Discovering psychology. Program 25, Cognitive neuroscience. Program 26, Cultural psychology /
Part of a 26-part introductory course in psychology that offers an overview of historic and current theories of human behavior and features demonstrations, classic experiments and simulations. Program 25 represents the attempt to understand mental processes at the level of the brain's functioni...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Closed-captioned. |
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[Boston, Mass.] :
WGBH Educational Foundation ;
[2001]
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| Edition: | Updated ed. |
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| Summary: | Part of a 26-part introductory course in psychology that offers an overview of historic and current theories of human behavior and features demonstrations, classic experiments and simulations. Program 25 represents the attempt to understand mental processes at the level of the brain's functioning and not merely from information-processing models and theories. It relies heavily on an empirical analysis of what is happening in the brain, and where, when a person thinks, reasons, decides, judges, encodes information, recalls information, learns, and solves problems. Program 26 discusses how culture shapes our thinking, feeling and actions. Cultural psychology integrates cross-cultural research with social and personality psychology, anthropology, and other social sciences. Its main new perspective is centered on how cultures construct selves and other central aspects of individual personality, beliefs, values, and emotions--much of what we are and do. This area has become more important in both psychology and American society with the globalization of our planet, increasing interaction of people from different cultural backgrounds, and emerging issues of diversity. |
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| Item Description: | Presents two episodes; each episode approximately 30 min. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS. |
| Production Credits: | Senior producer, Tug Yourgrau ; camera, Richard LaFande ; senior editor, Harlan Reiniger ; program music, Tom Phillips ; updated edition, producer, Harlan Reiniger ; editor, Maureen Barden ; camera, Tom Fahey. |
| ISBN: | 1576804143 (set) |