The Psychology Podcast

Scott Barry Kaufman || Transcend

Episode Summary

<p>On this episode of <em>The Psychology Podcast</em>, physicist <a href="https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sean Carroll</a> chats with Scott Barry Kaufman, host of <em>The Psychology Podcast</em>, about his new book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Transcend-Self-Actualization-Scott-Barry-Kaufman/dp/0143131206" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization</em></a>, which is out today!</p> <p>In this episode we discuss:</p> <ul> <li>Why studying humans is more complicated than studying the universe</li> <li>The importance of having humility as a psychologist</li> <li>How Scott’s new book <em>Transcend</em> builds on the work of Abraham Maslow</li> <li>How Maslow never actually drew a pyramid</li> <li>What Maslow actually meant by his “Hierarchy of Needs”</li> <li>The dialectical between security and growth</li> <li>Scott’s new metaphor for the hierarchy of needs</li> <li>How humans can be greater than the sum of their parts</li> <li>Scott’s revised integrated hierarchy of needs</li> <li>Why attachment styles are continuums, not types</li> <li>Why the need for belonging is not the same as the need for intimacy</li> <li>The effects of loneliness on our physical health</li> <li>The latest science of introversion</li> <li>Healthy self-esteem vs. narcissism</li> <li>The “growing tip”</li> <li>Psychological entropy</li> <li>The need for exploration and information seeking</li> <li>The more cosmic aspect of love, or “B-Love”</li> <li>The need for purpose</li> <li>Why self-actualization is not achievement</li> <li>The form of purpose that can lead to transcendence</li> <li>Why nothing is absolutely good or bad</li> </ul> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-podcast/support">https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-podcast/support</a>

Episode Notes

On this episode of The Psychology Podcast, physicist Sean Carroll chats with Scott Barry Kaufman, host of The Psychology Podcast, about his new book Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization, which is out today!

In this episode we discuss:

• Why studying humans is more complicated than studying the universe
• The importance of having humility as a psychologist
• How Scott’s new book Transcend builds on the work of Abraham Maslow
• How Maslow never actually drew a pyramid
• What Maslow actually meant by his “Hierarchy of Needs”
• The dialectical between security and growth
• Scott’s new metaphor for the hierarchy of needs
• How humans can be greater than the sum of their parts
• Scott’s revised integrated hierarchy of needs
• Why attachment styles are continuums, not types
• Why the need for belonging is not the same as the need for intimacy
• The effects of loneliness on our physical health
• The latest science of introversion
• Healthy self-esteem vs. narcissism
• The “growing tip”
• Psychological entropy
• The need for exploration and information seeking
• The more cosmic aspect of love, or “B-Love”
• The need for purpose
• Why self-actualization is not achievement
• The form of purpose that can lead to transcendence
• Why nothing is absolutely good or bad

Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-podcast/support