Psychology

Audiotapes

Adlerian Psychology, a Basic Theory

Ansbacher, Heinz Ludwig

1967 - 1 Audiocassette - 21 min.

University of Vermont Psychology Professor H.L. Ansbacher discusses the psychological theory of Adler concerning the unity of the organism. BF 175.A5

Beyond Freedom What?

Skinner, B. F. (Burrhus Frederic)

197? - 1 Audiocassette - ca. 26 min.

A taping of a conference in which Professor B. F. Skinner discusses his new book, Beyond Freedom What Dignity? BF 319.5.O6S7

Cognitive Behavior Therapy: A Practitioner's Guide

1978 - 6 Audiocassettes with manual

1. Meichenbaum, D.: Introduction to Applied Cognitive Behavior Therapy (59 min.). -- 2. Rush, A. J.: Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Managing Depression (59 min.). -- 3. Marlatt, G. A.: Addictions: A Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Approach (59 min). -- 4. Rodin, J.: Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Obesity (58 min.). -- 5. Marks, I. M.: Cognitive Behavior Therapy in the Treatment of Phobic and Obsessive-compulsive Disorders (48 min.). -- 6. Wilson, G. T.: Cognitive Behavioral Approaches to Sexual Problems. 55 min. RC 489.C63C6

Creative Thinking

1982 - 6 Audiocassettes

Presents a comprehensive creative philosophy for corporations and individuals that has been tested in hundreds of organizations, large and small. It sets standards for a more dynamic, creative environment and for establishing a total communications system within an organization. BF 637.S8V35

The Drug Dilemma

1969 - 2 Audiocassettes, in 2 parts- 57 min. each

1. Concerned officials link TV and parental mistakes to addiction. 2. Two physicians evaluate the success of rehabilitation programs. RC 566.D7 pt. 1-2

Executive Memory Program

Montgomery, Robert Leo

1985 - 2 Audiocassettes with guidebook - pt. 1, 104 Min.; pt. 2, 110 min.

Program designed to aid in memory improvement. BF 385.M872 pt. 1-2

An Interview with B.F. Skinner

Skinner, B. F. (Burrhus Frederic)

1972 - 1 Audiocassette - ca. 27 min.

In the interview with Harvey Wheeler, Skinner clarifies some of the terminology and many of the basic concepts that are critical to operant conditioning; touches on such social problems as the uncreative use of leisure, the threat of wasteful affluence, and the inequalities of wealth and power. BF 319.5.O6S74

Skinner on Skinnerism

Skinner, B. F. (Burrhus Frederic)

197? - 1 Audiocassette - ca. 28 min.

Answers criticisms of his book, Beyond Freedom and Dignity, and clarifies points raised there. BF 698.9.C8S7

Skinnerism at Work

1972 - 1 Audiocassette - ca. 28 min.

Discussion of the use of conditioning to treat alcoholics, emphasizing the importance of verbal behavior if Skinner's theories are to be applied successfully. RC 565.S7

Videodiscs

Psychology Encyclopedia III

1993 - Videodisc (CAV)

Contains full motion video, animations, and still images about different areas in psychology. Topics include: Areas of Psychology; Methodology; Biological Basis of Behavior; States of Consciousness; Sensation and Perception; Learning; Memory; Evolution, Heredity, and Behavior; Motivation; Emotion; Human Development; Cognition; Language; Intelligence and Testing; Social Psychology; Personality; Psychological Disorders; Treatment and Therapy. BF 31.P79 1993

Psychology Videodisc

1993 - Videodisc (CAV)

The videodisc covers the major topics discussed in introductory psychology, combining brief, exciting film clips, computer-animated motion segments, and a library of stills -- all designed to help the instructor bring the major concepts of psychology to life for students. The videodisc comes with a barcode encoded instructor's guide. BF 80.3.P79 1993 pt. 1-2

Videos

Aging Successfully

1998 – Video (VHS) – 31 min Discusses how people can age successfully to live fulfilling lives through the processes of selection, optimization, and compensation. BF724.44 A35 A45 1998

Atoms for Peace

1996 - Video (VHS) - 30 min.

From The New Explorer’s series. Despite high hopes for peaceful uses following World War II, nuclear power is regarded as virtually untouchable because of two unsolved problems: the possibility of an explosion and radioactive waste. Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago has found solutions to both. The New Explorers also follows another example of nuclear progress: the development of a giant x-ray machine with 10,00 times the power of a doctor’s apparatus. TK9146 .A7 1996

The Brain Teaching Modules 1-16

1988 - Video (VHS) - 104 min.

Teaching modules taken from the PBS series The Brain, and is designed to enhance the teaching of general psychology college courses. BF 121.U524 pt.1

The Brain Teaching Modules 17-30

1988 -Video (VHS) - 104 min.

Teaching modules taken from the PBS series The Brain, and is designed to enhance the teaching of general psychology college courses. BF 121.U524 pt.2

Can't Slow Down

1993 - Video (VHS) - 28 min.

Examines Americans' increasingly hurried life-style. Because of the urge to acquire, the pressure to achieve or be fired, the need to achieve outside the home, and longer commutes to work, couples are too busy to talk to one another. Asks how we spend our time and how the constant rush affects everything about our relationships and health. BF 575.S75 C36 1993

Career Encounters: Psychology

1991 - Video (VHS) - 28 min.

Offers information on the broad range of career options. This video looks inside the research centers, clinic, sports centers, companies, schools, and hospitals that are the front lines of psychology. BF 76.C365 1991

Careers in Psychology: Your Options are Open

1990 - Video (VHS) - ca. 9 min.

Discusses various careers. Includes brief presentations by a sports psychologist, a research psychologist, and a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist. BF 76.C33 1990

Cognitive Therapy for Panic Disorder

1997 - Video (VHS) - approx. 40 min.

Follow Dr. Clark as he conducts therapy sessions with a professional actor adept with improvisation who has been immersed in a clinical history of a client with panic disorders. RC535.C64 1997

Conversations with David G. Myers

1986 - Video (VHS) - 139 min.

Designed for use with the text, Psychology, by David G. Myers. Module 1. How to study/Richard Straub (13 min.) -- Module 2. The brain and mind connection/Donald McKay (9 min.) -- Module 3. Sex differences and social behavior/Alice Eagly (18 min.) -- Module 4. Sleep and dreams/Wilse Webb (14 min.) -- Module 5. Animal language/Roger Fouts (16 min.) -- Module 6. Intelligence/Robert Sternberg (16 min.) -- Module 7. Sexuality/Janet Hyde (17 min.) -- Module 8. Weapons of influence/Robert Cialdini (18 min.) -- Module 9. Pornography and violence/Edward Donnerstein (18 min.). BF 121.M944 1986

Creativity and Leadership: Making the Mind Extraordinary

1998- Video (VHS) - 50 min.

This is Howard Gardner's exclusive video presentation of his revolutionary new psychology of extraordinariness. Based on 15 years of research, it offers new insights into the origins of creativity and leadership. BF408.C743 1998

Death and Dying: A Conversation with Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D.

1975 - Video (VHS) - 29 min.

Psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross discusses her work and philosophy in the care of dying patients and their families. BF 789.D4D45 1976

Discovering Psychology

1989 - 13 Videos (VHS) - 30 min. each

Past, Present, and Promise, pt. 1

Describes psychology as the science that stands at the crossroads of philosophy, anthropology, biochemistry, and artificial intelligence.

Understanding Research, pt. 2

Deals with the scientific method as applied to psychological research. BF 131.D57 1989 pt. 1-2

The Behaving Brain, pt. 3

Deals with the brain's structures, its biochemical reactions, and how these two affect behavior.

The Responsive Brain, pt. 4

Attempts to explain how the brain controls behavior and the role played by the environment. BF 131.D57 1989 pt. 3-4

The Developing Child, pt. 5

Details the impact of heredity and environment on children's development.

Language Development, pt. 6

Describes how psychologists search for truths about the mind, society, and culture by studying how children develop complex language skills and use language in social communication. BF 131.D57 1989 pt 5-6

Sensation and Perception, pt. 7

Deals with how we transform raw sensory data into meaningful impressions. Also focuses on the ways personal experience influences our perceptions.

Learning, pt. 8

Describes the principles of classical and operant condition to show how learning occurs. Features the research of Pavlov, Thorndike, and Skinner. BF 131.D57 1989 pt. 7-8

Remembering and Forgetting, pt. 9

Looks at the complex process of memory. Examines how experiences are translated into codes in the memory, why we forget, and how memory can be improved.

Cognitive Processes, pt. 10

Examines the cognitive processes of reasoning, planning, and problem solving. BF 131.D57 1989 pt. 9-10

Judgment and Decision Making, pt. 11

Explains why and how judgments and decisions are made. Also explores the psychology of risk taking and negotiation.

Motivation and Emotion, pt. 12

Examines biological and psychological aspects of motivation and emotion as seen in studies of sexual behavior and the power of optimistic beliefs. BF 131.D57 1989 pt.11-12

The Mind Awake and Asleep, pt. 13

Explores the nature of sleeping, dreaming, and altered states of consciousness. Also looks at how consciousness lets us interpret, analyze, and direct our behavior in adaptive, flexible ways

The Mind Hidden and Divided, pt. 14

Examines how events and experiences of the subconscious affect moods, actions, and health. Includes case studies of multiple personality and split-brain patients and demonstrations of hypnosis. BF 131.D57 1989 pt. 13-14

The Self, pt. 15

Explores society's role in shaping our ideas of who we really are. Also examines the emotional and motivational consequences of beliefs about oneself.

Testing and Intelligence, pt. 16

Defines intelligence and how it is measured. BF 131.D57 1989 pt. 15-16

Sex and Gender, pt. 17

Questions whether men and women are psychologically different or if they are similar in some ways. Also examines how sex roles reflect social values.

Maturing and Aging, pt. 18

Looks at physical and psychological aging and shows how society reacts to the last stages of life. BF 131.D57 1989 pt. 17-18

The Power of the Situation, pt. 19

Examines how situational forces can manipulate beliefs and behavior. Also examines how social psychologists interpret human behavior within its broader social context.

Constructing Social Reality, pt. 20

Looks at how mental processes color our interpretations of reality. BF 131.D571989 pt. 19-20

Psychopathology, pt. 21

Defines and explores schizophrenia, phobias, and affective disorders. Also includes discussions with clinical psychologists who examine various factors that can lead to mental and behavioral disorders.

Psychotherapy, pt. 22

Describes how theory, research, and practice come together in the treatment of psychological disorders. Also discusses how attitudes toward the mentally ill have been influenced by historical, cultural, and social forces. BF 131.D571989 pt. 21-22

Health, Mind and Behavior, pt. 23

In today's psychological theories, a new bio-psycho-social model is replacing the traditional biomedical model. Recent research is forcing a profound rethinking of the relationship between mind and body.

In Space, Toward Peace, pt. 24

Arms negotiations and responses to the possibility of nuclear war illustrate the psychology of peace, and psychologists reach out to new horizons in preparing astronauts for the stress of space travel. BF 131.D57 1989 pt. 23-24

A Union of Opposites, pt. 25

Uses the yin-yang model of complementary opposites to aid in an understanding of basic principles thought to govern human nature and animal behavior.

New Directions, pt. 26

Features prominent psychologists who discuss new directions in research and theory in the field of psychology and possible applications. They also discuss how psychology can contribute to the quality of human life. BF 131.D57 1989 pt. 25-26

Eating Disorders

1990 - Video (VHS) - 26 min.

Looks at eating disorders that affect millions of people and discusses how they can be treated with psychological counseling and emotional support as well as medical treatment for severe disorders. Emphasis is on anorexia nervosa. RC 552.A5E37 1990

The Famine Within

1990 - Video (VHS) - 90 min.

This powerful documentary explores the North American phenomenon of body obsession. Every day, millions of women judge their self-worth by their body image, comparing themselves to the mass media produced beauty ideal. BF 697.5.B63F3 1990

Getting the Love You Want

BF175.5.L68 G48 1997 (Set Includes 2 Workbooks and 1 Cassette)

Volume 1 - Part One, Unconscious Marriage: Romantic Love Part Two, Unconscious Marriage: Childhood and the Selection Process

Volume 2 - Part Three, Unconscious Marriage: The Power Struggle Part Four, Conscious Marriage: Dialogue and Commitment

Volume 3 - Part Five, Unconscious Marriage: Reimaging and Restructuring Part Six, Conscious Marriage: Resolving Rage

"The Unconscious Marriage," which details a marriage in which the remaining desires and behavior of childhood interfere with the current relationship; "

Volume 4 Ð Part Seven, Conscious Marriage: Reromanticizing and Revisioning

"The Conscious Marriage," which shows a marriage that fulfils those childhood needs in a positive manner; and a 10-week "course in relationship therapy, " which gives detailed exercises for you and your partner to follow in order to learn how to "replace confrontation and criticism ... with a healing process of mutual growth and support."

Kids and Stress

1993 - Video (VHS) - 28 min

Looks at how stress affects kids. Looks at eating and sleeping disturbances, at drug and alcohol use, and at mental illness, depression, and suicide. Also offers suggestions to relieve stress in order to enable adults to help kids and to enable kids to help themselves. BF 723.S75 K5 1993

Living Fully Until Death

1996 - Video (VHS) - 29 min.

Three people find new meaning in life and courage to deal with the challenge of living fully despite their illnesses (Lou Gehrig's disease, leukemia, and lung cancer.) BF 789.D4 L785

Men & Women: Talking Together -- Deborah Tannen & Robert Bly

1993 - Video (VHS) - 62 min. Presents two of the most popular and exciting people at the forefront of men's and women's issues, talking to each other about gender and styles. Each brings an informed perspective on how men and women approach each other and conversation itself. Bly and Tannen agree that it is crucial to describe both the differences and similarities, so that men and women can respect each other, and in the process, present a model of how that is done. BF 637.C45 M4 1993

The Mind As Healer

1996 - Video (VHS) - 20 min.

In the medical community today, the concept of"positive thinking" is being scientifically validated. Integrated care, which encompasses both the patient's psychological and physical health, is especially beneficial for patients with life-threatening illnesses. This program, hosted by Dr. Gerald Koocher, chief of psychology at Boston Children's Hospital, speaks with a team of medical experts and psychologists who explain how incorporating psychological intervention into traditional medical treatments is helping to promote faster recovery from invasive chemotherapies, strengthen weakened immune systems, provide patients and families with emotional support, and reduce long-term medical costs. RC 400.A6 M5

Mirror, Mirror

1990 - Video (VHS) - 17 min.

Explores women's perceptions of their own bodies compared with society's definition of the "perfect" figure. Women of various ages, races, and body types comment about their own bodies and tell how they think others perceive and treat them based on their physical appearance. BF 697.5.B63M57 1990

Motivational Interviewing Introduction to Motivational Interviewing

1998 – 7 Videotapes - (VHS) – 313min.

tape A. Background and principles

tape B. Opening strategies: Phase I, part 1 -- tape B. Phase 1, part 2:Opening strategies

tape C, Handling resistance

tape D. Feedback and information exchange

tape E. Motivational interviewing in the medical setting

tape F. Phase II: Moving toward action.

Counseling techniques for establishing rapport with alcohol and drug abusive clients with a goal of developing motivation for change.

RC565.M67 1998  Videos: A B:pt.1-B:pt.2 C-guide

Names Can Really Hurt Us

1988 - Video (VHS) - 26 min.

Junior high students in ethnically diverse New York talk about their painful experiences as victims of bigotry, and they also reveal their own prejudices and stereotypes. Produced by WCBS-TV in New York for the Anti-Defamation League. BF 575.P9 N3 1988

Nonverbal Communication

1976 - Videotape - (VHS) - 22min.

Examines scientific findings on communication through gesture, body posture, intonation, eye contact, and facial expression. Includes interviews with experts on interpersonal distance, the equilibrium theory of eye contact, sex differences in the perception of nonverbal behavior, gestures and expression in photos, and biological programming. BF637.N66 N628 1976

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing

1989 - Video (VHS) - 28 min.

Adapted from Phil Donahue show. Examines obsessive-compulsive behavior -- fearing that something terrible will happen if you don't wash your hands 17 times before eating, or counting to 100 at least 30 times before going through a doorway. The program looks at the symptoms, the diagnosis, and what is known about cures. RC 533.B69

On Our Own Terms

2000 – 4 Videotapes - (VHS) – 360min.

v.1: Living with dying (90 min.): "In this program, Bill Moyers describes the search for new ways of thinking--and talking--about dying. Forgoing the usual reluctance that most American show toward speaking about death, patients and medical professionals alike come forward t examine the end of life with honesty, courage, agn even humor, demonstrating that dying can be an incredibly rich experience for both the terminally ill and their loved ones.";

v.2: A different kind of care (90 min.): "Bill Moyers presents the important strides being made in the area of palliative care at pioneering institutions such as New York's Mt. Sinai Hospital and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. These advances are bringing peace to those who fear that they will be a burden to loved ones, will suffer needlessly, or will be abandoned in their hour of greatest need."

v.3  A time to change (90 min.): "Bill Moyer introduces crusading medical professionals--including staff members of the Balm of Gilead Project in Brimingham, Alabama--who have dedicated themselves to improving end-of-life care by changing America's overburdened health system.";

v.4: A death of one's own (90 min.): Unraveled are the complexities underlying the many choices at the end of life, including the bitter debate over physician-assisted suicide. Three patients, their families and their doctors discuss some of the hardest decisions, including how to pay for care, what constitutes humane treatment, and how to balance dying and dignity. In the end, do these patients die the way they wanted?"

BF789.D4 O5 2000

Portraits of Grief

1998 - Videotape - (VHS) - 25min.

"FFH 8501"--Cassette label. This program is a collection of deeply personal interview and relates to the different stages of the grieving process: disbelief, sadness, loneliness, depression, fear, anger, guilt, and exhaustion. The viewer also sees how grief is a process that can lead to understanding and acceptance. BF575.G7 P67 1998

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

1990 - Video (VHS) - 28 min.

A look at the extent of post-traumatic stress disorder in our society. Includes interviews with Vietnam veterans, an adult incest survivor, and survivors of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake. RC 552.P67 P6 1991

Psychology: Gender and Relationships

199 - Video - (VHS) - 28min

Psychologists discuss how gender stereotypes develop, the effects of gender differences on relationships, and how gender roles are changing. BF692.2.G466 1990

Psychology: The Study of Human Behavior

2 Videos (VHS) - ca. 29 min. each

Sensation and Preception, vol. 6

1989 - This Program explains how human beings construct reality from the raw material provided by the senses, and how the brain interprets and organizes this material into meaningful patterns. BF 121.P793 v. 6

Personality, vol. 14

1990 - This program examines the various theories about personality types and describes some of the current research about them. BF 121.P793 v. 14

The Royal Road: Psychoanalytic Approaches to the Dream

1988 - Video (VHS) - 33 min.

Examines a single dream in detail and observes how a psychoanalytic clinician analyzes dream imagery to better understand the patient. BF 1078 .R69 1988

Slim Hopes: Advertising and the Obsession With Thinness

Kilbourne, Jean

1995 - Video (VHS) - 30 min.

Explores the manner in which women are portrayed by advertising with the focus on thinness. Discusses the impact this portrayal has on the self images of women and girls. The seven main parts are: 1. Impossible Beauty; 2. The Waif Look; 3. Constructed Bodies; 4. Food & Sex; 5. Food & Control; 6. The Weight Loss Industry; 7. Freeing Imaginations. BF 697.5.B63 S64 1995

The Story of Carl Gustav

1997 - 3 Videos - (VHS) - 31 min. each

In Search of the Soul, pt. 1 Traces Jung's childhood and youth. Includes the critical events of his thought formation, his medical study at the University of Basel, and scenes of the Burgholzli Mental Hospital at Zurich. Scenes of the country where he lived enhance the historical narrative. BF 173.J85 S77 1997 pt.1

67,000 Dreams, pt. 2

Jung's careful research is reviewed in the settings where it took place. Includes the painstaking and thorough examination of 67,000 dreams and documentary footage of the African Safari where he investigated tribal beliefs and symbols. Shows his retreat at Bollingen on Lake Zurich, into which he incorporated many of the symbols that so interested him. BF 173.J85 S77 1997 pt.2

The Mystery That Heals, pt. 3

Characterizes Jung in his older years. Includes interviews with Jung himself, with his secretary and editor, with a colleague. Examines his attitudes toward death as he expressed them at the death of his wife. Tells of his own dreams during his grief and preceding his own death. BF 173.J85 S77 1997 pt.3

Understanding Grief

1998 - Videotape - (VHS) - 25min.

This program introduces grief and its many possible effects. The series host, Gordon Lang, explains his counseling strategy and discusses the many forms that grief takes: anger, fear, disbelief, loneliness, depression, fear, powerlessness, guilt, and exhaustion, to name only a few. BF575.G7 U5347 1998

Understanding Human Behavior

1981 - Video, 20 parts, IMC holds both VHS and 3/4" copies of each tape - 29 min.each. Keyed to text Understanding Human Behavior 3rd ed., by James McConnell.-

The Brain, v. 2

Focuses on the physical structure of the human brain and the relationship of its parts. Major emphasis is given to the new research on the right and left hemispheres of the brain. BF 121.U52 1981 v. 2

Consciousness and Sleep, v. 3

Focuses on sleep, including the stages of sleep, its characteristics and the effect of sleep deprivation. BF 121.U52 1981 v. 3

Altered States of Consciousness, v. 4

Explains the direct ways in which neural processes are affected by various classes of drugs. The concluding portion of the program explores the use of meditation and biofeedback as possible alternatives for drugs. BF 121.U52 1981 v. 4

Functions of the Brain, v. 5

Presents historical explanations, and current knowledge and research about complex interaction among brain, mind and the environment. BF 121.U52 1981 v. 5

Sensory Psychology, v. 6

Three topics share the focus of this program. These are the basic skin receptors that detect pressure, temperature and pain; the function of the deep receptors in distinguishing weight, thickness, and shape; and the role of the inner ear in balance and motion. BF 121.U52 1981 v. 6

Taste, Smell, Hearing, v. 7

Senses of taste, smell, and hearing are compared, and it is emphasized that human survival depends not upon any single sense but upon the sophisticated interaction of all senses. BF 121.U52 1981 v. 7

Vision, v. 8

The sense of vision is defined and explained in terms of the parts of the eye itself and the characteristics of light waves. BF 121.U52 1981 v. 8

Sensory Deprivation, v. 9

The human brain requires a wide variety of sensory stimuli if it is to function normally. It shows that prolonged isolation from sensory input has startling consequences for the mind. BF 121.U52 1981 v. 9

Visual Perception, v. 10

It explains that visual stimulation is not the same as perception and that the brain needs both innate and learned clues to interpret what the eye sees. BF 121.U52 1981 v. 10

Motivation and Hunger, v. 12

Defines the concept of motivation and discusses the physiological, sociological, and psychological factors that influence motivation. Examines eating and the difficulty of detecting human motivation in behavior as complex as that involving hunger. BF 121.U52 1981 v. 12

Stress, v. 14

Describes the role of the autonomic nervous system and the adrenal glands in stress. Identifies the stages of stress and presents examples of human variation in response to stress. BF 121.U52 1981 v. 14

Conditioning, v. 15

Recounts the discovery of classical conditioning, the importance of the discovery, and the present applications of classical conditioning in therapy. BF 121.U52 1981 v. 15

Operant Conditioning, v. 16

Examines B. F. Skinner's theory of operant conditioning and gives examples of the wide applications of Skinner's theory. Discusses weaknesses in the theory. BF 121.U52 1981 v. 16

Memory, v. 17

Introduces information that is known about short-term and long-term memory and a third memory stage, sensory information storage. BF 121.U52 1981 v. 17

Pain and Hypnosis, v. 18

Discusses the biological processes involved in experiencing pain. Introduces the gate theory of pain and the recent discovery that the human body produces natural painkillers known as enkephalins. Presents pain-treating strategies including placebos, biofeedback, acupuncture, and hypnosis. BF 121.U52 1981 v. 18

Genetic Psychology, v. 19

Examining the roles that inherited traits play in development and behavior, considers the newborn who is endowed with a genetically determined potential and limitations, which are nevertheless vulnerable to prenatal environmental factors. Emphasizes the importance of the learning environment in the maximization of genetic potential. BF 121.U52 1981 v. 19

Emotional Development, v. 20

Examines the effects of parental interaction with the developing child. Reviews Harry Harlow's research with monkeys, surrogate mothers, and contact comfort. Questions whether loving parental behavior is learned or innate. BF 121.U52 v. 20

Cognitive Development, v. 21

Explains Piaget's theory that children progress through four major stages of intellectual development. Describes the important role of language in a child's cognitive development. Discusses criticisms of Piaget's theories. BF 121.U52 1981 v. 21

Social Groups, v. 28

Discusses the manner in which social groups exert powerful influence upon individual behavior. Research experiments are illustrated indicating that group pressure leads to conformity and authority leads to obedience and conformity BF 121.U52 1981 v. 28

Persuasion, v. 29

Discusses the power and the limits of persuasion in spreading ideas and changing attitudes. Examples from advertising, political campaigns, and other mass media efforts to change attitudes are used to illustrate factors found by researchers to be present in persuasive communications. BF 121.U52 1981 v. 29

The World of Abnormal Psychology

A video series that covers the spectrum of psychological disorders from simple stress to paranoid schizophrenia. In documentary style, therapists, physicians, and researchers weave their commentary on causal factors, treatments and prognoses around the patients' own stories. RC435 .W67 1992

Volume One - Looking at Abnormal Behavior

Volume Two - The Nature of Stress

Volume Three - The Anxiety Disorders

Volume Four - Psychological Factors and Physical Illness

Volume Five - Personality Disorders

Volume Six - Substance Abuse Disorders

Volume Seven - Sexual Disorders

Volume Eight - Mood Disorders

Volume Nine - The Schizophrenias

Volume Ten - Organic Mental Disorders

Volume Eleven - Behavior Disorders of Childhood

VolumeTwelve - Psychotherapies Volume Thriteen - An Ounce of Prevention