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The ERA Video Streaming Platform | Psychology

Issues and Debates in Psychology

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4: The Watchful Web | The History Of Surveillance

4: The Watchful Web | The History Of Surveillance

Channel 4 | 2001 | 49'34''

Looks at how, when you surf the net or use a credit card, you leave a data trail as revealing as an animal’s spoor, compris...

Risk taking and stigma | The Life Scientific

Risk taking and stigma | The Life Scientific

BBC Radio 4 | 2015 | 3'12''

Listen to the important work being carried out on teenage brain development and risk taking, especially the efforts needed to re...

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore on teenage brains | The Life Scientific

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore on teenage brains | The Life Scientific

BBC Radio 4 | 2015 | 26'54''

Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore talks to Jim Al-Khalili about her research on the developing teenage brain.

1: Learning the Difference | Why Men Don't Iron

1: Learning the Difference | Why Men Don't Iron

Channel 4 | 1998 | 50'46''

This eye-opening series will illustrate how the major sex differences in the brain affect our daily lives. It will pull toget...

The Slumber Games | The Investigation

The Slumber Games | The Investigation

BBC Radio Scotland | 2013 | 28'00''

BBC Scotland investigates new research suggesting that modern technology is disrupting teenagers' body clocks, resulting in poor health...

S1E2 | The Human Zoo

S1E2 | The Human Zoo

BBC Radio 4 | 2013 | 27'16''

Michael Blastland explores the way human beings think, behave and make decisions. The status quo bias - do you prefer things, whether personal or politi...

Teenage Brain | The Infinite Monkey Cage

Teenage Brain | The Infinite Monkey Cage

BBC Radio 4 | 2018 | 27'19''

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Rory Bremner, Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and Prof Matthew Cobb to discover the science behind...

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The nature-nurture debate

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5: Giving Up Smoking | The Twinstitute

5: Giving Up Smoking | The Twinstitute

BBC Two | 2019 | 29'05''

Twins test the best way to kick a habit, see if hand-washing keeps you healthy and try to improve concentration.

6: Learn a Language | The Twinstitute

6: Learn a Language | The Twinstitute

BBC Two | 2019 | 28'47''

Identical twins test the best way to learn a new language, attempt to look younger and test an easy way to lower your calorie count.

4: Better Brain | The Twinstitute

4: Better Brain | The Twinstitute

BBC Two | 2019 | 29'01''

Twins find out if its possible to get a better brain, repel mosquitoes and get fit just by watching TV!

1: Get Thin Fast | The Twinstitute

1: Get Thin Fast | The Twinstitute

BBC Two | 2019 | 28'53''

Identical twins put competing health theories to the test. This episode tests the best way to lose weight, improve memory and beat pain wi...

3: HIIT versus Easy | The Twinstitute

3: HIIT versus Easy | The Twinstitute

BBC Two | 2019 | 29'05''

This episode explores the best way to get fit, beat nausea, and discovers if you can enhance brain performance.

Walter Mischel's Marshmallow Study | Mind Changers

Walter Mischel's Marshmallow Study | Mind Changers

BBC Radio 4 | 2011 | 27'47''

Claudia Hammond meets Walter Mischel, the psychologist whose Marshmallow Test has become one of the longest-running and mo...

Delayed gratification | Mind Changers

Delayed gratification | Mind Changers

BBC Radio 4 | 2011 | 3'24''

Professor Casey explains her research into delayed gratification and the impact this has on behaviour.

Marshmallows and delayed gratification | Mind Changers

Marshmallows and delayed gratification | Mind Changers

BBC Radio 4 | 2011 | 2'43''

An introduction to the Marshmallow study and what this shows about delayed gratification.

The Rise of Artificial Intelligence | Science Cafe

The Rise of Artificial Intelligence | Science Cafe

BBC Radio Wales | 2023 | 27'41''

Adam Walton explores artificial intelligence, discussing both it's potential to transform our world and the ethical questi...

The Mystery of the Teenage Brain | The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry

The Mystery of the Teenage Brain | The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry

BBC Radio 4 | 2022 | 27'44''

Hannah and Adam investigate the strange goings on in the bodies and brains of teens as they embark o...

The Heist

The Heist

Freewill and determinism | Channel 4 | 2006 | 48'48''

Derren Brown recruits participants to attend a ''motivational seminar'' where he manipulates them into robbing a security van in broad daylight. A reenactment of a...

Bad Ideas of The 20th Century

Bad Ideas of The 20th Century

Issues and Debates in Psychology | Channel 4 | 1993 | 51'46''

In this programme, we focus on the investigation and evolution of Freudian ideas, particularly psychoanalysis.

Little Hans | Mind Changers

Little Hans | Mind Changers

Clinical Psychology | BBC Radio 4 | 2008 | 27'54''

A phobia of horses developed by a boy living in Vienna in 1904 seemed unlikely evidence for the Oedipus complex. But for Sigmund Freud, this was ...

Dream analysis | Genius of the Modern World

Dream analysis | Genius of the Modern World

Issues and Debates in Psychology | BBC Four | 2016 | 4'01''

Freud's interpretation of dreams as being an important window into the unconscious mind.

Evaluation of Freud’s theories | Genius of the Modern World

Evaluation of Freud’s theories | Genius of the Modern World

Issues and Debates in Psychology | BBC Four | 2016 | 3'30''

Evaluations of Freud's work, was he too subjective or is there an element of truth in his theories of the s...

The Oedipus complex | Genius of the Modern World

The Oedipus complex | Genius of the Modern World

Issues and Debates in Psychology | BBC Four | 2016 | 2'18''

Freud saw in himself that the Oedipus complex can have an impact on behaviour.

Freud’s theory of the unconscious mind | Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words

Freud’s theory of the unconscious mind | Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words

Issues and Debates in Psychology | BBC Four | 2011 | 2'30''

An overview of Freud's work and the unconscious with a rare audio recording of Freud himself.

Freud’s study of Little Hans | Mind Changers

Freud’s study of Little Hans | Mind Changers

Clinical Psychology | BBC Radio 4 | 2008 | 2'21''

Freud's famous Little Hans case is discussed and evaluated in terms of its subjectivity.

Phineas Gage | Mind Changers

Phineas Gage | Mind Changers

Cognition and Development | BBC Radio 4 | 2008 | 4'30''

Discover the story of Phineas Gage and how his tragic accident led to the idea of localisation of function.

Skinner and operant conditioning | Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words

Skinner and operant conditioning | Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words

Issues and Debates in Psychology | BBC Four | 2011 | 3'23''

An introduction to Skinner's work that focused on the use of operant conditioning to shape behaviour in...

4: The Talking Cure | Madness

4: The Talking Cure | Madness

Issues and Debates in Psychology | BBC Two | 1991 | 59'16''

Episode looks at Freud's theories and the basic tenets of psychoanalysis.

3: Freud | Genius of the Modern World

3: Freud | Genius of the Modern World

Issues and Debates in Psychology | BBC Four | 2016 | 59'27''

Bettany Hughes travels to Vienna on the trail of Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis. Freud's influence surrounds us. In our vo...

Human, All Too Human | Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words

Human, All Too Human | Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words

Issues and Debates in Psychology | BBC Four | 2011 | 58'27''

This programme mines the BBC archive to hear the great minds of the 20th century in their own words - the likes of ...

01: Mind Control | The Brain: A Secret History

01: Mind Control | The Brain: A Secret History

Approaches in Psychology | BBC Four | 2011 | 59'10''

Michael Mosley traces the sinister ways science has been used to try to control our minds, finding that its pursuit has led to...

4: How Do I Decide? | The Brain with David Eagleman

4: How Do I Decide? | The Brain with David Eagleman

Biopsychology | BBC Four | 2016 | 56'51''

This episode takes a journey through the unseen world of decisions, and how they get made.

The Ego | Genius of the Modern World

The Ego | Genius of the Modern World

Issues and Debates in Psychology | BBC Four | 2016 | 2'29''

Bettany discusses Freud's notion of the ''death drive'', part of the human condition to undo the bonds of life.

Libido | Genius of the Modern World

Libido | Genius of the Modern World

Issues and Debates in Psychology | BBC Four | 2016 | 2'00''

Freud expanded the idea of sex away from the simple act, evolving the concept to eroticism, attraction, excitement and everything in betw...

Oedipus Complex | Genius of the Modern World

Oedipus Complex | Genius of the Modern World

Issues and Debates in Psychology | BBC Four | 2016 | 3'56''

The Oedipus Complex is born from a Greek tragedy where Oedipus kills his father, marries his mother and has children with her.

Dreams | Genius of the Modern World

Dreams | Genius of the Modern World

Issues and Debates in Psychology | BBC Four | 2016 | 3'30''

Bettany explores how Freud believed our unconscious desires were expressed through our dreams but also filtered through to our everyday l...

Unconsciousness | Genius of the Modern World

Unconsciousness | Genius of the Modern World

Issues and Debates in Psychology | BBC Four | 2016 | 3'43''

At the heart of Freud's thinking, was how and why discomforting past thoughts become repressed, and he believed the unconscious ...

Hysteria | Genius of the Modern World

Hysteria | Genius of the Modern World

Issues and Debates in Psychology | BBC Four | 2016 | 2'02''

In 1896, Freud debuted his Seduction Theory which was met with resounding scepticism, and just a year later even he himself debunked it...

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