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Discovering psychology. Program 13, The mind awake and asleep. Program 14, The mind hidden and divided /

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 13 explores the nature of sleeping, dreaming, and altered states of consciousness. Also looks at ho...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), American Psychological Association, WGBH Educational Foundation, Annenberg/CPB
Other Authors: Zimbardo, Philip G., Yourgrau, Tug, Reiniger, Harlan
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned.
Published: [Boston, Mass.] : WGBH Educational Foundation ; [2001]
Edition:Updated ed.
Subjects:
Consciousness.
Sleep.
Dreams.
Circadian rhythms.
Altered states of consciousness.
Subconsciousness.
Multiple personality > Case studies.
Split brain > Case studies.
Hypnotism.
Adaptability (Psychology)
Psychology > Research.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Nonfiction films.
Educational films.
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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 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. Program 14 examines how events and experiences of the subconscious affect moods, actions, and health. Includes case studies of repression, discovered and false memory syndromes, multiple personality, split-brain patients and demonstrations of hypnosis.
Item Description:Presents two episodes; each episode approximately 30 min.
This copy locally transferred from VHS to DVD format.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD.
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)