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Understanding Our Phobias & How Your Dog Thinks – SYSK Choice

2024/10/12
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Mike Carruthers: 本期节目探讨了停止过度追求完美以改善人际关系，以及如何科学地看待狗狗的行为和心理。他还介绍了汽车保养的误区，指出频繁更换机油既浪费金钱又污染环境。 Kate Summerscale: 她深入探讨了恐惧症的成因、类型以及克服方法。她指出，许多恐惧症可以追溯到进化或童年经历，但并非所有恐惧症都需要治疗。有些恐惧症可以通过认知行为疗法、虚拟现实疗法等方法克服，但如果恐惧症不会影响日常生活，那么避免接触恐惧对象也是一种有效的应对策略。她还列举了一些鲜为人知的恐惧症，例如对纽扣的恐惧症，并分析了其可能的心理机制。 Alexandra Horowitz: 她从科学的角度解读了狗狗的行为和心理。她指出，人们往往会将人类的情感和思维模式投射到狗狗身上，例如狗狗的“愧疚”眼神实际上是人类行为引起的。她还探讨了狗狗的智力、感知方式以及与人类的互动方式，并强调了满足狗狗需求的重要性，例如提供足够的刺激和陪伴，避免让狗狗感到无聊。她还指出，狗狗并非需要人类的“领导”，而是需要与人类的互动和陪伴。 Mike Carruthers: 本节目涵盖了人际关系、恐惧症、狗狗行为等多个方面，旨在帮助听众更好地理解自身和周围的世界。节目中穿插了对汽车保养知识的介绍，以及对一些商业产品的宣传。

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The 3,000-mile oil change rule is a myth. Car technology and oil have improved significantly, making this old recommendation obsolete. Check your car's owner's manual for the correct oil change interval, which is typically around 7,800 miles. You'll save money and help the environment.
  • Change oil every 7,800 miles on average.
  • 3,000-mile rule is a marketing tactic.
  • No car manufacturer recommends 3,000-mile oil changes.

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We all tend to want to impress others with our accomplishments or skills or whatever else that makes us exceptional. Yet there is a real problem with trying to appear so exceptional. This episode begins with an explanation. Source: Steve Chandler, author of 50 Ways To Create Great Relationships (https://amzn.to/3e7uIYk)).

Are there actually people who have a fear or phobia about buttons? Or popcorn? Of course! People have phobias about lots of things. It sure makes you wonder why. Where do phobias originate? What’s the difference between a fear and phobia? Can you make a phobia disappear or are you stuck with it? Here with a look inside the world of phobias is Kate Summerscale author of The Book of Phobias & Manias : A History of Obsession (https://amzn.to/3e7vjcw).)

If you have a dog, you probably think you know your dog well. But maybe not says Alexandra Horowitz. She is a researcher who studies dog behavior and cognition and she is author of the book The Year of The Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves (https://amzn.to/3CmfaYO)). She joins me to reveal what dogs really think – or don’t think, how intelligent they are and what we can do to improve our bond with dogs. 

Conventional wisdom is that you should change the oil in your car every 3,000 miles. However, that is very OLD conventional wisdom – and totally untrue.  Listen and you will save time, money, and the planet by not changing your oil so often. https://www.edmunds.com/car-maintenance/stop-changing-your-oil.html)

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