Social, Forensic, and Media Psychology: Law and Reform in Current Practices Surrounding Influence With Brian L. Cutler, Ph.D.

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Dr. Steven Hassan

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

The law is out of date on topics regarding how the mind works and how much social influence can sway people to do and believe things that are not common sense. Dr. Cutler has done cutting edge work in forensics and law enforcement analysis. He serves at Fielding Graduate University as both a Professor and Program Director. Social Psychology is one of the pillars of the Mental Health profession. In our current world, so many people are being influenced to believe things that are utterly absurd and follow leaders who are unqualified and even pathological. One especially important area of his work is testifying in courts about false confessions made in police interrogations. Cutler has held research grants from the National Science Foundation of the United States and the Social Science & Humanities Research Council of Canada. He has worked on many publications, including Editor and Author of The APA Handbook of Forensic Psychology, the Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law, Reform of Eyewitness Identification Procedures, Conviction of the Innocent: Lessons from Psychological Research, and five other books. Come learn about important social psychology principles that will help us navigate the complexities of 2025. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ut2S8KpSRrC-4lcH4dEYHvO7CGAVtvSm/view Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Dr. Stephen Hassan with another episode of my podcast, cult conversations.
0:10.2	The Influence Continued with Dr. Steve Hassan.
0:14.0	I have to tell you all, I'm so excited about my next guest.
0:19.3	I've been waiting for months to do this interview with
0:23.6	Dr. Brian L. Putler, who is a PhD, a forensic expert, an expert in my field of particular
0:33.1	interest, social psychology and forensics. And for those of you who are my regulars, you know that
0:41.2	I got involved with this forensic think tank at Harvard Medical School because I realized the law is
0:46.6	out of date with understanding how the mind works and how much social influence can influence people
0:53.7	to do and believe things that are not common
0:57.4	sense or normal. And I was encouraged to go to Fielding to do my doctoral work. And we're now
1:05.9	talking to the program director of Fielding Graduate University.
1:14.6	And I'm honored to have you on Dr. Cutler.
1:19.8	I'm just going to say a few more all-a-auditory things before we jump in so my listeners can know more about you.
1:21.1	Don't stop on my account.
1:23.1	I love your humor, too.
1:25.2	So you earned your doctorate in social psychology
1:27.8	from the University of Wisconsin-Madison back in 1987.
1:32.9	You've held research grants from the National Science Foundation,
1:37.1	Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
1:42.1	You've had publications. I'm going to ask you to hold up a couple that you have handy.
1:48.0	Why don't you hold up, and its first one is called mistaken identification, the eyewitness psychology and the law that you did.
2:03.0	And another one you're going to hold up is the APA Handbook of Forensic Psychology on
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