The People Watchers

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  • : 2008
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Episode 1
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28, 2008
On today's episode you will learn how to get complete strangers do exactly what you ask them, increase your wages by following a few simple instructions, and sharpen your powers of perception to avoid ever getting conned.
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Episode 2
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29, 2008
The three psychologists ask whether more expensive food really does taste better. Learn how to stop people from invading your personal space, sell bits of old junk at hugely inflated .. show full overview
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Episode 3
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30, 2008
The three psychologists look into the social relevance of joke-telling. Learn how to get help from complete strangers when you need it most, break the superstition trap that we all fall into, and make people laugh at your jokes.
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Episode 4
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31, 2008
Learn how to tell whether children are lying to you, make people feel drunk without them touching a drop of alcohol, and resist the urge to eat junk food.
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Episode 5
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01, 2008
How much do you remember of what you've seen this week? The team will put what you've learned during the week to the test. How much have you taken in? The tables have turned - this .. show full overview
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Episode 6
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04, 2008
A look at the psychology of queuing, using hidden cameras to reveal how much queue jumping the public will tolerate before they complain. Also demonstrated is a test showing how praising a group can positively affect their performance
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Episode 7
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05, 2008
Presenters Richard Wiseman, Emma Kenny, Jack Lewis and Sara Clarke perform hidden camera stunts to demonstrate psychological techniques for improving speed dating success, and how to .. show full overview
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Episode 8
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06, 2008
Jack Lewis uses a technique called negging - initially disagreeing with someone before eventually agreeing - while speed-dating. The Mindmaster demonstrates that mobile phone users are .. show full overview
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Episode 9
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07, 2008
Three psychologists perform a series of hidden camera stunts to demonstrate why people behave the way they do in everyday situations, focusing on the perception and reality of randomness, and the impact of subliminal messaging
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Episode 10
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08, 2008
Special quiz episode of the psychology show, testing how well viewers remember previous experiments with a series of multiple choice questions on queue busting, false recognition, and negging and mirroring
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Episode 11
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11, 2008
The Mind Masters take over a shopping centre to reveal the psychology of shoplifting, test people's perceptiveness and observation with a picture-counting exercise and set another group .. show full overview
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Episode 12
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12, 2008
Jack Lewis convinces passers-by he can levitate a random volunteer sitting in a chair on the South Bank. Whether it is magic or a trick will be discussed by the three regular psychologists Richard Wiseman, Emma Kenny and Sara Clarke
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Episode 13
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13, 2008
Sara Clarke offers passers by a free personality test, but gives every participant the same analysis and asks them how well it describes them. The team also examine how people react to .. show full overview
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Episode 14
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14, 2008
Three psychologists create a series of engineered hidden-camera scenarios enabling them to assess the importance of a good first impression in an interview situation, and explore the .. show full overview
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Episode 15
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15, 2008
A picture recognition test and a levitating chair are used to demonstrate why people act the way they do in everyday situations, analyzing psychological reactions and behavior.
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Episode 16
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18, 2008
A team of psychologists perform a hidden-camera stunt in a shop, where the shop assistant tests subjects on their willingness to perform favors, and other participants find out how lucky they are
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Episode 17
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19, 2008
An experiment demonstrates how customers can be persuaded to pay for a non-existent haircut, while another tests people's honesty when they feel they are being watched. The results are .. show full overview
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Episode 18
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20, 2008
An experiment demonstrating how to spot a liar and an art test involving 20 upwards-pointing arrows and a brick are used to demonstrate why people act the way they do in everyday situations, analysing psychological reactions and behaviour
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Episode 19
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21, 2008
An experiment is constructed to test the preconceptions accompanying physical attractiveness and a number of volunteers take part in the Stroop test which measures mental vitality and flexibility
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Episode 20
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22, 2008
A physical attractiveness test and an honesty box are used to demonstrate why people act the way they do in everyday situations, analysing psychological reactions and behaviour

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