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Vital Variability
Lisa Feldman Barrett, Northeastern University, describes how the field of psychology has historically been beset by essentialism - the notion that there are essential features or characteristics that define a psychological category - and...
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Harnessing the Media
Psychologist Philip Zimbardo, University of Stanford, highlights the critical role the media plays in communicating research insights to the general public and muses on how psychologists can best take advantage of the power of the media...
Neuro Transmissions
How Therapists Treat Toxic Masculinity
There is more than one way to be a man. So why are so many men expected to act a certain way? As we can see from both personal experience and from research, traditional masculinity can be harmful. Masculinity in and of itself is not a...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Daniel T. Willingham - Cognitive Psychology in the Classroom
Daniel Willingham earned his B.A. from Duke University in 1983 and his Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from Harvard University in 1990. He is currently Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia, where he has taught since 1992....
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Situational Psychology
This film examines the difference between individual and situational psychological explanations for behaviour, using a range of classic studies (Zimbardo, Milgram, Latane and Darley) to illustrate, apply and evaluate situational approaches.
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Case Studies in Psychology
This film uses the tragic example of 'Genie', who was kept in solitary confinement from infancy until she was 13, to illustrate the use of case studies in psychology: why they are used, how they are used, what they can offer researchers,...
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Reliability and Validity
Concepts of reliability and validity are central to all forms of science and this film provides an introduction to these concepts in terms of their definitions, types and applications.
Psychology Unlocked
🧠 Introduction to Autism in 5 Minutes 🧠 Developmental Psychology
Autism is a developmental disorder associated with social and language abnormalities, as well as sterotypical and repetitive patterns of behaviour. It is a huge area of psychological research and many questions remain - as of yet -...
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Introduction to Psychology
It's time to learn about the mind! This is actually not the same as the brain, which we learned about in the biopsychology series. The mind is located in the brain, but it can't quite be reduced to brain function if we wish to describe...
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Case Studies
This film, illustrated by the case of Susan ""Genie"" Wiley, offers a brief history of case study research and examines the strengths and limitations of the research method.
Psychology Unlocked
What is an experiment? The Experimental Method in Psychology
As Psychology is a science, it uses the experimental method in a similar way to Physics, Chemistry and Biology. However, because of the subject matter Psychologists are studying, it can sometimes seem a bit confusing. Under the hood, a...
Psychology Unlocked
On Being Sane in Insane Places - David Rosenhan's Hospital Experiment
David Rosenhan's landmark experiment tests the boundaries of mental illness, and the diagnosis of psychiatric conditions. A decade after One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest was published, Rosenhan brought distopian fiction to life.
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Methods of Testing in Psychology: Observation, Self-Report, and Experimentation
Psychology may not be as rigidly empirical as physics or chemistry, but it is a science nonetheless. So how precisely do psychologists do science? What methods do they utilize to gather data? What is a case study, and how can these be...
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A Brief History of Psychology: From Plato to Pavlov
Before we dive into all the particulars of modern psychology and its research methods, we need to get a little context. When was psychology first developed, and by whom? Was it scientific at that time, or more philosophical? Who was the...
Psychology Unlocked
Do you need two parents? Bruno Bettelheim (1964) and Communal Parenting
This video explores a classic observational study of non-traditional parenting. Bettelheim (1964) spent 7 weeks on a Kibbutz studying communal parenting.
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Can a baby's temperament tell you something about their future? Temperamental Permanence
It was the Ancient Greeks who first started talking about temperament. They put temperamental differences down to predominant body fluids. After a hiatus of more than 1000 years, modern-day Psychologists have returned to the question of...
Psychology Unlocked
Atkinson and Shiffrin's (1968) Multi Store Model of Memory (AKA: Two Process Model)
This video outlines Atkinson and Shiffrin's key cognitive model of memory - the multi store multi of memory. This is a landmark theory in the development of the study of memory.
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What is Happiness?
Everyone wants to be happy. But what does that mean? How does one become happier, and is that even possible? Are we stuck at a set point of happiness from birth? Although we don't have as much control of our own happiness as we would...
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Ethics and Ethical Issues
This film opens with Milgram's famous obedience experiments and the part they played in producing much stricter ethical guidelines for the protection of participants. The second part of the film looks at an on-going research project to...
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Ethical Issues in Psychological Research
This film looks at the nature and significance of ethical guidelines to the research process, using examples drawn from the work of Milgram, Watson and Sharif.
Psychology Unlocked
Cognitive Psychology explained in less than 5 minutes
In the middle of the 20th Century, Psychology transformed thanks to the Cognitive Revolution. So what is Cognitive Psychology, and what is its story from the 1960s to today?
Neuro Transmissions
Mental Health Careers: More Than Just Pyschologists
I've had this issue recently where I have difficulty describing what I do with one label. What am I? And what do other people know? Does everyone understand the difference between a therapist and a psychologist? How about a social worker...
Psychology Unlocked
Introduction to Brain Scans for Psychology Students - CT, MRI, fMRI, PET - Neuroscience
Brain scans enable Psychologists and Neuroscientists to look inside the brain without having to open the patient's skull. In this video we cover four key types of brain scan that every Psychology student needs to know: 1) Computerised...
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The Usefulness of Psychological Research
Have you ever wondered why some people claim to see the face of Jesus in their toast? Well, psychologists at the University of Toronto did. But what possible use can such research have? This film looks at the usefulness of psychological...