Discovering Psychology
Encyclopedia
Discovering Psychology is a PBS
documentary
on psychology
presented by Philip Zimbardo
, for which he received the Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science
. The series was released in 1990, with an updated edition comprising three additional episodes in 2001.
Public Broadcasting Service
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documentary
Documentary
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on psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
presented by Philip Zimbardo
Philip Zimbardo
Philip George Zimbardo is an American psychologist and a professor emeritus at Stanford University. He is president of the Heroic Imagination Project...
, for which he received the Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science
Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science
The Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science is an award presented by the Council of Scientific Society Presidents to individuals who have become “concurrently accomplished as researchers and/or educators, and as widely recognized magnifiers of the public's understanding of science.”...
. The series was released in 1990, with an updated edition comprising three additional episodes in 2001.
Episodes
- Past, Present, and Promise
- Understanding Research
- The Behaving Brain
- The Responsive Brain
- The Developing Child
- Language Development
- Sensation and Perception
- Learning
- Remembering and Forgetting
- Cognitive Processes
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Motivation and Emotion
- The Mind Awake and Asleep
- The Mind Hidden and Divided
- The Self
- Testing and Intelligence
- Sex and Gender
- Maturing and Aging
- The Power of the Situation
- Constructing Social Reality
- Psychopathology
- Psychotherapy
- Health, Mind, and Behavior
- Applying Psychology in Life
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Cultural Psychology
External links
- Discovering Psychology - Companion website