Welcome to the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Doctor Is In Series – where we will discuss understandings and developments in the field of psychology.

 

In today’s episode, Chris and Abbie are discussing mimicry. What it is, its multiple forms, and why we do it. [Oct 2, 2023]

 

00:00 - Intro

00:17 - Dr. Abbie Maroño Intro

01:17 - Intro Links

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07:45 - The Topic of the Day: Mimicry

08:04 - A Definition

09:04 - Building Relationships

10:35 - The Downside of Mimicry

12:31 - Accidental Mimicking

14:25 - A Need to Belong

17:14 - Emotional Mimicry

21:01 - Misinterpretation

23:11 - Reverse-Engineering Emotions

26:22 - 3rd Party Perspective

29:40 - Reading the Relationship

32:08 - Timing is Everything

34:58 - Fundamentals

40:17 - Wrap Up

43:06 - Next Month: Music and the Senses

43:28 - Outro

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References:

Aron, A., Aron, E.N., Smollan, D., 1992. Inclusion of other in the self scale and the structure of interpersonal closeness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 63, 596–612

Bargh, J.A., Chen, M., Burrows, L., 1996. Automaticity of social behavior: direct effects of trait construct and stereotype activation on action. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 71, 230–244.

Bavelas, J.B., Black, A., Chovil, N., Lemery, C.R., Mullett, J., 1988. Form and function in motor mimicry: topographic evidence that the primary function is communicative. Human Communication Research 14, 275–299.

Bhabha, H. (1984). Of mimicry and man: The ambivalence of colonial discourse. October, 28, 125-133.

Bourgeois, P., & Hess, U. (2008). The impact of social context on mimicry. Biological psychology, 77(3), 343-352.

Chartrand, T.L., Bargh, J.A., 1999. The chameleon effect: the perception– behavior link and social interaction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 76, 893–910.

Chartrand, T.L., Maddux, W.W., Lakin, J.L., 2005. Beyond the perception– behavior link: the ubiquitous utility and motivational moderators of nonconscious mimicry. In: Hassin, R.R., Uleman, J.S., Bargh, J.A. (Eds.), The New Unconscious. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, pp. 334–361

Dijksterhaus, A., Bargh, J.A., 2001. The perception–behavior expressway: automatic effects of social perception on social behavior. In: Zanna, M. (Ed.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, vol. 33. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, pp. 1–40.

Hess, U., Herrera, P., Bourgeois, P., Blairy, S., 1997. Do people mimic what they see or what they know? Facial mimicry revisited. Paper presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Cape Cod, MA, October 15–19th. Hess, U., Philippot, P., Blairy, S., 1999.

Marono, A. J. (2022). The role of closeness in the relationship between nonverbal mimicry and cooperation. Lancaster University (United Kingdom).

Mimicry: facts and fiction. In: Philippot, P., Feldman, R.S. (Eds.), The Social Context of Nonverbal Behavior. Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 213–241.

Van Baaren, R. B., Holland, R. W., Kawakami, K., & Van Knippenberg, A. (2004). Mimicry and prosocial behavior. Psychological science, 15(1), 71-74.

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In today’s episode, Chris and Abbie are discussing the psychology of Con Artists. What motivates them, why people fall for them, and how you can protect yourself. [Sept 4, 2023]

 

00:00 - Intro

00:30 - Dr. Abbie Maroño Intro

01:11 - Intro Links

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04:58 - The Topic of the Day: Con Artists

06:27 - Definition & Motivation

09:10 - The Empathy Difference

14:57 - Narcissist or Machiavellian???

20:47 - A Good (Bad) Example

22:49 - Ego & Power

24:46 - The Hacker Mindset

30:54 - Cybercrime Variants

35:29 - The Power of Trust

38:43 - Take a Second

43:55 - Wrap Up

44:18 - Next Month: Mimicry                                     

44:33 - Outro

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References:

Allchin, D. (2012). Science con-artists. The american biology Teacher, 74(9), 661-666.

Benson, M.L. 1985, “Denying the guilty mind: Accounting for involvement in white collar crime”, Criminology, vol. 23, pp. 583–607

Blythe, M., Petrie, H., & Clark, J. A. (2011, May). F for fake: four studies on how we fall for phish. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on human factors in computing systems (pp. 3469-3478).

Cowan, L. (2014). The Psychopath: What's Love Got to Do with It?. Psychological Perspectives, 57(3), 291-311.

DSM-IV Task Force 1994, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (fourth edition), American Psychiatric Association, Washington DC

Duffield, G. M., & Grabosky, P. N. (2001). The psychology of fraud (Vol. 199). Canberra: Australian Institute of criminology.

Fisher, K. (2015). The Psychology of Fraud: What Motivates Fraudsters to Commit Crime?. Available at SSRN 2596825.

Frankel, T. (2012). The Ponzi scheme puzzle: A history and analysis of con artists and victims. Oxford University Press.

Hare, R. D. (1999). Without conscience: The disturbing world of the psychopaths among us. Guilford Press.

Konnikova, M. (2017). The confidence game: Why we fall for it... Every time. Penguin.

Krambia-Kapardis, M 2001, Enhancing the Auditor’s Fraud Detection Ability: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main.

Muscanell, N. L., Guadagno, R. E., & Murphy, S. (2014). Weapons of influence misused: A social influence analysis of why people fall prey to internet scams. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 8(7), 388-396.

Teitcher, J. E., Bockting, W. O., Bauermeister, J. A., Hoefer, C. J., Miner, M. H., & Klitzman, R. L. (2015). Detecting, preventing, and responding to “fraudsters” in internet research: ethics and tradeoffs. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 43(1), 116-133.

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In today’s episode, Chris and Abbie are discussing the psychology of Learned Helplessness. What it is, who’s most at risk, and ways to cope with it. [Aug 7, 2023]

 

00:00 - Intro

00:20 - Dr. Abbie Maroño Intro

01:02 - Intro Links

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05:45 - The Topic of the Day: Learned Helplessness                                                         

06:40 - Negative Conditioning                                                   

11:12 - The Most Vulnerable                                                      

13:59 - Starting the Cycle                                                             

15:17 - Function of Survival                                                         

17:56 - Some, Not All                                                     

19:48 - Locus of Control                                                

22:23 - False Sense of Control                                                    

25:27 - Effects on the Brain                                                         

28:31 - How to Heal                                                       

34:14 - Open Dialogues                                                

35:58 - Wrap Up                                                              

36:15 - Next Month: Con Artists                                                

36:41 - Outro

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References:

Greenwood, B. N., & Fleshner, M. (2008). Exercise, learned helplessness, and the stress-resistant brain. Neuromolecular medicine, 10, 81-98.

Overmier, J. B. (2002). On learned helplessness. Integrative Physiological & Behavioral Science, 37, 4-8.

Seligman, M. E. (1972). Learned helplessness. Annual review of medicine, 23(1), 407-412.

Maier, S. F., & Seligman, M. E. (1976). Learned helplessness: theory and evidence. Journal of experimental psychology: general, 105(1), 3.

Peterson, C., Maier, S. F., & Seligman, M. E. (1993). Learned helplessness: A theory for the age of personal control. Oxford University Press, USA.

Miller, W. R., & Seligman, M. E. (1975). Depression and learned helplessness in man. Journal of abnormal psychology, 84(3), 228.

Hiroto, D. S. (1974). Locus of control and learned helplessness. Journal of experimental psychology, 102(2), 187.

Trindade, I. A., Mendes, A. L., & Ferreira, N. B. (2020). The moderating effect of psychological flexibility on the link between learned helplessness and depression symptomatology: A preliminary study. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 15, 68-72.

Filippello, P., Buzzai, C., Costa, S., Orecchio, S., & Sorrenti, L. (2020). Teaching style and academic achievement: The mediating role of learned helplessness and mastery orientation. Psychology in the Schools, 57(1), 5-16.

Bargai, N., Ben-Shakhar, G., & Shalev, A. Y. (2007). Posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in battered women: The mediating role of learned helplessness. Journal of Family Violence, 22, 267-275.

Xie, C., Li, L., & Li, Y. (2022). Learned helplessness in renal dialysis patients: concept analysis with an evolutionary approach. Patient preference and adherence, 2301-2312.

Burland, J. P., Lepley, A. S., Cormier, M., DiStefano, L. J., Arciero, R., & Lepley, L. K. (2019). Learned helplessness after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: an altered neurocognitive state?. Sports Medicine, 49, 647-657.

Brewin, C. R., & Furnham, A. (1986). Attributional versus preattributional variables in self-esteem and depression: A comparison and test of learned helplessness theory. Journal of personality and social psychology, 50(5), 1013.

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In today’s episode, Chris and Abbie are discussing: Deception Detection. While there are many misconceptions about this topic, we are not completely in the dark; we are just not as good as we think. [July 3, 2023]

 

00:00 - Intro

00:18 - Dr. Abbie Maroño Intro

01:18 - Intro Links

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04:44 - The Topic of the Day: Deception Detection

06:15 - Lying About Lying

09:20 - The Dangers of Being Wrong

11:09 - The "What" is NOT the "Why"

13:41 - The False Narrative of NLP

18:37 - We Love a Myth

21:33 - Mythbusters

24:50 - That's Entertainment!

26:17 - It's Not Deception, It's Stress

31:40 - "We need to talk"

33:11 - Lying in Order

37:23 - Information is Key

38:46 - The Need for a Big-Picture Approach

41:00 - Shameless Plugs

42:27 - Wrap Up

43:21 - Next Month: Learned Helplessness

44:35 - Outro

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References:

Vrij, A. (2019). Deception and truth detection when analyzing nonverbal and verbal cues. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 33(2), 160-167.

Vrij, A., Granhag, P. A., & Porter, S. (2010). Pitfalls and opportunities in nonverbal and verbal lie detection. Psychological science in the public interest, 11(3), 89-121.

Vrij, A., Hartwig, M., & Granhag, P. A. (2019). Reading lies: Nonverbal communication and deception. Annual review of psychology, 70, 295-317.

DePaulo, B.M. (2004). The many faces of lies. In A.G. Miller (Ed.), The social psychology of good and evil (pp. 303–236). New York: Guilford Press.

DePaulo, B.M., Blank, A.L., Swaim, G.W., & Hairfield, J.G. (1992). Expressiveness and expressive control. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 18, 276–285.

DePaulo, B.M., Charlton, K., Cooper, H., Lindsay, J. L., & Muhlenbruck, L. (1997). The accuracy–confidence correlation in the detection of deception. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 1, 346–357.

Ekman, P. (2001). Telling lies: Clues to deceit in the marketplace, pol[1]itics and marriage. New York: Norton. (Original work published 1985).

Ekman, P., & Friesen, W.V. (1969). Nonverbal leakage and clues to deception. Psychiatry, 32, 88–106.

Julia Hirschberg, Stefan Benus, Jason M. Brenier, Frank Enos, Sarah Friedman, Sarah Gilman, Cynthia Girand, Martin Graciarena, Andreas Kathol, Laura Michaelis, et al. 2005. Distinguishing deceptive from non-deceptive speech. In In Proceedings of In[1]terspeech 2005 - Eurospeech, pages 1833–1836.

Tsikerdekis, M., & Zeadally, S. (2014). Multiple account identity deception detection in social media using nonverbal behavior. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 9(8), 1311-1321.

O’Sullivan, M. (2005). Emotional intelligence and deception detection: Why most people can’t “read” others, but a few can. Applications of nonverbal communication, 215-253.

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In today’s episode, Chris and Abbie are discussing: False Memories. Although memory processes and systems usually operate reliably, they are sometimes prone to distortions and illusions. Today’s discussion will examine how and why this happens. [June 5, 2023]

 

00:00 - Intro

00:20 - Dr. Abbie Maroño Intro

01:02 - Intro Links

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07:43 - The Topic of the Day: False Memories

08:11 - Defining Our Memories

10:17 - Challenging Your Reality

11:48 - Remember the Good Times

13:01 - The Exception

15:07 - Unintentional Ego Inflation

17:27 - Putting it in Context

18:46 - The Dangers of Distorting Memories

23:19 - Not-So-Total Recall

25:40 - Repression vs Suppression

28:35 - Eyewitness Error

32:10 - Shameless Plug: Ep. 134

-          Altered Memories and Alternate Realities with Dr. Elizabeth Loftus

34:14 - Emotional Influence

37:22 - How Accurate Are You???

39:56 - Emotional Defense

44:35 - Belief System

47:48 - Don't Be Certain (Because You're Not)

49:31 - Confirmation Bias

52:39 - Simple Does Not Equal Easy

54:08 - Shades of Grey

56:38 - Wrap Up

56:58 - Next Month: Deception Detection

57:45 - Outro

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References:

Damiano, C., & Walther, D. B. (2019). Distinct roles of eye movements during memory encoding and retrieval. Cognition, 184, 119-129.

Robins, S. K. (2019). Confabulation and constructive memory. Synthese, 196, 2135-2151.

Schacter, D. L. (2022). Constructive memory: past and future. Dialogues in clinical neuroscience.

Murphy, G., Loftus, E. F., Grady, R. H., Levine, L. J., & Greene, C. M. (2019). False memories for fake news during Ireland’s abortion referendum. Psychological science, 30(10), 1449-1459.

Sedikides, C., & Skowronski, J. J. (2020). In human memory, good can be stronger than bad. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 29(1), 86-91.

Otgaar, H., Howe, M. L., & Patihis, L. (2022). What science tells us about false and repressed memories. Memory, 30(1), 16-21.

Loftus, E. F. (1993). The reality of repressed memories. American psychologist, 48(5), 518.

Anderson, M. C., & Hulbert, J. C. (2021). Active forgetting: Adaptation of memory by prefrontal control. Annual review of psychology, 72, 1-36.

Loftus, E. F., & Pickrell, J. E. (1995). The formation of false memories. Psychiatric annals, 25(12), 720-725.

Otgaar, H., Candel, I., Merckelbach, H., & Wade, K. A. (2009). Abducted by a UFO: Prevalence information affects young children's false memories for an implausible event. Applied Cognitive Psychology: The Official Journal of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 23(1), 115-125.

Otgaar, H., Candel, I., Scoboria, A., & Merckelbach, H. (2010). Script knowledge enhances the development of children’s false memories. Acta Psychologica, 133(1), 57-63.

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In today’s episode, Chris and Abbie are discussing: Conspiracy theories. They will talk about what makes a Conspiracy Theory and why we believe them. [May 1, 2023]

 

00:00 - Intro

00:17 - Dr. Abbie Maroño Intro

00:59 - Intro Links

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04:45 - The Topic of the Day: The TRUTH Behind Conspiracy Theories

05:54 - What is a Conspiracy Theory?

07:39 - What's the harm?

10:20 - WHY???

11:17 - Pattern Seekers

13:15 - Cognitive Closure

17:04 - The Role of Critical Thinking

19:18 - An Existential Element

20:41 - Don't Forget the Lizards!

22:35 - What about Bigfoot?

24:30 - Escapism

30:15 - Reading the Emotions

32:29 - Social Motive

33:31 - Emotions vs Critical Thinking

36:42 - Prove Me Wrong!

39:09 - The Takeaway: Empathy

40:57 - Wrap Up & Outro

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References:

Abalakina-Paap, M., Stephan, W. G., Craig, T., & Gregory, L. (1999). Beliefs in conspiracies. Political Psychology, 20, 637–647.

Adams, G., O’Brien, L. T., & Nelson, J. C. (2006). Perceptions of racism in Hurricane Katrina: A liberation psychology analysis. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 6, 215–235.

Bilewicz, M., Winiewski, M., Kofta, M., & Wójcik, A. (2013). Harmful ideas: The structure and consequences of antiSemitic beliefs in Poland. Political Psychology, 34, 821–839.

Bost, P. R., & Prunier, S. G. (2013). Rationality in conspiracy beliefs: The role of perceived motive. Psychological Reports, 113, 118–128

Crocker, J., Luhtanen, R., Broadnax, S., & Blaine, B. E. (1999). Belief in U.S. government conspiracies against Blacks among Black and White college students: Powerlessness or system blame? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 941–953.

Dieguez, S., Wagner-Egger, P., & Gauvrit, N. (2015). Nothing happens by accident, or does it? A low prior for randomness does not explain belief in conspiracy theories. Psychological Science, 26, 1762–1770.

Dieguez, S., Wagner-Egger, P., & Gauvrit, N. (2015). Nothing happens by accident, or does it? A low prior for randomness does not explain belief in conspiracy theories. Psychological Science, 26(11), 1762–1770. https://doi. org/10.1177/0956797615598740

DiFonzo, N., Bordia, P., & Rosnow, R. L. (1994). Reining in rumors. Organizational Dynamics, 23(1), 47–62. https://doi. org/10.1016/0090-2616(94)90087-6

Douglas, K. M., & Leite, A. C. (2017). Suspicion in the workplace: Organizational conspiracy theories and workrelated outcomes. British Journal of Psychology, 108, 486–506.

Douglas, K. M., & Sutton, R. M. (2008). The hidden impact of conspiracy theories: Perceived and actual impact of theories surrounding the death of Princess Diana. Journal of Social Psychology, 148, 210–221.

Douglas, K. M., Sutton, R. M., & Cichocka, A. (2017). The psychology of conspiracy theories. Current directions in psychological science, 26(6), 538-542.

Douglas, K. M., Sutton, R. M., Callan, M. J., Dawtry, R. J., & Harvey, A. J. (2016). Someone is pulling the strings: Hypersensitive agency detection and belief in conspiracy theories. Thinking & Reasoning, 22, 57–77.

Douglas, K. M., Uscinski, J. E., Sutton, R. M., Cichocka, A., Nefes, T., Ang, C. S., & Deravi, F. (2019). Understanding conspiracy theories. Political psychology, 40, 3-35.

Keeley, B. L. (1999). Of conspiracy theories. The journal of Philosophy, 96(3), 109-126.

Kim, M., & Cao, X. (2016). The impact of exposure to media messages promoting government conspiracy theories on distrust in the government: Evidence from a two-stage randomized experiment. International Journal of Communication, 10(2016), 3808–3827. Retrieved from http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/5127

Klein, C., Clutton, P., & Dunn, A. G. (2018). Pathways to conspiracy: The social and linguistic precursors of involvement in Reddit’s conspiracy theory forum. Retrieved frompsyarxiv.com/8vesf

Nefes, T. S. (2017). The impacts of the Turkish Government’s “interest rate lobby” theory about the Gezi Park Protests. Social Movement Studies, 16(5), 610–622. https://doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2017.1319269

Nera, K., Pantazi, M., & Klein, O. (2018). “These are just stories, Mulder”: Exposure to conspiracist fiction does not produce narrative persuasion. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00684

Swift, A. (2013). Majority in U.S. still believe JFK killed in a conspiracy. Retrieved from http://www.gallup.com/ poll/165893/majority-believe-jfk-killed-conspiracy.aspx

Tetlock, P. E. (2002). Social-functionalist frameworks for judgment and choice: The intuitive politician, theologian, and prosecutor. Psychological Review, 109, 451–472.

Uscinski, J. E., & Parent, J. M. (2014). American conspiracy theories. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Uscinski, J. E., Klofstad, C., & Atkinson, M. D. (2016). What drives conspiratorial beliefs? The role of informational cues and predispositions. Political Research Quarterly, 69, 57–71.

van Prooijen, J.-W., & Acker, M. (2015). The influence of control on belief in conspiracy theories: Conceptual and applied extensions. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 29, 753–761.

van Prooijen, J.-W., & Jostmann, N. B. (2013). Belief in conspiracy theories: The influence of uncertainty and perceived morality. European Journal of Social Psychology, 43, 109–115.

Whitson, J. A., & Galinsky, A. D. (2008). Lacking control increases illusory pattern perception. Science, 322, 115–117.

Welcome to the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Doctor Is In Series – where we will discuss understandings and developments in the field of psychology.

 

In today’s episode, Chris and Abbie are discussing: Social Perception. We will talk about what social perception is and how our reality is shaped by it. [April 3, 2023]

 

00:00 - Intro

00:22 - Dr. Abbie Maroño Intro

01:21 - Intro Links

-          Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/

-          Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/

-          Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/

-          Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/

-          Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb

-          CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/

-          innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/                                               

05:02 - The Topic of the Day: Perception is Reality

06:35 - 3 Logical Steps

08:31 - Judgement Zone

10:25 - Confirmation Bias

13:21 - Trait Influence

15:06 - Moody Blues

16:42 - Emotional Misattribution

19:49 - We are NOT Mindful

22:25 - I Second That Emotion

24:30 - Judgement Free Zone

26:13 - Guided by Perception

27:49 - Conformation Bias           

29:33 - Different Approaches

33:19 - The Exposure Effect

38:22 - Accounting for Context

42:13 - Emotional Carryover

43:57 - Perception Becomes Reality

45:18 - Hope

47:08 - Next Month: Beneath the Conspiracy

47:32 - Wrap Up & Outro

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-          www.innocentlivesfoundation.org

 

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-          LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dr-abbie-maroño-phd-35ab2611a

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-          LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/christopherhadnagy

 

References:

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Bodenhausen, G. V., Sheppard, L. A., & Kramer, G. P. (1994). Negative affect and social judgment: The differential impact of anger and sadness. European Journal of social psychology, 24(1), 45-62.

Bower, G. H. (2020). Mood congruity of social judgments. Emotion and social judgments, 31-53.

Burton, I. (1993). The environment as hazard. Guilford press.

Buss, D. M. (2005). The murderer next door: Why the mind is designed to kill. London: Penguin Books.

Dijksterhuis, A., & Bargh, J. A. (2001). The perception–behavior expressway: Automatic effects of social perception on social behavior.

Drori, G., Bar-Tal, P., Stern, Y., Zvilichovsky, Y., & Salomon, R. (2020). UnReal? Investigating the sense of reality and psychotic symptoms with virtual reality. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9(6), 1627.

Duntley, J. D., & Buss, D. M. (2008). Victim adaptations. In J. Duntley, & T. Shackelford (Eds.), Evolutionary Forensic Psychology (pp. 201−229). New York: Oxford University Press

Folstad, I., & Karter, A. J. (1992). Parasites, bright males, and the immunocompetence handicap. American Naturalist, 139, 603–622.

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Innes-Ker, Å., & Niedenthal, P. M. (2002). Emotion concepts and emotional states in social judgment and categorization. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83(4), 804.

Innes-Ker, Å., & Niedenthal, P. M. (2002). Emotion concepts and emotional states in social judgment and categorization. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83(4), 804.

Park, S., Kim, S. P., & Whang, M. (2021). Individual’s social perception of virtual avatars embodied with their habitual facial expressions and facial appearance. Sensors, 21(17), 5986.

Snyder, M., & Swann Jr, W. B. (1978). Behavioral confirmation in social interaction: From social perception to social reality. Journal of experimental social psychology, 14(2), 148-162.

Spencer, S. J., Steele, C. M., & Quinn, D. M. (1999). Stereotype threat and women's math performance. Journal of experimental social psychology, 35(1), 4-28.

Stillman, T. F., Maner, J. K., & Baumeister, R. F. (2010). A thin slice of violence: Distinguishing violent from nonviolent sex offenders at a glance. Evolution and Human Behavior, 31(4), 298-303.

Vrtička, P., Andersson, F., Sander, D., & Vuilleumier, P. (2009). Memory for friends or foes: the social context of past encounters with faces modulates their subsequent neural traces in the brain. Social neuroscience, 4(5), 384-401.

Wilson, M., & Daly, M. (1985). Competitiveness, risk-taking and violence: The young male syndrome. Ethology & Sociobiology, 6, 59−73.

Welcome to the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Doctor Is In Series – where we will discuss understandings and developments in the field of psychology.

 

In today’s episode, Chris and Abbie are discussing: Information Elicitation. We will discuss what it is, why it’s so important to use ‘science-based interviewing’, and why approaches that encourage cooperation are better than manipulation of information retrieval. [Feb 6, 2023]

 

00:00 – Intro

00:20 – Dr. Abbie Maroño Intro

00:54 – Intro Links

• Social-Engineer.com- http://www.social-engineer.com/
• Managed Voice Phishing- https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/
• Managed Email Phishing- https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/
• Adversarial Simulations- https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/
• Social-Engineer channel on SLACK- https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb
• CLUTCH- http://www.pro-rock.com/
• org- http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/

03:58 – The Topic of the Day: Information Elicitation                                                       

05:41 – How does your scientific research affect practitioners?                                                  

06:47 – Start with the Brain                                                        

07:32 – Elicitation: A Scientific Definition                                                              

09:36 – Weaponizing Elicitation                                                 

11:17 – It's Easier Than You Think                                                            

13:40 – The Perils of Poker Face                                               

16:41 – Being on the Defensive                                                

19:17 – Me, You, and Us                                                              

21:28 – The Verbal Approaches                                                

25:16 – Collaboration is Key!                                                      

30:37 – An Effective Approach: Subliminal Priming                                                           

32:00 – "They'll Become What They're Called"                                                   

33:33 – This Applies to Life                                                          

35:07 – Make it Conversational                                                 

36:56 – The Scharff Technique                                                  

40:48 – Forensic vs Clinical                                                          

43:23 – Last Week on "24"                                                          

45:01 – Tips for the Boss: Shame Doesn't Work                                                  

49:41 – This is the Hardest Part                                                 

51:46 – Wrap Up & Outro

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• innocentlivesfoundation.org

 

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References:

Kong, Y., & Schoenebeck, G. (2019). An information theoretic framework for designing information elicitation mechanisms that reward truth-telling. ACM Transactions on Economics and Computation (TEAC), 7(1), 1-33.

 

Lakin, J. L., Jefferis, V. E., Cheng, C. M., & Chartrand, T. L. (2003). The chameleon effect as social glue: Evidence for the evolutionary significance of nonconscious mimicry. Journal of nonverbal behavior, 27(3), 145-162.

 

Tschacher, W., Rees, G. M., & Ramseyer, F. (2014). Nonverbal synchrony and affect in dyadic interactions. Frontiers in psychology, 5, 1323.

 

Brandon, S. E., Wells, S., & Seale, C. (2018). Science‐based interviewing:

Information elicitation. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, 15(2), 133-148.

 

Kong, Y., Schoenebeck, G., Tao, B., & Yu, F. Y. (2020, April). Information elicitation mechanisms for statistical estimation. In Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (Vol. 34, No. 02, pp. 2095-2102).

 

Shaw, D. J., Vrij, A., Leal, S., Mann, S., Hillman, J., Granhag, P. A., & Fisher, R. P. (2015). Mimicry and investigative interviewing: Using deliberate mimicry to elicit information and cues to deceit. Journal of Investigative Psychology and

Offender Profiling, 12(3), 217-230.

 

Baddeley, M. C., Curtis, A., & Wood, R. (2004). An introduction to prior information derived from probabilistic judgements: elicitation of knowledge, cognitive bias and herding. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 239(1), 15-27.

 

Deeb, H., Vrij, A., Leal, S., & Burkhardt, J. (2021). The effects of sketching while narrating on information elicitation and deception detection in multiple interviews. Acta Psychologica, 213, 103236.

 

Boone, R. T., & Buck, R. (2003). Emotional expressivity and trustworthiness: The role of nonverbal behavior in the evolution of cooperation. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 27(3), 163-182.

 

Culpepper, P. D. (2018). Creating cooperation. In Creating Cooperation. Cornell University Press.

 

Brimbal, L., Dianiska, R. E., Swanner, J. K., & Meissner, C. A. (2019). Enhancing cooperation and disclosure by manipulating affiliation and developing rapport in investigative interviews. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 25(2), 107.

 

Granhag, P. A., Oleszkiewicz, S., Strömwall, L. A., & Kleinman, S. M. (2015).

Eliciting intelligence with the Scharff technique: Interviewing more and less cooperative and capable sources. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 21(1), 100.

 

Vallano, J. P., & Schreiber Compo, N. (2015). Rapport-building with cooperative witnesses and criminal suspects: A theoretical and empirical review. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 21(1), 85.

 

Rilling, J. K., Gutman, D. A., Zeh, T. R., Pagnoni, G., Berns, G. S., & Kilts, C. D. (2002). A neural basis for social cooperation. Neuron, 35(2), 395-405.

 

Fehr, E., & Rockenbach, B. (2004). Human altruism: economic, neural, and evolutionary perspectives. Current opinion in neurobiology, 14(6), 784-790.

 

Krill, A. L., & Platek, S. M. (2012). Working together may be better: Activation of reward centers during a cooperative maze task. PloS one, 7(2), e30613.

Welcome to the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Doctor Is In Series – where we will discuss understandings and developments in the field of psychology.

 

In today’s episode, Chris and Abbie are discussing: Shame. We will talk about how shame helps us, hinders us, why some people can deal with it and why some can’t. We’ll also discuss various coping strategies and more.  [Jan 02, 2023]

 

00:00 – Intro

00:17 – Dr. Abbie Maroño Intro

00:55 – Intro Links

• Social-Engineer.com- http://www.social-engineer.com/
• Managed Voice Phishing- https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/
• Managed Email Phishing- https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/
• Adversarial Simulations- https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/
• Social-Engineer channel on SLACK- https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb
• CLUTCH- http://www.pro-rock.com/
• org- http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/

03:38 – The topic of the day: Shame                                                  

05:44 – Is there a positive side to shame?                                                      

07:29 – Directed by beliefs                                                    

09:02 – Cultural differences                                                  

10:14 – Shame's functionality                                               

11:16 – Societal stigma                                            

12:35 – How shame can hinder                                            

16:36 – Literal shutdown                                                       

19:30 – Emotional Blunting                                                   

22:15 – Guilt vs Shame: Sense of Self                                                

24:14 – Those who can, cope!                                              

26:54 – When shame is a symptom                                                   

28:09 – Finding a support network                                                    

30:03 – The "core" of shame                                                 

33:45 – The road to Mindfulness                                                        

37:20 – Environmental Shame                                              

38:34 – Horrifically fascinating                                             

41:06 – You have to get out there!                                                     

43:00 – Tips for our younger listeners                                               

45:25 – Remember Pen Pals?                                                

46:44 – Wrap Up                                                       

47:39 – Outro

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• innocentlivesfoundation.org

 

 

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References:

Burkitt, I. (2008). Social selves: Theories of self and society. Sage.

 

Elison, J., Pulos, S., & Lennon, R. (2006). Shame-focused coping: An empirical study of the compass of shame. Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal, 34(2), 161-168.

 

Garey, S. S. (1998). Long-term effects of sibling emotional and physical abuse on adult self-concept and the associated guilt and shame. United States International University.

 

Gilchrist, J. D., Solomon-Krakus, S., Pila, E., Crocker, P., & Sabiston, C. M. (2020). Associations between physical self-concept and anticipated guilt and shame: The moderating role of gender. Sex Roles, 83(11), 763-772.

 

Harper, J. M. (2011). Regulating and coping with shame. Re-constructing emotional spaces: From experience to regulation, 189-206.

 

Hawes, D. J., Helyer, R., Herlianto, E. C., & Willing, J. (2013). Borderline personality features and implicit shame-prone self-concept in middle childhood and early adolescence. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 42(3), 302-308.

 

Kinston, W. (1983). A theoretical context for shame. International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, 64, 213-226.

 

Krüger, S., & Rustad, G. C. (2019). Coping with shame in a media-saturated society: Norwegian web-series Skam as transitional object. Television & new media, 20(1), 72-95.

 

Nathanson, D. L. (1987). The many faces of shame. In Partially based on a symposium held in Los Angeles, 1984 for the 137th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association.. The Guilford Press.

 

Rüsch, N., Lieb, K., Göttler, I., Hermann, C., Schramm, E., Richter, H., ... & Bohus, M. (2007). Shame and implicit self-concept in women with borderline personality disorder. American journal of psychiatry, 164(3), 500-508.

 

Scheff, T. J. (2003). Shame in self and society. Symbolic interaction, 26(2), 239-262.

 

Tangney, J. P. (1996). Conceptual and methodological issues in the assessment of shame and guilt. Behaviour research and therapy, 34(9), 741-754.

 

Taylor, P. J., McDonald, J., Smith, M., Nicholson, H., & Forrester, R. (2019). Distinguishing people with current, past, and no history of non-suicidal self-injury: Shame, social comparison, and self-concept integration. Journal of Affective Disorders, 246, 182-188.

 

Taylor, T. F. (2015). The influence of shame on posttrauma disorders: have we failed to see the obvious?. European journal of psychotraumatology, 6(1), 28847.