But I don't think that it's always clear to us that language has to change in that things are going to come in that we're going to hear as intrusions or as irritating or as mistakes, despite the fact that that's how you get from, say, old Persian to modern Persian. And the answer should be, north, northeast in the far distance; how about you? This week, we continue our look at the science of influence with psychologist Robert Cialdini, and explore how these techniques can be used for both good and evil. That's the way words are, too. And then 10 years later when they're 49, you say, well, that picture of you at 39 is what you really are and whatever's happened to you since then is some sort of disaster or something that shouldn't have happened. Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships. But it's exactly like - it was maybe about 20 years ago that somebody - a girlfriend I had told me that if I wore pants that had little vertical pleats up near the waist, then I was conveying that I was kind of past it. We love the idea of Hidden Brain helping to spark discussions in your community. There are different ways to be a psychologist. BORODITSKY: Well, there may not be a word for left to refer to a left leg. So some languages don't have number words. BORODITSKY: It's certainly possible. Many of us rush through our days, weeks, and lives, chasing goals, and just trying to get everything done. 00:55:27 Hidden Brain Happiness 2.0: The Reset Button You can search for the episode or browse all episodes on our Archive Page. It's never happened. We'll begin with police shootings of unarmed Black men. VEDANTAM: So this begs the question, if you were to put languages on something of a spectrum, where you have, you know, languages like Spanish or Hindi where nouns are gendered and languages like English where many nouns are not gendered but pronouns are gendered, and on the other end of the spectrum, you have languages like Finnish or Persian where you can have a conversation about someone without actually mentioning their gender, it would seem surprising if this did not translate, at some level, into the way people thought about gender in their daily activities, in terms of thinking about maybe even who can do what in the workplace. But is that true when it comes to the pursuit of happiness?
Persuasion: Part 1 - Transcripts And very competent adults of our culture can't do that. And maybe the convenience store or the shop is really not that far away. Purpose can also boost our health and longevity. If you're just joining us, I'm talking to John McWhorter. Parents and peers influence our major life choices. One study that I love is a study that asked monolingual speakers of Italian and German and also bilingual speakers of Italian and German to give reasons for why things are the grammatical genders that they are. No matter how hard you try to feel happier, you end up back where you started. What we think of today as a word undergoing some odd development or people using some new construction is exactly how Latin turned into French. We recommend movies or books to a friend. VEDANTAM: I understand that if you're in a picnic with someone from this community and you notice an ant climbing up someone's left leg, it wouldn't make a lot of sense to tell that person, look, there's an ant on your left leg. I'm Shankar Vedantam. But that can blind us to a very simple source of joy that's all around us. Newsletter: Go behind the scenes, see what Shankar is reading and find more useful resources and links. and pick the featured episodes for your show. And it irritates people, but there's a different way of seeing literally. You would give a different description to mark that it was not intentional. You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around. So earlier things are on the left. What techniques did that person use to persuade you? And if you teach them that forks go with women, they start to think that forks are more feminine. Long before she began researching languages as a professor, foreign languages loomed large in her life. Of course, you also can't experience anything outside of time. June 20, 2020 This week on Hidden Brain, research about prejudices so deeply buried, we often doubt their existence. It seems kind of elliptical, like, would it be possible that I obtained? I'm Shankar Vedanta. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: (Speaking foreign language). : A Data-Driven Prescription to Redefine Professional Success, by Lawrence S. Krieger and Kennon M. Sheldon, George Washington Law Review, 2015. Updated privacy policy: We have made some changes to our Privacy Policy. Researcher Elizabeth Dunn helps us map out the unexpected ways we can find joy and happiness in our everyday lives. The fact is that language change can always go in one of many directions, there's a chance element to it. But what if there's a whole category of people in your life whose impact is overlooked? And so language changed just like the clouds in the sky. When she was 12, her family came to the United States from the Soviet Union. But it turns out humans can stay oriented really, really well, provided that their language and culture requires them to keep track of this information. Subscribe to the Hidden Brain Podcast on your favorite podcast player so you never miss an episode. So for example, English speakers, because they're very likely to say, he did it or someone did it, they are very good at remembering who did it, even if it's an accident. But I think that we should learn not to listen to people using natural language as committing errors because there's no such thing as making a mistake in your language if a critical mass of other people speaking your language are doing the same thing. VEDANTAM: You make the case that concerns over the misuse of language might actually be one of the last places where people can publicly express prejudice and class differences. Purpose can also boost our health and longevity. So to give you a very quick wrap-up is that some effects are big, but even when effects aren't big, they can be interesting or important for other reasons - either because they are very broad or because they apply to things that we think are really important in our culture. So in English, I might say that Sam (ph) broke the flute. Read the episode transcript. If the language stayed the way it was, it would be like a pressed flower in a book or, as I say, I think it would be like some inflatable doll rather than a person. Please note that your continued use of the RadioPublic services following the posting of such changes will be deemed an acceptance of this update. But somehow they've managed, not just by randomly bumping into each other. And then when I turned, this little window stayed locked on the landscape, but it turned in my mind's eye. For example, when we started talking about navigation, that's an example where a 5-year-old in a culture that uses words like north, south, east and west can point southeast without hesitation. If you still cant find the episode, try looking through our most recent shows on our homepage. MCWHORTER: Oh, yeah, I'm a human being. All episodes of Hidden Brain - Chartable Hidden Brain Episodes Happiness 2.0: The Reset Button Many of us rush through our lives, chasing goals and just trying to get everything done. But what happens when these feelings catch up with us? In the United States, we often praise people with strong convictions, and look down on those who express doubt or hesitation. Whats going on here? Look at it. I'm shankar Vedantam in the 2002 rom com. But if you seed a watermelon, nobody assumes that you're taking seeds and putting them in the watermelon, you're taking them out. So you can't see time. This week, in the final installment of our Happiness 2.0 series, psychologist Dacher Keltner describes what happens when we stop to savor the beauty in nature, art, or simply the moral courage of those around us. Psychologist Ken Sheldon studies the science of figuring out what you want. The best Podcast API to search all podcasts and episodes. In this favorite 2021 episode, psychologistAdam Grantpushes back against the benefits of certainty, and describes the magic that unfolds when we challenge our own deeply-held beliefs. Having a sense of purpose can be a buffer against the challenges we all face at various stages of life. They are ways of seeing the world. Only a couple hundred languages - or if you want to be conservative about it, a hundred languages - are written in any real way and then there are 6,800 others. So you can't know how the words are going to come out, but you can take good guesses. Sociologist Lisa Wade believes the pervasive hookup culture on campuses today is different from that faced by previous generations. This is Hidden Brain. This week, in the fourth and final installment of our Happiness 2.0 series, psychologist Dacher Keltner describes . VEDANTAM: Jennifer moved to Japan for graduate school. So I think it's something that is quite easy for humans to learn if you just have a reason to want to do it. ), The Sourcebook of Listening Research: Methodology and Measures, 2018. And then question 21 was, is this person a man or a woman? VEDANTAM: (Laughter) All right, I think it might be time for me to confess one of my pet peeves. Which I think is probably important with the reality that this edifice that you're teaching is constantly crumbling. But that can blind us to a very simple source of joy that's all around us. Special thanks to Adam Cole, who wrote and performed our rendition of "The Hokey Pokey." Sometimes you just have to suck it up. But time doesn't have to flow with respect to the body. The transcript below may be for an earlier version of this episode. Happiness 2.0: The Reset Button. But I find that people now usually use the word to mean very soon, as in we're going to board the plane momentarily. But it is a completely crucial part of the human experience. Refusing to Apologize can have Psychological Benefits, by Tyler Okimoto, Michael Wenzel and Kyli Hedrick, European Journal of Social Psychology, 2013.
Hidden Brain Host Explains Why We Lie to Ourselves Every Day VEDANTAM: This episode of HIDDEN BRAIN was produced by Rhaina Cohen, Maggie Penman and Thomas Lu with help from Renee Klahr, Jenny Schmidt, Parth Shah and Chloe Connelly. If a transcript is available, youll see a Transcript button which expands to reveal the full transcript. And so for me, that question was born in that conversation of are there some languages where it's easier to imagine a person without their characteristics of gender filled in? We also look at how. Hidden Brain - Transcripts Hidden Brain - Transcripts Subscribe 435 episodes Share Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships. In the second episode of our "Relationships 2.0" series, psychologist Do you ever struggle to communicate with your mom? But if I give that same story to a Hebrew or an Arabic speaker, they would organize it from right to left. And it's not just about how we think about time. In English, actually, quite weirdly, we can even say things like, I broke my arm. Can I get some chicken? I've always found that a very grating way to ask for something at a store. And they have correlated this with gender features in the language, just like the ones you were talking about. But what if it's not even about lust? out.
Laughter: The Best Medicine | Hidden Brain : NPR Personal Strivings: An Approach to Personality and Subjective Well-being, by Robert A. Emmons, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1986. This is a database with millions of art images. But is that true when it comes to the pursuit of happiness? People do need to be taught what the socially acceptable forms are. It should just be, here is the natural way, then there's some things that you're supposed to do in public because that's the way it is, whether it's fair or not. Toula and Ian's different backgrounds become apparent on one of their very first dates. BORODITSKY: Well, I think it's a terrible tragedy. If you're like most people, you probably abandoned those resolutions within a few weeks. Hidden Brain Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam Subscribe Visit website Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our.
Lost In Translation- Hidden Brain Podcast Transcript .pdf But they can also steer us in directions that leave us deeply unsatisfied. But, if you dig a little deeper, you may find that they share much more: they might make the same amount of money as you, or share the, We all have to make certain choices in life, such as where to live and how to earn a living. GEACONE-CRUZ: It's a Sunday afternoon, and it's raining outside. Many of us rush through our days, weeks, and lives, chasing goals, and just trying to get everything done. Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams, by Amy Edmondson, Administrative Science Quarterly, 1999. As soon as you move the leg, it becomes a different leg. When the con was exposed, its victims defended the con artists. Our transcripts are provided by various partners and may contain errors or deviate slightly from the audio. How big are the differences that we're talking about, and how big do you think the implications are for the way we see the world? FEB 27, 2023; Happiness 2.0: The Reset Button . So these speakers have internalized this idea from their language, and they believe that it's right. And you can even teach people to have a little bit of fun with the artifice. VEDANTAM: So I want to talk about a debate that's raged in your field for many years. "Most of the laughter we produce is purely . Transcript Speaker 1 00:00:00 this is hidden brain. The phrase brings an entire world with it - its context, its flavor, its culture. VEDANTAM: Many of us have dictionaries at home or at work, John. I'm Shankar Vedantam. Maybe they like the same kinds of food, or enjoy the same hobbies. And to our surprise, 78 percent of the time, we could predict the gender of the personification based on the grammatical gender of the noun in the artist's native language. And we looked at every personification and allegory in Artstor and asked, does the language that you speak matter for how you paint death, depending on whether the word death is masculine or feminine in your language? Long before she began researching languages as a professor, foreign languages loomed large in her life. The transcript below may be for an earlier version of this episode. This week on Hidden Brain, psychologist Adam Grant describes the magic th So for example, you might not imagine the color shirt that he's wearing or the kinds of shoes that he's wearing. MCWHORTER: Yeah, I really do. (Speaking Japanese). And after listening to you, I realize I might have to finally give in.
There's not a bigger difference you could find than 100 percent of the measurement space. How to Foster Perceived Partner Responsiveness: High-Quality LIstening is Key, Perceived Partner Responsiveness Scale (PPRS), Toward Understanding Understanding:The Importance of Feeling Understood in Relationships, Perceived Responses to Capitalization Attempts are Influenced by Self-Esteem and Relationship Threat, Perceived Partner Responsiveness Minimizes Defensive Reactions to Failure, Assessing the Seeds of Relationship Decay: Using Implicit Evaluations to Detect the Early Stages of Disillusionment. No matter how hard you try to feel happier, you end up back where. What do you think the implications are - if you buy the idea that languages are a very specific and unique way of seeing the world, of perceiving reality, what are the implications of so many languages disappearing during our time? MCWHORTER: Yes, that's exactly true. Stay with us. So the way you say hi in Kuuk Thaayorre is to say, which way are you heading?
In The Air We Breathe : NPR Today in our Happiness 2.0 series, we revisit a favorite episode from 2020. The Effective Negotiator Part 1: The Behavior of Successful Negotiators and The Effective Negotiator Part 2: Planning for Negotiations, by Neil Rackham and John Carlisle, Journal of European Industrial Training, 1978. Now I can stay oriented. No matter how hard you try to feel happier, you end up back where you started.