Psychology

Discovering psychology. Disc 1 [videorecording] / with Philip Zimbardo. S. Burlington, VT : Annenberg/CPB, c2001.
1 videodisc (180 min.), col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Ford Library:  DVD--Limited Circulation | #3089
Contents: 1. Past, present and promise. An introduction presenting psychology as a science involving many fields including philosophy, anthropology, biochemistry and artificial intelligence. With Dr. Mahzarin Banaji and Dr. Emanuel Donchin.
2. Understanding research. Examines the scientific method and how data is collected and analyzed in the lab and in the field. Emphasizes critical thinking. With Dr. Christina Maslach Dr. Daryl Bem.
3. The behaving brain. Discusses the structure and composition of the brain, how neurons function, how the brain collects and transmits information, and how thoughts, feelings and actions are determined by chemical reactions. With Dr. John Gabrieli and Dr. Mieke Verfaellie.
4. The responsive brain. Discusses How the brain controls behavior and how behavior and environment influence the brain. With Dr. Michael Meaney and Dr. Russell Fernald.
5. The developing child. Traces the debate over nature vs. nurture and looks at how developmental psychologists study heredity and environment. With Dr. Renee Baillargeon and Dr. Judy De Loache
6. Language development. Looks at what developmental psychologists learn about the human mind, society, and culture by studying how children use language. With Dr. Jean Berko-Gleason and Dr. Ann Fernald.

Discovering psychology. Disc 2 [videorecording] / with Philip Zimbardo. S. Burlington, VT : Annenberg/CPB, c2001.
1 videodisc (180 min.), col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Ford Library:  DVD Limited Circulation | #3090
Contents:  7. Sensation and perception. Shows how visual information is gathered and processed, and how our perceptions are influenced by our culture, previous experiences, and personal interests. With Dr. David Hubel and Dr. Misha Pavel.
8. Learning. Examines Pavlov, Thorndike, Watson, and Skinners thoughts on classical and operant conditioning. With Dr. Howard Rachlin and Dr. Robert Ader.
9. Remembering and forgetting. Looks at how memory works. With Dr. Richard Thompson and Dr. Diana Woodruff-Pak.
10. Cognitive processes. Looks at reasoning, planning, and problem solving and why diverse researchers are becoming interested in the cognitive revolution. With Dr. Howard Gardner and Dr. Michael Posner.
11. Judgement and decision making. Examines how and why people make judgements, and the psychology of risk-taking. With Dr. Daniel Kahneman Dr. Irving Janis.
12. Motivation and emotion. Reviews what researchers have discovered about why we act and feel as we do. With Dr. Norman Adler and Dr. Martin Seligman.

Discovering psychology. Disc 3 [videorecording] / with Philip Zimbardo. S. Burlington, VT : Annenberg/CPB, c2001
1 videodisc (180 min.), col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Ford Library:  DVD Limited Circulation  #3091
Contents:  13. The mind awake and asleep. Explores varying levels of consciousness including sleeping, dreaming, and altered states of consciousness. With Dr. Ernest Hartman and Dr. Robert McCarley.
14. The mind hidden and divided. Looks at repression, discovered and false memory syndromes, hypnosis, and split-brain cases. With Dr. Jonathan Schooler and Dr. Michael Gazzaniga.
15. The self. Explores how psychologists study the origins of self-identity and self-esteem, social determinants of self-conceptions, and emotional and motivational consequences of beliefs about oneself. With Dr. Hazel Markus and Dr. Teresa Amabile.
16. Testing and intelligence. Examines psychological assessment: how psychologists and other professionals assign values to abilities, behaviors, and personalities. With Dr. Claude Steele and Dr. Robert Sternberg.
17. Sex and gender. Explores how males and females are similar and different, and how gender roles reflect social values. With Dr. Michael Meaney and Dr. Eleanor Maccoby.
18. Maturing and aging. Looks at how society reacts to people as they age. With Dr. Laura Carstensen and Dr. Sherry Willis.

Discovering psychology. Disc 4 [videorecording] / with Philip Zimbardo. S. Burlington, VT : Annenberg/CPB, c2001
1 videodisc (240 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. Programs 19-26.
Ford Library:  DVD Limited Circulation  #3092
Summary:  20. Constructing social reality. Shows how understanding psychological processes may help us to be more empathetic and independent. With Steven Hassan and Dr. Robert Cialdini.
22. Psychotherapy. Surveys the relationships among theory, research and practice and how treatment of psychological disorders has been influenced by historical, cultural and social forces. With Dr. Hans Strupp and Dr. Rollo May.
24. Applying psychology in life. Shows how psychology is being applied in the areas of human factors, law, and conflict negotiation. With Dr. Malcolm Cohen, Dr. Stephen Ceci of Cornell University, and Dr. James Maas.