs podcast. I'm Cole Smead, CEO and portfolio manager at Smead Capital
0:26.5	Management. At our firm, we are readers, and we believe in the power of books to help shape
0:31.1	informed investors. In this podcast, we speak to great authors about their writings.
0:35.9	The late, great Charlie Munger prescribed using multiple mental models on analysis.
0:40.2	We analyze their work through the lens of business, markets, and people.
0:45.1	Today we will study the history of thought about really how humans learn, adapt, and deal with the issues that arise in our world.
0:53.8	Nikki Hayes is joining us to discuss her newly released title, A Little History of Psychology.
0:59.2	A little bit about Nikki, for those of you that aren't familiar with her.
1:02.1	She's been involved in psychology for over 50 years and the author of over 25 book titles,
1:06.8	including What Are You Thinking, Your Brain and you, and fundamentals of social psychology.
1:11.7	She is currently the president of the British Psychological Society, where she also was awarded
1:16.5	the award for distinguished contribution to the teaching of psychology in 1997.
1:21.4	She was also elected as a fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences in 2022.
1:27.4	Nikki, thank you for joining me today. I just want to start this off. You've obviously written a lot. of the UK Academy of Social Sciences in 2022.
1:27.5	Nikki, thank you for joining me today.
1:29.7	I just wanna start this off.
1:30.9	You've obviously written a lot of books.
1:32.6	You're very learned in your field.
1:35.0	What caused you to write a history of psychology in particular?
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