What makes us human? | Roy Baumeister | TEDxUQ

Roy Baumeister has spent his career trying to understand what human social life is all about. Trained as an experimental social psychologist, he received his PhD from Princeton in 1978. His research spans many topics from self and identity to how people think about the future. In 2013, he received the highest award given by the Association for Psychological Science, the William James Fellow award, in recognition of his lifetime achievements. He has published in excess of 600 scientific works and 35 books, including New York Times Bestseller ‘Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength’. Listed in the bibliographies of more than 130,000 scientific writings, Roy is considered among the handful of most influential psychologists in the world. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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His book on Willpower was an excellent read. He's truly a great man.

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just read it very enlightening

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Going to see if they have it at my local library 📚

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Selecting all images of traffic lights

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UC PSYC106 student gang. Where are you at?

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Roy is a great psychologist and I strongly recommend his book, Social Psychology and human nature.

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yes !

[@DeepForestRex]

It's interesting to see that some of the things he says are unique, famous primatologist Frans de Waal would disagree with some of these points, especially for primates since some of these traits may actually very much apply to other primates and even other mammals. However, in one of his books, he discusses a lot about how different scientists from different fields view things, which is why if you want to have a properly informed opinion on things like this, you should listen to multiple people from multiple fields. Remember, scientists too can be very biased, and it's up to others (preferably other professionals) to review and point out any biases. It's rlly cool if you ask me

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What makes us human is the ability to select all traffic lights on login screens.

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watching this because of philosophy lol

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What makes us human is being humane.

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Not a psychologist here - but why is "Self" useful in evolution?

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BYU psych 111 squad where u at

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lol so funny

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hi

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Wolves are dogs

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Lmao The She Wolves joke

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Hu

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what is the name of the book?

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NOONE can tell us what a plumbus is for..