Roy Baumeister || Identity, the Self, and the Meaning of Life

The Psychology Podcast

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Social Sciences, Science

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2017

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Roy Baumeister is widely considered to be one of the most influential and cited psychologists of our time. He's also a wonderful conversationalist, full of interesting research to share with our listeners! In this first half of our two part series with Roy, we learn about how he came to study the diverse array of fascinating topics that have characterized his career. We discuss how people determine their identity, the effects of self-esteem on behavior, and how people find a sense of meaning in life. There's a palpable sense of excitement in this episode as these two experts really "nerd out" about some of the biggest questions of the human condition. We hope you enjoy the episode as much as we enjoyed recording it! To learn more about Dr. Roy Baumeister, visit roybaumeister.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-podcast/support

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the psychology podcast with Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman where we give you insights into the mind, brain, behavior, and creativity.
0:07.0	Each episode will feature a new guest who will stimulate your mind and give you a greater understanding of yourself, others, and the world we live in.
0:14.4	Hopefully we'll also provide a glimpse into human possibility.
0:17.5	Thanks for listening and enjoy the podcast. Next. But right now we're really excited to be speaking with our guest the eminent social
0:42.0	psychologist Roy Balmeister.
0:44.4	Roy is a Francis Epi's professor of psychology at Florida State University.
0:48.3	He has authored more than 500 publications and has co-authored or edited almost 30 books.
0:53.0	He is one of the most highly cited psychologists of all time.
0:56.0	It's an honor to have you on the show today, Roy.
0:58.0	Well, bless your height, but it's no honor.
1:01.0	I'm glad to be here.
1:02.0	Great. The amount of studies that you've done and
1:05.3	topics that you study, we could chat for the rest of our lives. So let's start with how did you get
1:11.4	interested in psychology?
1:13.0	Oh well, Secota's path I went to college to study math because I was good at that in high
1:19.2	school and then higher math seemed kind of weird.
1:23.0	Those are the hippie days and everybody talked about relevance and
1:27.1	profundity.
1:28.0	So I thought, well, why didn't I study philosophy and religion
1:31.7	and grapple with the big questions.
1:34.0	And then it turned out psychology had some interesting approaches to those.
1:38.0	I was struck or I was reading moral philosophy while I was over as a foreign student in Heidelbeck.
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