Let’s throw back to the throwback, babies! For this episode, Dr.s Kay and Ray returned to our age-old awards episodes, this time for 3 months worth of realiTV! But first, Dr. Kay named the new segment, where Dr.s Kay and Ray each bring in a study of interest or that’s related to reality television: Reality Check! We all get a Reality Check from these scientific studies–this week, Dr. Ray focused on politics, and Dr. Kay focused on neurotechnology, leading to rich discussions about Kirk & Brain-Computer Interfaces!

Then, Dr.s Kay & Ray award castmates and/or moments from various reality TV shows they watched over the summer (think Love Island, Bachelor in Paradise, Are You My First?, Big Brother, The Challenge, etc.) with one of our 8 awards. These awards include “ProTEST this Mess” for the saddest or most obnoxious, “TESTing, 123” for best/worst producer antics, and “TESTosterboned”--Dr. Kay’s favorite–for the most patriarchal! All awards have TEST in their labels, as we are Reality TEST, after all!!

To whom or what moment would you give each these awards? The other 5 awards?

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Reality testing is when we check an emotion or thought we’re having against objective reality.

So, here in Reality Test, we’re going to be testing the thoughts, emotions, interactions, and producer antics of reality television against what we know, as licensed psychologists, about objective reality.

Come with us, let’s Reality Test!

Hosts: Dr. Kay & Dr. Ray

Thank you to our sound extraordinaire, Connor!

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