Some of the available classic psychology documentaries include: (click on the titles to see the full catalog record)
Quiet Rage: The Stanford Prison Study (Zimbardo)
Discusses a prison simulation experiment conducted in 1971 with students at Stanford University and considers the causes and effects that make prisons such an emotional issue. Documentary includes new film, flashback editing, follow-ups 20-years later, and an original music score; reveals the chronology of the transition of good into evil, of normal into the abnormal. Also includes 70 image slide show of archival photographs from the study.
Reserves DVD HV 6089 .Q54 2004
The Nature and Development of Affection (Harlow)
Illustrates a series of observations and experiments analyzing the variables underlying the nature and development of affection in the Rhesus monkey.
Reserves Video QL 737 .P93 N38 1990z
Studies upon the Behavior of the Human Infant (Watson)
Originally filmed in 1920, this is authentic film documentation of John B. Watson's research on infant reflexes, and his attempted conditioning of the infant "Albert B" to fear different objects including a white rat and a rabbit.
Reserves Video BF 319 .S78 1999
Obedience: Research Carried out at Yale University (Milgram)
Presents an experiment conducted by Dr. Stanley Milgram in May 1962 at Yale University on obedience to authority. Describes both obedient and defiant reactions of subjects who are instructed to administer electric shocks of increasing severity to another person.
Reserves DVD HM 251 .023 1993
A Hole in One
Unhappy with the way things in her life are, Anna looks for an answer to make things better. After reading an article in Life Magazine, she is convinced that the latest trend in psychology, the transorbital lobotomy is right for her.
On order.
Beyond Hate
Tape 1 features conversations with a variety of people who have explored the heart of hatred. Tape 2 focusses on how children learn to hate, and how attitudes toward hatred differ from culture to culture.
Reserves Video BF 575 .H3 B49 1997
The Up Series
In 1964 Michael Apted interviewed a group of seven year old children from diverse backgrounds from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Every seven years, Apted has been back to talk to the same subjects.
Reserves DVD BF 713 .U6 2004
Discovering Psychology (Zimbardo)
A video instructional series on introductory psychology for college and high school classrooms and adult learners; 26 half-hour video programs.
Available free online.
