Psychology

n this interview by Randall C. Wyatt, Dr. Seligman emphasizes that happiness is not just the absence of disorder, as "psychology as usual" might contend. Rather, happiness derives from an execution of our signature strengths. Seligman demonstrates a new set of rigorously tested interventions that lastingly increase happiness while decreasing depression.

Presents 36 lectures (each 30 minutes in length) by David W. Martin, examining the breadth of modern psychology from both clinical and experimental perspectives.

In this four part series on racism, Dr. Sue talks about the myths of racism that have prevented us from dealing realistically with our own complicity in the oppression of others, defines white privilege and uses examples to indicate how white privilege serves to keep whites relatively oblivious to how it has the opposite effect on persons of color, suggests what each of us can do to overcome our personal racism, and outlines 16 lessons he has learned to help him survive racism.

Twenty four 30 minute lectures on human development. Discusses various schools of thought in developmental psychology, including those of Freud, Erickson, Bandura, Ainsworth, Piaget, and Vygotsky.

Traces the history of educational psychology from ancient philosophy to modern theories. It explores the ideas of such figures as Plato, Aristotle, Vives, Herbert, Thorndike, James, Hall, Dewey, Cubberley, Binet, Piaget, Steiner, Bloom, Bandura, Vygotsky, and Bruner.

Profiles the efforts of four schools in New York, California and New Jersey to introduce children to the natural world and to involve them, through outdoor play, class activities, and their own creative work, in a process of outdoor discovery.

The psychology of serial killing is explored in these episodes of repetitive murders.

The series is drawn from the Films for Humanities and Social Sciences and contains almost 2 hours of new video footage with 25 one-to-eight-minute clips that complement the introductory psychology course.

Explores growing up male in America and suggests ways to help guide the journey to adulthood.

Narrated by Allen Funt and Philip Zimbardo, this program features humorous scenarios from Candid Camera that illustrate basic themes and principles in social psychology, including conformity, compliance, obedience, construction of social reality, and influence.

Explores ways we can improve our social relationships, learn to cope with problems like depression and anxiety, and become more positive and resilient individuals.